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This was the lifespan of the Maya civilization, a Mesoamerican Empire. It was developed by the Maya peoples. The may people had architecture, such as pyramids, temples, and palaces. They also practiced weaving and pottery.
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This was the life span of the Olmec civilization, a Mesoamerican Empire. The Olmec were the first major civilization in Mexico. They lived on the Gulf of Mexico in the present-day Mexican states of Veracruz and Tabasco.
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Pope urban makes an announcement the holy war or the crusades will be happening in the holy land.
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trade was one of the main focuses of medieval Europe. Small fairs were held on the streets of Europe.
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This was the lifespan of the Aztec civilization, a Mesoamerican Empire. The Aztecs were famous for their agriculture, cultivating all available land, introducing irrigation, draining swamps, and creating artificial islands in the lakes. They created temples and pyramids.
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Marco Polo travels to what he will soon realize is Aisa.
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The holy war comes to an end
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Marco Polo's life of adventures lead him to be imprisoned. while in prison, polo began to write a book that is today known as "the travels of Marco Polo" documenting marco Polos adventure.
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Marco Polo begins his journey back to Venice, Italy, his original home land.
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The renaissance began going from 1300-1600. The Renaissance was a period in European history marking the transition from the Middle Ages to the 15th and 16th century
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The life span of the Inca Empire. The Incas were originally a small tribe in the southern highlands of Peru. They built one of the largest, most tightly controlled empires the world has ever known.
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The Portuguese captured the Fortress of Ceuta
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The Portuguese discovered The Madeira Islands in 1419.
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The Azores Islands were discovered by the Portuguese eight years after the Madeira islands were in 1427.
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Prince Henry's crew made a returning voyage back from The Cape.
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the printing press was invented after a long time of handwriting each book.
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Ferdinand of Aragon and Isabella of Castile got married, unifying Catholic Spain.
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The Portuguese reached the eastern coast of South Africa, 28 years after Prince Henry the Navigator's death.
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The Muslims were expelled from Spain in 1492.
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Cortes invades the Aztecs.
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Pizarro Invades the Inca
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After the Inca invasion led by Pizarro, the Inca came to their final demise.
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Thomas Hobbes writes The Leviathan, speaking of how although people are all equal in some ways, they are very different in others. He thought that man needed a government or some type of political structure, or there would be war because a natural human being has disagreements.
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The Second Treatise on Government was on civil society.
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The United States declares Independence.
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France writes the Declaration of the Rights of Man.
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Because of the Haitian revolution, Haiti was able to gain their receive and independence from France.
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Simón Bolívar, a Venezuelan soldier, began fighting for independence with other soldiers. He had recently joined a revolutionary group.
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After fighting for independence, they finally gain freedom. Freedom to make decisions believe in what they want, but mostly no forced labor among men. Equality was what they were fighting for.
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Jose de San Martin, the prime leader of the southern and central parts of South America's struggle for freedom, helped give Peru independence.
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After fights, rebellions, and revolts, Mexico gains its independence.
