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The crusades started to stop the expansion of Muslim states, to reclaim for Christianity the Holy Land in the Middle East. And to recapture territories that had formerly been Christian.
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The Crusaders capture Jerusalem and establish the Crusader states.
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The Crusade assists in capturing Nicaea, restoring much of western Anatolia to the Byzantine Empire.
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When The Black Death moves from China to Central Asia to Europe an army led By Mongol ruler Janibeg attacks the Genoese trading port of Kaffa in Crimea. Soldiers die from the disease and Janiebeg catapults their plague-infected bodies into town so it can infect his enemies. From Kaffa, Genoese ships carry the epidemic westward to Mediterranean ports, quickly spreading the disease inland.
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The plague reaches North Africa, mainland Italy, Spain, England, and France. A ship from Calais, France, carries the plague to Dorset, England, in August. It spreads to Bristol, England, and then moves fast throughout the southwest counties of England.
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The spread of the disease continues as it reaches Austria, Hungary, Switzerland, Germany, and the Low Countries. London feels the devastating effects of the plague most strongly between February and May. The disease persists and moves north in England.
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The plague reaches the extreme north of England, Scotland, Scandinavia and the Baltic countries.
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The Black Death takes a toll on all of Europe and claims the lives of about 25 million people by 1351 and half of the population of 100,000 in Paris,France.
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Prince Henry sponsors Portugese Explorers
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High Renaissance started when the works of Leonardo da Vinci as his paintings
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Christopher Columbus discovers the Caribbean Islands
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The Italian Renaissance architect Donato Bramante moves to Rome.
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The Italian Renaissance architect Donato Bramante works on the rectangular piazza in Vigevano.
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The First Crusade is formed to recapture Jerusalem for Christendom. It is successful in its primary aim.