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Period: 1800 BCE to 800
The Maya
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Period: 1200 BCE to 600 BCE
The Olmecs
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1095
pope urban calls for crusades in the holy land
they want the holy land back -
1200
Europe is a farming economy
they had lots of farmes and traded their goods for other things -
Period: 1200 to 1521
The Aztec
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1271
marco polo travels to the east
on his big trip -
1289
crusades end
after pope urban calls for crusades in the holy land, the crusades finally end -
1293
polo journey home
polo comes home after being gone a long time -
1298
polo imprisoned and writes his book
he wrote his book while in prison -
Period: 1300 to
the renaissance
a new period began called the renaissance witch also means rebirth -
Period: 1400 to 1532
The Inca
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1415
the Portuguese captured the fortress of ceuta in africa
they had never explored Africa before so they did not know what was there -
1419
he found the madeira islands
one his journey he found these islands -
1427
he found the azores islands
during his travels he also found the Azores islands -
1434
made a safe return home
after 15 years of traveling he came home -
1440
the printing press was invented
the printing press allowed more people to have books of there own -
1488
he reached south africa
after going around the tip of Africa he got to South Africa in march 1488 -
1519
Cortes invades the Aztec
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1529
Pizarro Invades the Inca
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1532
The Inca fall under Pizarro
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Thomas Hobbes writes The Leviathan
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John Locke writes The Second Treatise on Government
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The United States declares Independence
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France writes the Declaration of the Rights of Man
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Haiti gains independence
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Bolivar and his soldiers begin Venezuela’s fight for independence
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Bolivar’s Gran Columbia gains its independence
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Jose de San Martin frees Peru from Spain
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Mexico gains independence
