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Period: Jan 1, 1096 to Jan 1, 1270
The Crusades
The crusades were a battle over the holy land to stop the muslims from taking them. The Christians lost and the muslims ended up taking over the holy land. -
Jan 1, 1275
Marco Polo
Marco Polo meets Kublai Kahn in china -
Jan 1, 1400
Caravel
Caravel makes it possible to sail against the wind -
Jan 1, 1400
Asia
Desire for contact with Asia -
Jan 1, 1419
Navigation schools
Prince henry funds navigation schools -
Jan 1, 1460
Portuguese Trading post
Portugese have trading posts along the west coast of africa -
Jan 1, 1488
Dias Sails
Dias sails around southern tip of Africa -
Aug 1, 1492
columbus sailed the ocean blue in 1492
spanish columbus tries to find fast route to asia but finds americas instead -
Jun 1, 1494
treaty of tordesillas
treaty of tordesillas pope divides americas between spain and portugal -
May 1, 1498
Vasco De Gama
Vasco De Gama sails to india -
Jan 1, 1499
return of De Gama
De Gama returns to Portugal with valuable cargo -
Feb 1, 1509
Portugal defeats muslims
Portugal defeats muslims and takes over india trade -
Feb 1, 1510
another Portugal victory
Portugal captures Goa, port city in india -
Jan 1, 1511
Portugal never loses
Portugal seizes malacca -
dutch has ships
Dutch has more ships than any other nation (20,000) -
english and dutch moving
english and dutch begin moving into asia -
dutch makes a headquarters
dutch sets up a trade headquarters at batavia
