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1095
Pope Urban II Calls for the Crusades
The Pope called for a series of holy wars to win back the Holy Land from the Muslims in the East. -
1200
Commercial Revolution
People went on crusades and they were able to see rare goods and resources that they could profit off of, so it caused people to focus on trade and the buying of selling of goods, and shifted the power from feudalism to capitalism. -
1254
The Birth of Marco Polo
This was the time that Marco Polo was born, in a family of merchants in Venice, Italy. -
1293
Marco Polo started to go back home
Marco Polo went home by ship returning with riches and a lot of crew members died. -
1298
Made a book The Description of the World; or, The Travels of Marco Polo
Wrote about his adventure but said "I have only told have of what I saw!" -
1300
Beginning of the Renaissance
It was when there was a rebirth in Europe and started having interest in new ideas. -
1440
The Printing Press was made
When Johann Gutenberg made the Gutenberg Press that could make letters really quickly, so messages can be spread quickly around the world. -
1511
Antonio Montesinos denounced the mistreatment of the "Indians"
Antonio Montesinos was a friar who delivered a public protest against the mistreatment of the Indians. -
1542
Bartolome de Las Casas, Destruction of the Indians
Bartolome de Las Casas made a protest of the mistreatment of the Indians like Montesinos. -
The Renaissance Ended and There Began The New Age of Science and Technology
Europeans observed the Greek and Romans ideas and built upon them, this started the age of science and technology.