History7

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  • 1095

    Pope Urban ll calls for the Crusades

    Pope Urban ll called for a holy war against the Muslims by promising soldiers to redeem them from their sins so that the Catholics could control the Holy Land.
  • 1200

    Commercial Revolution

    A new society where success was determined through ingenuity and hard work which gave people an opportunity to control their destiny.
  • 1254

    Marco Polo's Birth

    Marco Polo was born to a family of merchants in 1254. Marco's birth took place in Venice, Italy, a center for commerce and trading in the Mediterranean region.
  • 1293

    The Polos Journey Home

    The Polos were heading home by ships returning with jewels, porcelain, ivory, jade, and silk. The Polos left several hundred passengers, but many of the died due to diseases and storms. Finally when the Polos reached Persia's Port of Hormuz, and were still far away from Venice there was only 18 people left on Marco Polo's caravan including his family.
  • 1298

    Marco Polo's Book

    Marco Polo was a captain of a galley-ship in a battle between Venice's rival, Genoa. Marco was captured and imprisoned, but he met a writer that told him he should write about his travels and so he did. His book was call "The Travels of Marco Polo" which was all about his travels from Europe and Asia.
  • 1300

    The Renaissance

    The Renaissance was the rebirth of Europe, a renewed interest in the ideas in thinking from ancient Greece and Rome.
  • 1440

    The Printing Press

    Johann Gutenberg invented the printing press in 1440. This invention ended up creating the block printing technique and was brought to Europe by Marco Polo.
  • 1511

    Montesinos denounced the mistreatment of the New World Indians

    Montesinos is the first spaniard to speak out against the treatment of natives in the new world.
  • 1542

    De Las Casas: Destruction of the Indians

    De Las Casas recognized that the Indians were receiving poor treatment from the Spaniards, so he tried to make people notice how the poor treatment was effecting the Indians.

  • The Scientific Revolution

    During the end of the Renaissance, the Scientific Revolution began where people made great strides in science and mathematics.