-
Period: 1200 BCE to 600 BCE
The Olmec
First civilization in Mexico and made big sculptures. -
1095
Pope Urban calls for crusades in the holy land
wanted to kill the muslims and take over their land. -
1200
Europe is a Farming economy
Europe farmed food so that they could give everyone food to survive and didn't trade with other people -
Period: 1200 to 1521
The Aztec
Strong empire was taken over by cortes. -
1271
Marco Polo travels to east
Marco Polo discovers new goods like jewelry and silk. -
1289
Crusades end
not all muslims died and nobles and peasants got to explore and before they never got to do that. -
1289
Polo imprisoned and writes his book
People can now read about marcos adventures and get to see what he did. -
1293
Polos journey home
took 2 years and many people died but they came back with many goods. -
Period: 1300 to
The renaissnace
The rebirth of Europe by taking strategies from ancient Greece and Rome such as writing, mathematics and other important things. -
Period: 1400 to 1532
The inca
Built one of largest empires in the world and taken over by Pizarro -
1415
The Portuguese captured the Fortress of Ceuta in Africa
this was the beginning of Portugals dream of controlling the markets of gold. -
1419
Portugals discovery of Madeira islands
Prince henry financed the ships that went to explore to Madeira islands -
1427
Portugals discovery of Azores islands
Prince Henry financed the explorers with ships and cartography to go explore the Azores islands -
1434
One of Prince Henrys ships made a successful return voyage
1 of 15 ships made it back around the cape which motivated them to go further -
1440
Johann Gutenberg invented the Printing Press
The printing press made it easy to write because people used to carve on bricks and wood. -
1469
Marriage of Ferdinand of Aragon and Isabella of Castille
unifies catholic Spain and began building a nation that could compete for global power -
1488
Bartolomeu Días reached the eastern coast of South Africa
he made it further than anyone else and wanted to go further but his crew wanted to go back. -
Oct 12, 1492
Christopher Columbus made landfall on an island named Hispaniola
he believed he landed in the americas so he named them Indios which led to Indian -
1519
Cortes invades the aztec
Cortes defeats the Aztec with allies. -
1529
Pizarro Invades the Inca
Pizarro defeats the Inca with knowledge from previous battles -
1532
The Inca fall under Pizarro
The Inca lose to Pizarro after civil war -
Thomas Hobbes writes the leviathan
writes about individual renouncing powers to execute laws of nature. -
John Locke writes the second treatise on government
John locke writes the second treatise on end of civil government -
The united states declare independance
the united states declare independence on spain -
France writes the declaration of the rights of man
France declares human civil rights on man -
Period: to 800
The Maya
Had the most highly developed writing system that was developed by the maya people. -
Haiti Gains Independence
Slaves were being held and eventually fought back with the help of Toissaint L'overture and beat the spain -
Bolívar and his soldiers begin Venezuela's fight for independence
Bolívar fought against Napoleons brother to gain independence in Venezuela. -
Bolívar's gran Columbia gains independence
Bolívar defeated the Spanish in Ecuador and gains independence. -
Jose de San Martin frees Peru from Spain
when Bolívar noticed napoleon crowned his brother as king he realized it was a good time to strike, so he joined a resistance and attacked. -
Mexico gains independence
Eventually Hidalgo creates a strong enough army to defeat spain and gain independence
