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indigenous people of Mexico and Central America
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first major civilization in Mexico
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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.
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grew their own food (feudalism)
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ruled a large empire in Southern and Central Mexico
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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.
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The crusades ended
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traveled by ship and took a total of 2 years
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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.
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The rebirth of Europe. Science and art were established and major strides were made in these.
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ruled an empire along the pacific coast
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portugal discovered the maderia islands
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Portugal discovered the Azores islands
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The Portuguese successfully sailed around Africa by sea. This was important because all journeys had previously been by land only.
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Johan Gutenburg invented the printing press
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Spain was united under the common belief of christianity
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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.
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Francisco Pizarro invades the Incan empire causing their fall
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thomas hobbes writes this book
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John Locke writes this book
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Declaration of Independence is signed
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mexico gets its independence from spain
