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Period: 1800 BCE to 800
The Maya
indigenous people of Mexico and Central America -
Period: 1200 BCE to 600 BCE
The Olmec
first major civilization in Mexico -
1095
Pope Urban calls for Crusades in the Holy land
Pope urban calls for a war against the Muslims fighting for the holy land. Both Christianity and Muslim religions had significance in this piece of land and they both wanted to claim it. -
1200
Europe is a farming economy
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Period: 1200 to 1521
The Aztec
ruled a large empire in Southern and Central Mexico -
1271
Marco Polo begins his journey to the east
Marco Polo, his father, and his uncle begin to travel to the east to discover new goods and land that they did not previously have. -
1289
Crusades End
The crusades ended -
1293
Marco Polo begins his journey home
traveled by ship and took a total of 2 years -
1298
Marco Polo was imprisioned and began writing his book
He began to write a book based on his journey and observations. This impacted and helped other explorers because they could see what sorts of novel goods that Marco Polo observed, and wanted to follow in his footsteps. -
Period: 1300 to
The Renaissance
The rebirth of Europe. Science and art were established and major strides were made in these. -
Period: 1400 to 1532
The Inca
ruled an empire along the pacific coast -
1415
Captured the fortress of ceutra in africa
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1419
Discovery of the maderia islands
portugal discovered the maderia islands -
1427
Discovery of the azores islands
Portugal discovered the Azores islands -
1434
sucess of sailing around africa
The Portuguese successfully sailed around Africa by sea. This was important because all journeys had previously been by land only. -
1440
Printing Press was invented
Johan Gutenburg invented the printing press -
1469
Catholic Spain was unified
Spain was united under the common belief of christianity -
1488
Reached the eastern most tip of southern africa
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Oct 12, 1492
Christopher columbus discovers the Americas
While Christopher Columbus was sailing to the west in order to get to India faster than the Spanish, he discovered that there was more land that had never been explored or discovered. He went to the west in hopes of getting there faster and before the Spanish because they had already begun their journey to India. -
1519
Cortes invades the Aztec
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1529
Pizarro invades the Inca
Francisco Pizarro invades the Incan empire causing their fall -
1532
The Inca fall under Pizarro
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Thomas Hobbes writes The Leviathan
thomas hobbes writes this book -
John Locke writes The Second Treatise on Government
John Locke writes this book -
United states declares independance
Declaration of Independence is signed -
France writes the Declaration of the Rights of Man
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Haiti gains independence
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Bolivar and his soldiers begin Venezuela’s fight for independence
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Bolivar’s Gran Columbia gains its independence
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Jose de San Martin frees Peru from Spain
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Mexico gains independence
mexico gets its independence from spain
