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Period: Jan 1, 1096 to Jan 1, 1270
Crusades
The Crusades happend! -
Jan 1, 1279
Marco Polo
Marco Polo meets Kublai Jahn in China -
Jan 1, 1400
Contact with asia
Desire for contact with Asia -
May 29, 1400
Caravel
Caravel makes it possible to sail against the wind -
Jan 1, 1419
Prince Henery
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Jan 1, 1460
Portuguese have trading post
Portuguese have trading post along West Coast of Africa -
Jan 1, 1488
Dias
Dias sails around southern tip of Africa -
Oct 12, 1492
Christopher Columbus
Spaish Columbus tries to find fast route to sia but finds Americas instead -
Jan 1, 1494
Treaty of Trdesilas
Treaty of Tordessillas, Pope divides Americas between Spain and Portuagal -
May 16, 1498
Vasco De Gama
Vasco De gama sail so Asia -
May 1, 1499
Vasco Returns
De Gama returns to Portugal with Valuable Cargo -
Jan 1, 1509
Portugal defeats Muslims
Portugal defeats Muslims and takes over India trade -
Jan 1, 1510
Portuagal Captures Goa
Portugal captures Goa, Port city in India -
Jan 1, 1511
Portugal Seizes Malacca
Portugal Seizes Malacca (Thats all this says) -
Dutch have more ships
Dutch have more ships ( 20,000) than any other nation -
Dutch
Duch set up trade headquarters at Batavia -
English and Dutch
English and Dutch begin moving Asia
