History 7

By diara.gibbs
  • 1095

    Pope Urban || calls for the Crusades

    The Pope called for a series of holy wars to win back the Holy Lands from the muslims in the East
  • 1200

    Commercial Revolution

    This brought a change to trade. It shifted the focus of power from landlords to merchants. It also led to the movement of goods and trade from the countryside to the cities. Political, economic, and social powerr was shifted from wealty nobles, to more of merchants.
  • 1254

    Marco Polo Birth

    This is the year when Marco Polo was born and this day was very important for the trading industry because he helped expand manufacturing, interregional trade, and a money economy.
  • 1293

    Marco Polo Beginning his Journey Home

    This is when Marco began his journey home to return ivory, jewels, porcelain, and silk. But during this journey hardships happened and his crew died due to storms and disease. By the time they reached Persia Marco only had 18 people in his caravan.
  • 1298

    Marco Polo's Battle against Genoe

    During this time Marco battled Genoe, but got captured as a prisoner of war. While he was imprisoned he wrote a book, but many people think his stories are too incredible to be true
  • 1300

    Renaissance

    This was the "rebirth" of Europe. A renewed interest in ideas in thinking from ancient Greece and Rome. This continued till the 17th century when the Europeans studied Greek and roman arts, writings, mathematics, and science and built upon these new ideas to reach new heights.
  • 1440

    The Invention of the Printing Press by German Johann Gutenberg

    The printing press was an advancement in paper and letters. It was more efficient and made it easier to make paper. The printing press helped to allow the spread of new scientific discoveries and allow scientists to share their works
  • 1511

    Montesinos Protest

    Montesinos is the first Spaniard to protest the poor treatment of the natives in the new worlds
  • 1542

    DE LAS CASAS: Destruction of the Indies

    De las Casas speaks on the poor treatment of the Indigenous people in New Spain

  • When Europeans started venturing beyond borders

    This is when Marco Polo's writings stimulated the excitement of explorers. Motivating their imagination and encouraging the to see the world for themselves.