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Trade in medieval Europe blew up due to the crusades. Peasants were becoming merchants and gaining more power and money. According to the LA textbook, Nobles lost most power over the peasants because they now had sufficient food and shelter.
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Marco Polo, the famous explorer, was born in Venice, Italy.
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Marco Polo was traveling home with ivory, jade, jewels, porcelain, and silk after his travels across India.
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Marco Polo captained a galley-ship in the Battle of Genoa where he was captured. In his cell, he wrote books of his journeys and said the famous quote "I have only told half of what I saw".
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Europeans opened up a new way of thinking. Renaissance means rebirth.
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Johann Gutenberg invented the printing press during the renaissance and scientific revolution.
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First Spaniard to speak out against the harsh treatment of natives in the New World.
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He speaks out against the treatment of natives in the new world.
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Great strides were made in science and mathematics. Isaac Newton made discoveries that would change the world. The scientific method was developed during this period.