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1095
Pope urban II calls for the Crusades
The pope called for a series of holy wars to win back the holy land from the Muslims in the east -
1200
commercial revolution
the commercial revolution led to a movement of goods and trade that shifted the power from landowners to merchants and everyone could be equal -
1254
Marco polo Birth
Marco polo was born into a merchant family and was born in Venice, Italy and lived near a center for trade and commerce -
1293
Marco polo journey home
Polo started his travel home with lots of goods including ivory, jade, jewels, porcelain, and silk -
1298
Marco polo in the war
Polo became captain of a galley-ship in war against genoa Veinces rival and then he got captured where he found a writer that told him to write his journey down -
1300
renaissance
This was when Europeans started having an interest in the Greek and Romans products and this lead to the new inventions. It also continued till the 17th century. -
1440
printing press
the printing press printed multiple items like books and religious text. It also shared people's works. -
1511
Montesinos
Montesinos is the first Spaniard to protest the poor treatment -
1542
de la casa speaks out
de las Casas specks out on the treatment of indies in 1542 -
the scientific revolution
The Europeans studied the arts, science, mathematics, and writing of the Romans and the greeks. This lead to a evolvement in all of those (previously listed) sources and new machines