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1095
Pope Urban || calls for the Crusades
The Pope called for a series of holy wars to win back the Holy Lands from the Muslims in the East. -
1200
The Commercial Revolution
The Commercial Revolution was new change due to commerce, and or trade. In the new order, the Commercial Revolution led to a movement of goods and trade that shifted power from the countryside of the manors and estates to the cities. The landlord became less powerful while the merchant class became even more powerful -
1254
Marco Polo was born
In this year Marco Polo was born to a family of merchants in Venice, Italy where there was lots of commerce and trade. -
1293
The Polos began their journey back home
They began their journey back home from East and South Asia and the Middle East. He came home with ivory, jade, jewels, porcelain, silk, and several hundred passengers, but most of the passengers dies from storms and diseases -
1298
Marco Polo was captured and died (but made his book)
In this year Marco Polo captained a ship in a battle against Venice's rival city, Genoa. He was captured as a prisoner of war but while he was he met a writer to influence him to write a book about his journeys. This book made him very famous and this influenced other people to go explore. -
1300
The Renisaunce
The renaissance is beginning to increase. People start having new ideas for new inventions -
1440
The Printing Press is made
In this year the printing press invented by German Johann Gutenberg. This was the most important invention through the Renaissance and maybe the history of the world -
1511
Montesinos Speaks Out About the Treatment Of Natives
Montesinos is the first Spaniard to protest the poor treatment of the natives in the new world -
1542
De Las Casas: The destruction of the Indies
De las Casas speaks out against the indigenous peoples in Spain. -
Scientific Revolution
Where people made great studies in science and mathematics. People made new inventions such as the Scientific Method