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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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1089
Pope Urban calls for Crusades in the Holy Land
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1200
Europe is a farming economy
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Period: 1200 to 1521
The Aztec
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1289
Crusades end
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1293
Polos journey home
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1298
Polo imprisoned and writes his book
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Period: 1300 to
The Renaissance
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Period: 1400 to 1532
The Inca
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1415
Portuguese capture Fortress of Ceuta in Africa
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1419
Portugal discovers Madeira islands
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1427
Portugal discovers Azores islands
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1434
Prince Henry's ships return home
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1440
Johann Guttenberg invents printing press
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1469
Marriage of Ferdinand and Isabella
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1488
Días gets to the eastern tip of South Africa
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Oct 12, 1492
Muslims get expeled from Europe.
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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
Haitian becomes independent of Spain and abolishes slavery. -
Bolivar and his soldiers begin Venezuela’s fight for independence
Bolivar fights for Venezuelan independence from Spain, which is controlled by the brother of napolean. -
Bolivar’s Gran Columbia gains its independence
The Gran Columbia, a combination of South American countries, gains independence -
Mexico gains independence
Mexican is freed from Spain due to help from Miguel Hildago y Costilla -
Jose de San Martin frees Peru from Spain
San Martin frees Peru and other South American countries
