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Jul 15, 1096
The Crusades
The crusades combined the ideas of the holy war and pilgrimage to produce the concept of "indulgence" -
Jan 1, 1270
Crusades
End of the Crusades -
Jan 1, 1275
Marco Polo
Marco Polo meets Kublai Kahn in China -
Jan 1, 1400
Europe
Desire for contact with asia -
Jan 1, 1400
Caravel
caravel makes it possible to sail against the wind -
Jan 1, 1419
Prince Henry
Prince Henry founds navigation school -
Jan 1, 1460
Portuguese
Portuguese having trading posts along west coast of Africa -
Jan 1, 1488
Dias
Dias sails around southern tip of Africa -
Oct 12, 1492
Christopher Colombus
Spanish Colombus tries to find fast route to Asia but finds America instead. -
Jun 7, 1494
Treaty of Tordesillas
Pope divides Americas between Spain and Portugal -
May 1, 1498
Vasco da gama
Vasco da gama sails india -
Jan 1, 1499
Da Gama returns to Portugal
Returns to portugal with valuable cargo -
Jan 1, 1510
Goa
Portugal captures Goa, port city in India -
Jul 25, 1511
Malacca
Portugal seizes malacca. -
Dutch
Dutch have ships (20,000) than any other nation -
Batavia
Dutch set up trade headquarters at Batavia -
English and Dutch
English and Dutch begin moving into Asia -
Muslim Defeat
Portugal defeats Muslims and takes over India trade
