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The Pope calls for a series of holy wars to take back the holy land from the Muslims.
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A trade revolution where social power was no longer controlled by the rich landowners and nobles. Landlords became less powerful. This revolution allowed lower class citizens to go up to the middle class, now meaning that there are three classes.
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He was born in 1254 AD.
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The Polo family started their travel home by ship, bringing many goods along with them.
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Marco Polo was held as a prisoner of war, he met a writer who encouraged Marco Polo to write about his journey around Asia.
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The Renaissance is when Europeans followed up with the Greek and Roman ways, like in their arts, writings, mathematics, and science.
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The Printing Press was made by a German inventor, Johann Gutenberg, but later on, Marco Polo brought back the Printing Press to Europe.
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In 1511 CE, a Dominican friar, who was the first to notice the horrible treatment of the New World Indians. He wrote a letter describing the innocence of the Indians.
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In 1542 CE, Indies were tricked by the Christians to follow their faith. Infants died, men died in mines, women died on ranches. Depopulation occurred.
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This is when people started doing great things in science and mathematics. Also, humans developed amazing new technology.