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Jan 1, 1250
Incas
Incas settle at Cuzco, Peru, which would become the capital of their empire. Cliff cities are built on Mesa Verde in Southren Colorado by people known as the Anasazi. -
Jan 1, 1346
Black Death
Europe had a huge out break of plague carried by rat fleas, kills 25 million people, one-third of the population. This really weekens Europe. -
Jan 1, 1347
Gunage
The first guns appear in Europe. This is very important because now they have good powerful weapons. They now have an advantage at war. -
Jan 1, 1400
Sailing Ships
major improvments are made to sailing. This makes long sailing easier for the explorers. The ships are easier too controll. -
Jan 1, 1440
Printing Press
The Guttenberg Bible is printed on a printing press that uses movable type. This invention made it possible for books to be made inexpensivley, and as a result, knowledge began to spread more rapidly than ever before in history. -
Jan 1, 1442
Slaves
The first auctions of black slaves take place in Portugal. They start to grow more because they have people working for them. -
Jan 1, 1467
Navigation
navigation by the stars greatly improves over earlier eras. This now opens humanity to more navigation. Witch means the world will be able to expand. -
Jan 1, 1492
Columbus Discovers
Colubus discovers the West Indies in the New World. Columus also learns that compasses change direction slightly as the longitude changes. After seven centuries, the last Moslems are driven from Spanish soil. Leonardo Da Vinci draws a plan for a flying machine. -
Jan 1, 1504
Astronomy
Using a book of astronomy, Columbus predicts a total ecxlipse of the moon. He uses this infromation to frightena group of native Americans. -
Jan 1, 1514
Small Pox
Small pox, brought by Europeans begins to wipe out native populations in the Americas. This is bad for the native culture. Small pox is part of the reason why there culture is so rare today. -
Jan 1, 1517
martin Luther
Martain Luther starts the Protestant Reformation in Geramny. He is unhappy with the way the church is using religion for money. -
Jan 1, 1543
Books
The astronomer Nicholas Copernicus publishes a book which says that the earth and other plants revolve around the sun. Biologist Andreas Vesalius pub;lishes the first accurate book on human anatomy. -
Jan 1, 1558
England
the destruction pf the Spains great Armada by Francis Drake and another comander makes England the worlds greatest sea power. This means their trade also increases. And they haave more powerin general. -
Jan 1, 1564
Renaissance
Willian Shakespear is born. The great Renanissance artist Michelangelo dies. Writting and plays will strt becoming bigger. -
Galileo
Galileo builds his first telescope. THis is HUGE for the rest of the world. This leads to more and more into sapce and science. Explorers can use it and be even more accurate. -
Reason Paragraph
I picked all of these for a certain reason. SOme of them i picked casue they had to do with exploration. This is a very big deal! without the better boats, navigation, and knowledge of stars we would not be here. Exploration would sease to exist. I also picked some with disease becasue they greatly affects countries. They would wipe out whole civilizations and huge chunks of others. That greatly affects the culture as well. ANd i picked some that had to do with education becasue thats important
