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1800 BCE – 800 CE (time span)
The Maya thrived in the El Petén region. they built the great cities of Tikal and Copán and they built pyramids as tall as 230 feet high. many of the Maya move to Mexico's Yucatan peninsula. the Maya still exist today as a distinct culture. -
1200 BCE – 600 BCE (time span) The Olmec are believed to be the earliest Mesoamerican culture to developed an advanced civilization." they built three great city centers such as La Venta, San Lorenzo, and Laguna Los Cerros. they are not existing today due to overpopulation, environmental degradation, and constant warfare.
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1200 BCE – 600 BCE (time span) they built sculptures.
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in 1095 "pope urban called for a holy war or a crusade against the Muslims"
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Europe was a farming economy but they shifted to trade
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1200 CE – 1521 CE (time span) the Aztecs employed chinampas to cultivate plants for food and to claim land. they also were good builders and built pyramids of various types. the Aztecs met the Spanish in 1251 and disappeared less than 100 years after.
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the journeys started in 1271
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in 1289 the crusades end
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in 1293 the polos start there journey back home
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in 1298 Marco polo captains a galley ship in a battle against Genoa.
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1400 CE – 1532 CE (time span) the Inca capital was located in Cuzco and the empire stretched from Peru to Bolivia and Ecuador. there was no written language, but a form of Quechua became the primary dialect. the Incas also met the Spanish when they arrived there. lastly, the Inca is still around in Peru.
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in 1415 the portagues captured the fortress of Ceuta in Africa
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the discovery of the Madeira islands.
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the Azores islands were found
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henry the navigator made it to cape bojador and got back
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Johann Gutenberg created the printing press.
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Columbus unified catholic Spain and started building a nation that could compete for global power
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Bartolomeu Dias made it around the tip of Africa
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Ferdinand and Isabella finally agreed to finance Columbus's voyage
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there was also smallpox going around in the Aztec civilization. the Spanish also made allies with other small civilizations that did not like the Aztecs
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when Pizarro Invaded Inca in 1529 CE the Spanish had a lot on their side. for example, Inca was in a civil war, and the Spanish brought smallpox to the Incas.
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the civil war and smallpox helped the Spanish conquer the Inca
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Europe started to study Greek, roman arts, math, and science.
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Leviathan argues that civil peace and social unity are best achieved by the establishment of a commonwealth through a social contract. Also, he thought humans were overall equal but certain people could be better in areas
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John Locke's most famous works are An Essay Concerning Human Understanding
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the declaration says that all men are equal and have given rights that cannot be taken away
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it defines individual and collective rights at the time of the French Revolution.
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Toussaint L'Overture led the largest slave revolt in the western hemisphere. helped Haiti become independent and abolished slavery. they revolted because of slavery
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in 1824, Bolívar helped defeat Spain. they revolted because they did not like colonialism and slavery./
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when the Spanish were defeated, Bolivar became the president of Gran Colombia.
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led a rebellion against Spain that freed Argentina, Chile, and Peru.
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Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla was worried about their overall health and then they rebelled. the rebellion caused rioting for months.
