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The Pope calls for a series of holy wars to take back the holy land from the Muslims.
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The crusades sparked travel and trade, causing a major change from feudalism to a trading economy.
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Marco Polo was born into a family of merchants. He lived in Venice Italy which was a center for commerce and trading.
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The Polos' began their journey by ship and returned with ivory, jade, jewels, porcelain, and silk.
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Marco Polo captained a galley-ship in a war against his hometown and Genoa. Polo was captured and held imprisoned.
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When the Europeans' opened their ways of thinking. Renaissance means "Rebirth"
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Johann Gutenburg invented the printing press to pull together the block printing technique.
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Montesinos was the first to speak out against the Spanish treatment of natives.
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De Las Casas speaks out about indigenous mistreatment in the new world.
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Europeans' studied roman and greek arts and built open their new ideas to reach new heights.