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Period: 1800 BCE to 800
The Maya
Their culture flourished in El Péten, and there they have some of the tallest pyramids, constructed cities, developed a highly accurate calendar, and over centuries they built intricate buildings and created art. -
Period: 1200 BCE to 600 BCE
The Olmec
The Olmec is the earliest Mesoamerican civilization and flourished, while buildings great cities. -
1095
Pope Urban calls for Crusade in the Holy Land
Pope Urban wants to Crusade against Muslims to convert them to Christianity. -
1200
Europe is a farming Economy
Europe shifted its focus to trade or buying and selling of goods. -
Period: 1200 to 1521
The Aztec
The Aztec established a royal dynasty, and used their lands of natural resources to their advantage. -
1271
Marco Polo travels to the East
Marco Polo went on a journey. -
1289
Crusades end
Crusades opened Europe's eyes to the rest of the world. -
1293
Polos journey home
Polo and his family returned with many goods. -
1298
Polo imprisoned and writes his book
Marco met a writer from Pisa who encouraged him to write a book about his travels. -
Period: 1300 to
The Renaissance
Europeans started studying Greek writings, arts, economics, mathematics, and science. (learned about new cultures) -
Period: 1400 to 1532
The Inca
The Inca were more independent than the other civilizations. They did not have many customs, such as no written languages and were self sufficient. -
1415
Fortress of Ceuta
Portugese captured fortress of Ceuta -
1419
Maderia Islands
Prince Henry founded Madeira Islands. -
1427
Azores Islands
Prince Henry founded Azores islands. -
1434
Prince Henry's return
Prince Henry's ship made it around the cape successfully. -
1440
Printing Press
Johan Guttenburg created printing press. -
1469
Ferdinaded of Aragon and Isabella of Castille
Ferdinaded of Aragon and Isabella of Castille unified Catholic Spain -
1488
Bartomula passes
Bartomula dies and finally made it around the tip of Africa. -
Oct 12, 1492
Island of Hispanolia
Columbus founded island he named Hispaniola. (Present day Dominican Republic) -
1519
Cortes invades the Aztec
The conquistadors reached Tenochitilan, Montezuma, the Aztec ruler, met Cortes and believed that he was sent by Quetzalcoatl, but soon realized he was a Spaniard, but Cortes took him hostage, and therefore searched for gold across the Aztec civilization. -
1529
Pizarro Invades Inca
Pizarro returned to Spain seeking for royal approval to colonize Peru, and The queen granted Pizarro a license to discover and conquer Peru. -
1532
The Inca fall under Pizarro
Pizarro used natives and created allies with them, and allowed Pizarro to gain insight about the Inca, and therefore her conquered Atualpha, the Incan ruler, and used him as a puppet leader and caused the Incan empire to fall. -
Thomas Hobbes writes The Leviathan
New beliefs were being created of others perspectives of man and government, and people were thinking government in the own life preferences, and so Thomas Hobbes wrote a book The Leviathan. -
John Locke writes The Second Treatise on Government
John Locke wrote The Second Treatise on Government as a contrast to Hobbes's book, and talks about his perspectives of man and government, and states, that all mankind are equal, and believes that government should have set laws and consider what state men are actually in. -
The United States declares Independence
Great Britain had defeated France and were forcing colonists to pay taxes and contributes, so they turned to the ideas of the philosophers, and they called for a revolution and wrote the Declaration of Independence in the Unites States of America. -
France writes the Declaration of the Rights of Man
France is being forced by the French to pay taxes, because of the war that is going on between them in Great Britain, so they revolt against their monarchy, and began the French Revolution, where they took the American Declaration of Independence and made their draft of Declaration of the Rights of Man. -
Haiti gains independence
The French are expelled from Haiti. The colony was declared free, and named Saint Domingue Haiti to show the break with European colonialism. -
Bolivar and his soldiers begin Venezuela’s fight for independence
After fighting against the Spanish once, Bolívar planned another attack and led an army to Caracas naming the country a republic. He gave it's leader a title pf Liberator. -
Bolivar’s Gran Columbia gains its independence
Bolívar led an army filled with men to Carabobo and won the difficult battle. -
Jose de San Martin frees Peru from Spain
Revolutionaries declared Peru independant from the Spanish, and San Martín their colonies protector. -
Mexico gains independence
Hidalgo started a social rebellion fighting for political independence, and eventually independence came and it transferred power to the former colony.
