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The crusades were a battle over the holy land to stop the muslims from taking them. The Christians lost and the muslims ended up taking over the holy land.
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Marco Polo meets Kublai Kahn in china
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Caravel makes it possible to sail against the wind
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Desire for contact with Asia
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Prince henry funds navigation schools
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Portugese have trading posts along the west coast of africa
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Dias sails around southern tip of Africa
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spanish columbus tries to find fast route to asia but finds americas instead
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treaty of tordesillas pope divides americas between spain and portugal
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Vasco De Gama sails to india
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De Gama returns to Portugal with valuable cargo
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Portugal defeats muslims and takes over india trade
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Portugal captures Goa, port city in india
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Portugal seizes malacca
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Dutch has more ships than any other nation (20,000)
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english and dutch begin moving into asia
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dutch sets up a trade headquarters at batavia
