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In North America, big mounds on the ground started dotting the landscape. These mysteries of the new world encouraged exploration, and explorers took interest in the mounds. After researching the areas, they concluded that they were used for many things like housing the dead and small temples.

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5th Century - Trans Saharan Trade Route is Established

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5th Century - Trans Saharan Trade Route is Established

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During the 5th century, the Trans-Saharan trade route was created. They traded many items, and the most common riches that were very valuable were salt and gold. The trading of resources that others didn't have encouraged them to come down, and the Europeans did as well to get gold and salt.

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Scientists aren't positive when this occurred, but Native Americans crossed the Bering Strait Bridge, the land bridge connecting North and South America, in the speculated time area of around 20,000 years ago. This influenced the trade and exploration of South America.

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Thanks to internal struggles and poor leadership, the one great first half of the Roman Empire fell. This influenced the exploration of the new world from the Europeans with the different cultures. Had this not happened, everything there would still be in Rome.

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The Sahara, once founded, was deemed too dangerous to cross by foot and they didn't have many other transportation options for sand. At around 500, the Sahara Desert was crossed by camelback, which made exploring the Desert and exploring other areas quicker.

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The Moche had been very successful, so it was a large mystery when they disappeared with little-to-no traces left. Many people have theories, and the most accepted one was a flood that wiped them out. This mystery had encourage them to explore the area.

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Ghana started off as a small civilization but grew in no-time. They were in the center f the trading districts and grew the settlement very quickly. They influenced trade and helped the settlement of the Americas

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Unlike his original plan for Asia, Christopher Columbus landed in the Bahamas. He miscalculated the course and had to explore the newfound area. This lead to the discovery of the Americas and influenced exploration.

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Columbus returns from the Bahamas, leaving some men behind, in early 1493. The men left behind had treated the Native Americans very poorly and it was a very bad idea. Since the first people to arrive had been rude, they assumed everyone from the other lands were just as bad, and it made them less welcoming to newcomers for years to come.

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1493 CE - Columbus returns to the Bahamas

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1493 CE - Columbus returns to the Bahamas

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In late 1493, Columbus sailed back to the Bahamas. As it turns out, none of the men that were left had survived. They were all killed by the Native Americans for being abusing them. Many conflicts between Native Americans and Europeans followed, setting the standards of each other.

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