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1095
Pope Urban the II calls for the Crusades
The Muslims invaded the Holy Land and the Pope created the Crusades to take it back, and they learned about new goods. -
1200
The Shift of The Crusades
When Pope Urban the II called for Crusades, it helped people find new lands and inspired them to make small fairs to sell and trade and encouraged the people to go outside their borders. -
1254
Marco Polo's Starting Journey
When Polo accompanied his father and uncle to Asia, they faced many dangerous hazards like deserts, mountains, and oceans. -
1293
The travel back home
Returning with many new goods like jewels, silk, and porcelain, they left in a caravan with several hundred people, but only about 18 survived. -
1298
Captaining Ships and Writing Books
When Polo was captaining a galley-ship, he was captured and then met a writer from Pisa who inspired him to write about his travels to many places. -
1415
The Portuguese exploration for money
When the Portuguese captured the Fortress of Ceuta, they thought it was the beginning of their global control of the market and new trading posts with gold. -
1419
The Portuguese discovering new lands
In the new discovery of the Madiera Islands, the Portuguese were going further towards global domination and Prince Henry was encouraged to explore further south along the coast of Africa, leading to the voyage in 1434 discovering the Cape Verde Islands. -
1427
New voyages and ways of travel
The discovery of the Azores Islands was pushing Prine Henry to navigate further south along the coast of Africa, but exploration was very limited at the time, and so was the knowledge on most sea travel, meaning that it was dangerous to go far offshore.