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The Maya civilization was a Mesoamerican civilization developed by the Maya peoples the most sophisticated and highly developed writing system in pre Columbia.
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The Olmecs were the earliest known major Mesoamerican civilization.
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The Pope called for a holy war, or a crusade, against the Muslims in the Holy Land.
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Europe shifted its focus to trade or the buying and selling of goods from a farming economy.
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The Aztecs were known foragriculture, cultivating all available land, introducing irrigation, draining swamps, and creating artificial islands in the lakes. They developed a form of hieroglyphic writing, a complex calendar system, and built famous pyramids and temples.
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This is the year that Marco Polo began his trek that would end up being 5,600 miles long.
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The year when trading centers were trending because the Crusades opened the eyes of the Europeans to the rest of the world.
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The Polos began their journey by ship, returning with ivory, jade, jewels, porcelain, and silk for trade.
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Marco Polo captained a gallery-ship in a battle against Venice's rival city, Genoa. He was captured as a prisoner of war. While he was imprisoned, he wrote a book.
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The Renaissance was a time of "rebirth" in Europe. It was a time for new technology, arts, science, and mathematics.
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The Inca Empire, also known as the Incan Empire and the Inka Empire, was the largest empire in pre-Columbian America.
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Portuguese captured the Fortress of Ceuta in Africa after exploring Africa for the first time. They hoped to control the global market for gold.
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The Portuguese discovered Madiera Islands.
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The Portuguese discovered the Azores Islands.
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One of Prince Henry's ships finally made a successful return voyage. This success motivated the Portuguese to venture even farther.
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The most important invention of the Renaissance and perhaps the history of the world is the printing press invented by German Johann Gutenberg around 1440.
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The marriage of Ferdinand of Aragon and Isabella of Castille unified Catholic Spain and began the process of building a nation that could compete for global power.
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Bartolomeu Dias finally made it around the tip of Africa, reaching the eastern coast of South Africa in March of 1488.
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On October 12th, 1492 Colombus made landfall on an island he named Hispaniola, believing he had landed in the East Indies.
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Pizarro springs a trap on the Incan emperor Atahualpa. Pizarro's men massacre the Incans and capture Atahualpa, forcing him to convert to Christianity before eventually killing him.
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The remaining Incas were turned to slavery. Most died due to decease and the soldiers.
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The leviathan was written partly as a response to the fear Hobbes experienced during the political turmoil of the English Civil Wars.
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John Locke was present to witness these events and was so compelled by them, he wrote what is known as the Second Treatise on Government.
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Congress formally adopted the Declaration of Independence
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French Revolution that granted civil rights to some commoners, although it excluded a significant segment of the French population.
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the rebels scored a major victory against the French force there, and on November 9, 1803, colonial authorities surrendered. In 1804, General Dessalines assumed dictatorial power.
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Bolívar was sent to Spain for his education, soon deciding to immerse himself in the political sphere in Europe. After France invaded Spain. He became involved in the resistance movement and played a key role in the Spanish American fight for independence.
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revolutionary forces in northern South America, led by Simón Bolívar, laid the basis for a regular government at a congress in Angostura.
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José de San Martín and his forces liberated Peru and proclaimed its independence
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Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla, a Catholic priest, launched the Mexican War of Independence with the issuing of his Grito de Dolores, or “Cry of Dolores”
