HIST 2055 Chapter : Chapters 1-5
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First discovery of america: a diversity of cultures, 30000 years ago is when the first people came across from. Asia using the bearing straight paleo-indian, na-dene, and. Eskimos- they were following food from the most north eastern corner of siberia to the most north western corner of. Aztecs built present day mexico city: the myth of virgin land, the americas were not new worlds when europeans found them. Over the years, there were tons of crusades. During the crusades, europeans traveled as far as the far east to make new trade routes. This allowed the europeans to have access to new things like spices and silk: italian merchants took the lead in trade, especially marco. Many merchants became significantly wealthy because of this: renaissance study of ancient text and the invention of the printing press made it easy for people to gain access to more readings. People can now read marco polo"s stories and other works.
