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They invented a extremely advanced calendar that told us about the future and was 1/10000th of a day accurate.
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The Inca made a highway and roads in Peru. also had a very organized government.
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The earliest known Mesoamerican civilization and influenced the maya.
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Had elaborate religious rituals and sacrifices, including human sacrifice. They had a strong centralized government.
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Pope Urban II called for a holy war against the Muslims in the Holy Land.
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Europe shifted focus from a farming economy to trade.
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In 1271, Marco Polo started his journey to the East.
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1289 was the end of the Crusades, when Europeans' eyes were opened to the rest of the world.
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The Polos begin their journey home by ship returning with ivory, jade, jewels, porcelain, and silk.
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Marco Polo battled against Genoa and was captured as a prisoner of war. He then wrote a book.
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This was a new beginning, or "rebirth" for Europe. It opened their eyes to the outside world.
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The Portuguese captured the Fortress of Ceuta in Africa. They wanted to control the global market of gold.
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In 1419, Portugal discovered the Madeira Islands.
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In 1427, Portugal discovered the Azores Islands.
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Prince Henry's ship finally made a successful home voyage. This motivated them to venture even further.
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The most important invention of the Renaissance was invented by Johann Gutenberg in 1440.
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The marriage of Ferdinand and Isabella unified Catholic Spain and began the process of building a nation that could compete for global power.
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Bartolomeu Dias finally made it around the tip of Africa, reaching the eastern coast of South Africa in March of 1488.
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On October 12, 1492 Columbus made landfall on an island named Hispaniola. He thought he had landed in the East Indies.
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Cortez took advantage of the Aztecs thinking that he was the god Quetzalcoatl.
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Pizzaro and his men Was searching for gold. modeled after the spanish conquistadors. took advantage of the incan civil war.
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Thought that the government should protect you from war and outside problems and in exchange you give them the absolute authority.
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one of the most influential and enlightenment people. he thought men were free and created equal so they could govern themselves.
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Thomas Jefferson writes the famous Declaration of Independence that gives the reasons why the colonies are taking their independence and leaving Britain as the head of their government.
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they wanted a democracy with individual rights. they were inspired by the enlightenment writers.
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Haiti gains independence when the African slaves decided they could out number the whites and take over.
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At the beginning of the Peninsular War, Napoleon I, “appointed his brother ruler of Spain ... the colonies unanimously refused to recognize the new ruler ...”
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Individuals who were set on independence brought the Gran Colombian Revolution upon them
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the army of San Martín was transported toward Peru, convoyed by warships under Lord Cochrane. Within a year San Martín was able to occupy the capital.
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It was not a single, coherent event, but local and regional struggles that occurred within the same time period, and can be considered a revolutionary civil war.
