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The Commercial Revolution consisted of a European economy based on trade, which began in the 11th century. It all started at the beginning of the Crusades when Europeans rediscovered spices, silks, and other commodities rare in Europe.
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Pope Urban II launches the Crusades by calling all Christians in Europe to war against Muslims in order to reclaim the Holy Land
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Marco Polo was born to a family of merchants in Venice, Italy.
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The polos began their journey back home by ship returning with ivory, jade, jewels, porcelain, and silk.
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At the beginning of the 14th there was a rebirth in Europe, a renewed interest in the ideas in thinking from ancient Greece and Rome.
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The most important invention of the Renaissance and
perhaps the history of the world is the printing press invented
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Antonio Montesinos was the first to stand up about the mistreament that the natives received from the spanish
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The Scientific Revolution was a series of events that marked the emergence of modern science during the early modern period, when developments in mathematics, physics, astronomy, biology (including human anatomy) and chemistry transformed the views of society about nature.