History 7

By Peyton.Tayor
  • 1095

    Pope Urban II calls for the Crusades

    The Pope calls for a series of holy wars to take back the Holy Land from the Muslims.
  • 1200

    The Commercial Revolution

    The crusades sparked travel and trade, causing a major change from feudalism to a trading economy.
  • 1254

    The Birth Of Marco Polo

    On 1254, Marcoo Polo was born into a familyu of merchants in venice italy.
  • 1293

    The Polos Head Home

    Polo began their journey home by ship returning with jade, ivory, jewels, porcelain, and silk.
  • 1298

    Polo was captured

    Polo was a captain of a ship while in battle against Genoa and was captured.
  • 1300

    Renaissance

    The beginning of the Renaissance era.
  • 1440

    Printing Press

    1440 is when the printing press was invented by Johann Gutenberg.
  • 1511

    Montesinos Denouncement of native American Mistreatment

    Montesinos is the first to denounce native American mistreatment.
  • 1542

    Bartolome De Las Casas: Destruction of the indies

    de las Casas speaks out against native mistreatment in the new world

  • Scientific Revolution

    Europeans began to study greek and roman arts, writings, math and science