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Pope Urban called for a crusade so that he could spread his religion (Christianity) throughout the land.
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Europe became a farming economy and became a very good place to trade with because of its supply of goods.
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Marco polo decided to travel to the East to find new lands and to find a new trading economy.
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Finally, the crusades ended and they stopped trying to spread Christianity to every civilization and stopped the search for trade.
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Polo had to find his way home back from his travel to the East.
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Marco polo was imprisoned, he met a person who told him that he should write a book about all of his new discoveries and his life.
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The renaissance was something that they called a rebirth, there were new ideas and new discoveries for everyone to see.
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They wanted to control the global market of gold, they decided to set up trading posts to collect gold and silver.
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Encouraged people to explore, and navigate more.
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They encouraged navigators and explorers to navigate farther on the African coast.
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The printing press was a tool used to print books and things on paper so people would not have to write on thick pieces of wood or other things that are hard to write on.
