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The Pope calls for a series of holy wars to take back the Holy Land from the Muslims.
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A changing period in time where political, economic, and social power was controlled by the merchant class instead of the wealthy and powerful lords and landowners.
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Marco Polo was born in Venice, Italy, which was a center of commerce and trading during that time.
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The Polos being their trip back home by ship, returning with ivory, jade, jewels, porcelain, and silk.
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Marco Polo captained a galley-ship in a battle against Venice's rival city, Genoa, where he then was captured as a prisoner of war.
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The Renaissance was the rebirth of Europe, a renewed interest in the ideas in thinking from ancient Greece and Rome.
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The printing press was invented by German Johann Gutenberg around 1440. This was considered the most important invention of the Renaissance and by 1500, there were printing presses throughout Europe.
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Antonio Montesinos delivers a sermon about the mistreatment of New World Indians.
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During the end of the Renaissance, the Scientific Revolution began where people made great strides in science and mathematics.