History 7

By atiyah.adeshina
  • 1100

    Commercial Revolution

    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.
  • 1200

    Pope Urban II calls for the Crusades

    Pope Urban II launches the Crusades by calling all Christians in Europe to war against Muslims in order to reclaim the Holy Land
  • 1254

    Marco Polo Was Born

    Marco Polo was born to a family of merchants in Venice, Italy.
  • 1293

    The Polos Come Back Home With Goods

    The polos began their journey back home by ship returning with ivory, jade, jewels, porcelain, and silk.
  • 1300

    The Renaissance

    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.
  • 1400

    The Printing Press

    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.
  • 1511

    Antonio Montesinos Denounced Mistreatment

    Antonio Montesinos was the first to stand up about the mistreament that the natives received from the spanish

  • The Scientific Revolution

    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.