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1095
Pope Urban II calls for the Crusades
The Pope calls for a series of holy wars to take back the holy land from the Muslims. -
1200
Trade Revolution begins
After the Crusades, Europe shifted it focus to trading goods and services. -
1254
Marco Polo born
Marco Polo is born to adventure -
1293
Polo journeys home
Polo journeys with many precious items. -
1298
Polo captains a galley ship
he is captured -
1300
renaissance
means rebirth -
1440
printing press
invented by Johann Gutenberg -
Dec 8, 1493
Columbus arrives to the Caribbean
lets pigs loose!!! -
1511
Montesinos delivers his sermon
First to denounce the Spaniards for their treatment of the natives -
1542
De Las Casas
Denounced the Spaniards for their treatment of the natives -
scientific revolution
Scientific method made