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When the Crusades left to the Middle East this made lower class individuals be able to trade goods. The higher class loss power while the lower class gained power through this.
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He was born in Venice, Italy which was a center of trade and commerce.
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This trip took 2 years and many crew mates died through disease. Marco Polo brought items such as ivory, jewels, porcelain, and silk.
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Marco Polo was imprisoned after losing against a rival city called Genoa. While in prison he wrote a book about his adventures throughout the middle-east.
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During this time Europeans renewed many ideas from Greece and Rome.
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Johann Gutenberg makes the printing press
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Montesinos is the first Spaniard to speech out against the treatment of natives in the new world.
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This event is a sermon from de Las Casas talking about how he felt that the treatment of the Indies was unfair. He also expresses that the Christians could be caretakers but instead foolish and greedy.
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A period of time where many scientists made many discoveries such as the Scientific Method.