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The Maya lived in southern Mexico and the Yucatán Peninsula and they built huge temples.
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The Olmecs lived in present-day Mexico, and they are one of the first civilizations in the Americas
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The pope wants control of the holy land
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feudalism food is created by farming
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The Aztecs lived in Mexico and built many temples and pyramids and were the best know for their ritual sacrifices.
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Marco travels along the Silk Road for over 20 years
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The Pope withdraws his troops from the Holy Land
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The Polos return to Venice, Italy after traveling for over 20 years
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The renaissance is a rebirth and leads to new arts, new science, and new technologies.
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The Inca lived in South America and had complex roadways and runners to deliver messages.
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The Portuguese discover new lands in Africa. This also gives them lots of gold.
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This encourages Portugal to travel farther away from Europe and to explore Africa
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This encourages Portugal to navigate further than they have before.
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This means that Portugal has sailed into uncharted waters and returned safely.
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Johann Gutenburg invents the first printing press.
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This unites Catholic Spain and allows Spain to start to gain complete control over Europe.
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Días starts to travel to the east instead of the south but his crew will go no further.
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Christopher Columbus discovers land which he thinks in India but is actually The Americas
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Cortes starts to invade the Aztecs and he conquers them 2 years later even though he had no permission from the king.
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Pizarro starts to invade the land of the Inca and slowly works his way towards defeating them
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Pizarro makes different puppet leaders that give him total control. He gets their gold and their land after he defeats them.
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Thomas Hobbes writes what he thinks about man and government in The Leviathan. He thinks that all men are equal and selfish.
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John Locke writes what he believes the rights man has and what type of government countries should use.
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The United States declares independence from Great Britain and tells them that men are entitled to "life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness."
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The French citizens write the Declaration of the Rights of Man and declare themselves the new government, and that the monarchy is obsolete.
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Haiti gains independence from Spain in a slave revolution.
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Bolivar and his soldiers start to fight for Venezuela's independence.
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Bolivar's country of Gran Columbia gains its independence from Spain
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Jose de San Martin frees Peru from Spain and makes himself a dictator
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Father Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla fights for the freedom of the slaves and the natives and sparks the Mexican revolution
