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Europe tries to take over the Iberian peninsula back from Islam. They wanted it for the spread of Christianity.
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Europe begins its rise due to better technologies and better farming methods.
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This is when the Ottomans took over Constantinople. This event led to the growth of Iberia. Islam also started to spread into eastern Europe.
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The Dutch took over the Banda islands so that they would gain all the fine spices
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Northern Europe catches up and passes southern Europe. This means that southern Europe now relies on northern Europe for supplies. It used to bet the other way around.