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Pope Urban II wanted to take back the Holy Land from the Muslims, so he called for the Crusades, which led to the European Exploration.
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When The Commercial Revolution happened, more power was given to the lower classes and nobles and kings were not as powerful as they used to be.
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Marco Polo was born in Venice Italy into a family of traders and travelers.
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Marco Polo, his father, and his uncle started their journey.
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The Polo start their journey home by ship, but their journey takes 2 years.
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Marco Polo, his father, and his uncle end their journey and get home.
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Marco Polo was captured as a prisoner of war when Genoa was battling his hometown, Venice.
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The Europeans had a renaissance, which means rebirth.
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Johann Gutenburg invented the very important printing press inspired by the block printing technique that was brought to Europe by Marco Polo.
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Montesinos gave a sermon about how the Spanish were mistreating the natives.
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De las casas gave a sermon about the spanish mistreating the Indians.
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Europe made great scientific discoveries and inventions