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Period: 1800 BCE to 800 BCE
The Maya
This is the Maya and how long they stood against other civilizations. -
Period: 1200 BCE to 600 BCE
The Olmecs
This is the reign of the Olmec empire. -
1095
Pope Urban calls for Crusades in the Holy Land
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1200
Europe is a farming economy (feudalism)
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Period: 1200 to 1521
The Aztec
This is how long the Aztecs survived. -
1271
Marco Polo travels to the East
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1289
Crusades end
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1293
Polo's journey home
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1298
Polo imprisoned and writes his book
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Period: 1300 to
The Renaissance
Europeans expanded their thinking and created new and improved items. -
Period: 1400 to 1532
The Inca
This is the Inca empire from their start and end. -
1415
Prince Henry's Crew Explores Africa
Prince Henry's crew took over the Fortress of Ceuta, and set up trade posts around Africa. On their journey, they discovered new lands in Africa, which then brought up the creation of the Caravel. -
1419
The Portuguese Discover The Madeira Islands
Prince Henry funded the work of scientists and his crew discovered the Madeira Islands. -
1427
Portugal Discovers The Azores Islands
Portugal discovered the Azores Islands, which encouraged Prince Henry and his crew to navigate farther south along the coast of Africa. -
1434
Prince Henry's Crew Made A Successful Return Voyage
Prince Henry wanted to go beyond Cape Bojador, but the seas were extremely rough, and thick fog made it more dangerous. But after 15 failed voyages, Prince Henry's crew made the successful return voyage. This motivated them to venture even farther. -
1440
Johann Gutenberg created the printing press
Johann Gutenberg created the printing press which benefited Europe by making it easier to put writings on paper. -
1469
Ferdinand of Aragon and Isabella of Castile Married
Ferdinand and Isabella married, unified Catholic Spain and started to build a nation that could compete for global power. -
1488
Bartolomeu Dias Ventured to the Tip of Africa
Bartolomeu Dias led the Portuguese explorations after Prince Henry died. He ventured farther than any explorer did, which then he ended up on the tip of Africa intending to get to India, but the Portuguese refused to go any further. -
Oct 12, 1492
Christopher Columbus Ends up in Hispaniola
Christopher Columbus discovered new lands which he named Hispaniola, which had a great abundance of resources, and lots of different products that Spain traded for. -
1519
Cortez invades the Aztecs
Cortez started a war against the Aztec empire with more knowledge and better weaponry than before, using the ways that Pizarro used to conquer the Inca, ending the Aztecs. -
1529
Pizarro Invades the Inca
Pizarro ventures to South America and stumbles onto the Inca empire in search of power and conquest. He started gaining more supplies and obtaining allies to fight against the Inca with a high advantage. -
1532
The Inca fall under Pizarro
Under the high pressure of fighting off disease and war, The Inca were conquered by Pizarro using his more advanced weaponry, allies, and supplies making the entire empire fall. -
Thomas Hobbes writes "The Leviathan"
Thomas Hobbes wrote The Leviathan showing his point of view and opinion towards man and the government saying that if one is without control, war and dreadful death will come after. -
John Locke writes "The Second Treatise on Government"
Many new enlightened thinkers didn't all agree with Hobbes's point of view, and John Locke wrote "The Second Treatise on Government".
This written piece is telling that man should be free and that was for the greater good. -
The United States declares Independence
When Britain put a tax on the Americans so Britain could pay off their war debts, the Americans were mad and wrote the declaration of independence showing their frustration and outrage toward Britain. -
France writes the Declaration of the Rights of Man
The French had to pay their debts from the American's help in fighting the British. They were paid by people who complained to the king about inequality and then wrote the Declaration of the Rights of Man to make it stop. -
Haiti Gains Independence
All the enslaved Africans and military leader Toussaint L'Ouverture attack the French by killing them and burning down their plantations. This caused the French to retreat back to their homeland. -
Bolivar and his Soldiers Begin Venezuela's Fight for Independence
Bolivar joined a revolutionary group to expel the king and started to attack the French crown. -
Bolivar's Gran Columbia Gains its Indpendence
Bolivar and his army successfully overthrow the king that Napolean appointed giving the Spanish their freedom. -
Jose de San Martin frees Peru from Spain
Jose de San Martin and his troops successfully rid the Spanish of Peru. -
Mexico Gains Independence
Hildago y Costilla and his men fought an 11 year-long battle that eventually rid the Spanish and gave Mexico their freedom.
