History 7

Pope Urban II calls for Crusades

1095

The Pope called for a series of Holy Wars in the East to take back the Holy Land from the Muslims.

The Commercial Revolution

1200

Europe started to develop a capitilistic society and the economy started to run the trade and market business. People were now able to become what they wanted to be if they worked hard enough for it.

Marco Polo Birthday

1254

Marco Polo was born in 1254 AD in Venice, Italy, to a family of merchants.

Marco Polo's Journey Home

1293

Marco Polo and the rest of his crew begin the journey back to Italy bringing back luxuries such as ivory, jade, jewels, porcelain, and silk. They ventured back by boat, going on a 2-year journey to Venice, of which only 18 survived out of several hundred.

Marco Polo Capture and Book

1298

Marco Polo was taken as a prisoner of war and while in Genoa (Venice's rival city), a writer from Pisa encouraged Polo to write a book about his travels. Marco Polo did write the book and it was published as "The Description of the World; or, The Travels of Marco Polo".

Renaissance Period Beginning

1300

Renaissance, meaning rebirth, was the start of rebirth in Europe. Europe had an interest in the world around them and developed new tools, inventions, and ideas. The Renaissance ended in the 17th century.

Printing Press Invention

1440

German Johann Gutenberg invented the Printing Press. It became famous worldwide and by 1500 there were printing presses all over Europe.

Antonio Montesinos Delivers A Sermon

1511

Montesinos is the first to speak out about treatment of natives in the New World (New Spain).

Bartolome de Las Casas: Destructions of the Indies

1542

He writes about the treatment of the Natives in the New World (New Spain)

Scientific Revolution

1600

Near the end of the Renaissance, the Scientific Revolution began. People made great discoveries in science and mathematics such as the scientific method.