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1095
Pope Urban ll calls for the Crusades
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1200
Commercial Revolution
A new change due to commerce, or trade. Power changed from nobles and kings to merchant who controlled political, economic and social power. -
1254
Marco Polo's Birth
Born into a family of merchants. -
1293
Polos Adventure Home
Polo started his journey home with ship and returned with ivory, jade, jewels, porcelain and silk -
1298
Marco Polo captained a ship in the battle against Genoa.
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1300
Renaissance
Rebirth in Europe and took ideas from ancient Greece and Rome -
1440
Printing Press
Johann Gutenberg created a block printing technique with a press from wine and olive oi. -
1511
Dominican friar Antonio Montesinos
Montesinos is the first Spaniard to speak out against the treatment of natives in the new world. -
1542
Bartolome de Las Casas
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Scientific Revolution
People made strides in science and math.