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Cities developed and grew due to trade. The big shift in power from the countryside to the cities. Rise of the merchant class.
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Marco was born into a family of merchants in Venice, Italy which was the center of trade in the Mediterranean.
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The polos began their journey home by a ship returning with ivory, jade, jewels, porcelain, and silk.
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Marco captained a galley ship in a battle against Venice's rival city, Genoa and he was captured as a prisoner of war.
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The Europeans started to follow what the Greeks and Romans were doing.
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In 1440 the printing press was invented by Johann Gutenberg.
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Montesinos is the first to speak out against the treatment of Native Americans.
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De Las Casas speaks out against the native treatment in the new world
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The Scientific Revolution was when new technology was made