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Political, economic, and social power were no longer controlled by wealthy and powerful landowning nobles and their vassals from the old feudal order who were in charge of the environment and producing the food, shelter, and clothing that the people needed.
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Marco Polo was born in 1254 AD to a family of merchants. This famous explorer was born in Venice, Italy, a center for commerce and trading in the Mediterranean region.
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In 1293, the Polos began their journey home by ship, returning with ivory, jade, jewels, porcelain, and silk.
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Antonio Motesinos is the first Spaniard to speak out against the treatment of Natives in the new world.
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After the war and the killings had ended, when, usually there survived only some boys, some women, and children, these were distributed among the Cgristians to be slaves.
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