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Period: 1800 BCE to 800
The Maya
We know the Maya comes from what remains of their architecture and art. And we know they made paper from tree bark known as codices. -
Period: 1200 BCE to 600 BCE
The Olmecs
The Olmecs were the earliest known major Mesoamerican civilization. -
1095
Pope Urban calls for Crusades in the Holy Land
Pope Urban called for the Holy War against the Muslims so he could reclaim the Holy Land. -
1200
Europe is a farming economy
Europe has a lot of farmers and land for them to farm on and materials for them to farm with -
Period: 1200 to 1521
The Aztec
The Aztecs were able to create a great empire because they created a triple alliance to defeat their rivals. -
1271
Marco Polo travels to the East
Marco Polo traveled to the East and showed people new things such as gunpowder and showed trade. He traveled across Asia at the height of the Mongol Empire. -
1289
Crusades end
The Muslims still had control over the Holy Land after the Crusades but the Crusades impacted Europe in their economic growth. -
1293
Polos journey home
Marco Polo made it all the way to China and he found rare spices and wrote a book. -
1298
Polo imprisoned and writes his book
Polo wrote his book about his travels and it inspired merchants and traders to go out and trade. -
Period: 1300 to
The Renaissance
The renaissance was a time of great social change. -
Period: 1400 to 1532
The Inca
The Incan economy is made up of more than 10 million subjects. Cuzco was the center of Inca life. -
1415
Portuguese captured the Fortress of Ceuta in Africa
After the Portuguese captured the Fortress of Ceuta it gave them excellent maps of North America. -
1419
Portugal discovered Madeira Islands
Prince Henry the Navigator told two travelers to go out and that is when they discovered the Madeira Islands. -
1427
Portugal discovered Azores Islands
Once they found the Azores Islands people started to settle there in 1439. People from all over the world went and settled here. -
1434
Prince Henry's ships finally made a successful return voyage
Prince Henry's ship which was the caravel was the first ship to make a successful return voyage. -
1440
The most important invention of the Renaissance also known as the printing press
The printing press helped Merchants and traders all over the world because it allowed them to share a lot of information quickly. -
1469
Unified Catholic Spain
The Catholic Church was the main factor that influenced unifying Spain. -
1488
Finally made it around the tip of Africa, reaching the East coast of South Africa
It was a big deal that they made it around the tip of Africa because it could have been a possible sea route to India. -
Oct 12, 1492
Expelled the Muslims from Spain
Muslims were expelled from Spain because they wanted to unify one religion which was Christianity so the Jews and Muslims were expelled because they were not Christian. -
1519
Cortes invades the Aztec
Hernan Cortés invaded Mexico in 1519 and conquered the Aztec Empire. -
1529
Pizarro invades the Inca
Biological warfare in the form of smallpox allowed Pizarro to conquer the Inca. Smallpox spread quickly through the Americas prior to Pizarro's arrival. Having lived alongside livestock for millennia gave much of Europe immunity to the worst ravages of smallpox. But the indigenous tribes of the Americas had no such advantage. -
1532
The Inca fall under Pizarro
Francisco Pizarro, the Spanish explorer, and conquistador springs a trap on the Incan emperor, Atahualpa. With fewer than 200 men against several thousand, Pizarro lures Atahualpa to a feast in the emperor's honor and then opens fire on the unarmed Incans. -
Thomas Hobbes writes The Leviathan
A book called Leviathan argues that all social peace and unity is and can be achieved through the use of sovereign power. Hobbes begins the Leviathan with his theories on man. He believes men are a basic creature and relativity simple. -
John Locke writes The Second Treatise on Government
Locke's Second Treatise on Civil Government The Second Treatise of Government places sovereignty into the hands of the people. Locke's fundamental argument is that people are equal and invested with natural rights in a state of nature in which they live free from outside rule. -
The United States declares Independence
America Declares Independence from Great Britain. In Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, the Continental Congress adopts the Declaration of Independence, which proclaims the independence of the United States of America from Great Britain and its king. -
France writes the Declaration of the Rights of Man
Freedom of religion in France is guaranteed by the constitutional rights set forth in the 1789 Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen. -
Haiti gains independence
In 1791, a slave revolt erupted on the French colony, and Toussaint-Louverture, a former slave, took control of the rebels. -
Bolivar and his soldiers begin Venezuela’s fight for independence
Bolívar was cornered in western Venezuela with his army. He was not powerful enough to knock out the Spanish armies, but they were not strong enough to defeat him, either. -
Bolivar’s Gran Columbia gains its independence
In 1821 Gran Colombia was declared that Colombia, Venezuela, and Ecuador were included in it. During then Colombia gained its independence from Spain and Simon Bolivar became the first president of Colombia. -
Jose de San Martin frees Peru from Spain
Jose de San Martin is one of the founding fathers of Argentina and also led the liberations of Chile and Peru. -
Mexico gains independence
Mexico gained independence from The Mexican War of Independence it was triggered by the invasion of Spain.
