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The long period of peace that characterized the mongolian empire after Gengis Khan.
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They went through the Strait of Gibraltar. The two brothers sailed around Africa but as soon as they left "Capo Jubi", they disappeared.
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Henry discovered Madera and Holy Harbour, starting the Portugal toward the sea routes supremacy.
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One of the greatest intellectul the world have ever had.
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Towards the second half of the fourteenth century, the crisis ended and Europe could return to shine. There, the cultural movement named Renaissance was born. It put man at the center of all reasoning, at the same time, many inventions were made and new thories were supposed.
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With Maometto II "the conqueror" the turkish empire conquered Costaniople, ending the byzantin empire.
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Gutemberg introduced in Europe the mechanical movable type printing with which men were able to copy whole books faster than before.
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Toscanelli sent a letter to a canon Portuguese. He attached to his letter a map to convince Columbus that the fastest way to reach Asia was to sail towards west.
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Bartolomeo Diaz sailed to San Biagio Bay, on the horn of Africa.
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Colombus discovered America, but believed to be in Asia. Then Amerigo Vespucci understood they had arrived in a new land, so it took his name.
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Christopher built La Navidad, a little village in Haiti. He left 40 men there, to be believed by Isabella of Castile and Ferdinand of Aragorn.
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Vasco Da Gama circumnavigated Africa and arrived in China
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Thanks to the new discoveries the capitalism was born.
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Copernico put the sun at the center of the univerise, revolutionizing the world.
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In the fifteenth century there was the famous protestant reformation, with which Martin Lutero broke the religious unity of Europe.
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Magellano started the circumnavigation of whole world but in 1521 he was killed in the Philippines.
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With the counter reformation, the pope tried to twhart luthenarism and calvinsm. It end in 1563.
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In America the english colonies gained the independence from UK.
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The french monarchy fell and was replaced by the republic. it was issued the declaretion of human rights and citizen.
