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Period: 1095 to 1291
The Time Frame of the First Crusades
The Crusades were a series of religious wars that took place in the southern part of France. The purpose of the Crusades is because the Pope had called upon the western Christians to help aid the Byzantine Empire to victory in recapturing the Holy Land from the Muslims. -
Period: 1162 to Aug 18, 1227
Time frame of Genghis Khan’s life
Genghis Khan was one of the most ruthless leaders in all of Asia. He was the founder and first Great Khan of the Mongol Empire, which became the largest contiguous empire in history after his death. -
Period: 1386 to 1466
Time Frame of the life of Donato di Niccolò di Betto Bardi (Donatello)
Donato di Niccolò di Betto Bardi, better known as Donatello, was an Italian sculptor of the Renaissance. He craved masterpieces such as the Equestrian statue of Gattamelata, Zucone, Saint Mark, etc. -
1440
The Year that Gutenberg invented the Printing Press
The printing press was the first way of getting the word out to the public, and when Gutenberg invented it, it became one of the most useful inventions in our world today. -
1460
The year by which the Portuguese had trading posts along west coast of Africa.
Prince Henry, the son of Portugal's king, supports exploration and decides to set up a navigation school in 1419 on Portugal's coast. Nearly 40 years later, the Portuguese have trading posts along the west coast of Africa. -
Aug 3, 1492
Date Columbus first arrived on land in the Western Hemisphere
Christopher Columbus supposedly discovers an island in the western hemisphere but was hoping to land in or somewhere near Asia to look for new trade routes. He instead discovers the Bahamas on August 3, 1492. -
Period: Aug 3, 1492 to Oct 2, 1492
Time Frame of Columbus’ last voyage to the West
Christopher Columbus's voyage lasted about two months long, and he traveled from Spain to what he believes to be Asia (it's really the Bahamas), on 3 very small boats; the Nina, the Pinta, and the Santa Maria. -
1511
The year Erasmus published The Praise of Folly
The Praise of Folly is basically a Latin essay published in 1511, and Erasmus criticized the Roman Catholic Church and was a member of the "humanist" movement in the 16th century. -
1513
The year Machiavelli published The Prince
Machiavelli had written The Prince in the year of 1513, but the novel was only published after his death in 1532. The book had become a well known novel all around the world. -
1516
The year Sir Thomas More published Utopia
Utopia is a work of fiction and socio-political satire by Thomas More published in 1516 in Latin. The book is a frame narrative primarily depicting a fictional island society and its religious, social and political customs. -
1517
The year of the start of the Lutheran Church
Lutheranism is a major branch of Protestant Christianity which identifies with the theology of Martin Luther, who only wanted to reform the Roman Catholic's concepts, but instead created a whole other religion. -
Year by which the Dutch had 20,000 ships
When the English and the Dutch began to migrate to Asia in the 17th century, the Dutch consisted of approximately 20,000 ships than any other nation in the year of 1600.
