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Renaissance History Study Guide
====Predicates for the Renaissance==== *[[How did the Bubonic Plague make the Italian Renaissance possible?]]

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====A Great Resource for History Teachers==== * [[51 Great Online Resources for History Teachers]]

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How did the Fall of Constantinople change the Renaissance in Italy
...an city-states experienced a cultural flowering known by historians as the Renaissance. In 1453, Byzantium's capital fell to the Ottoman Turkish army, and this wa ...o a greater knowledge of Ancient Greek language and lore in philosophy and Renaissance science. The Fall of Constantinople also changed the geopolitics of the Med

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How did the Silk Road develop
...d trade, see: Daryaee, Touraj, ed. 2012. ''The Oxford Handbook of Iranian History''. Oxford Handbooks. Oxford ; New York: Oxford University Press.</ref> ...to the Silk Road, see: Edwards, Chris. 2015. Connecting the Dots in World History, a Teacher’s Literacy-Based Curriculum. Lanham: Rowman & Littlefield, pg.

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When was Insurance First Used
...insurance developed in Venice, see: Madden, Thomas F. 2013. Venice: A New History. New York: Penguin Books. For information on Genoa and its form of insuranc ..., and Oxford University Press. 2005. ''The Oxford Encyclopedia of Economic History''. New York: Oxford University Press. http://www.oxfordreference.com/view/1

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How did Christian Church Architecture evolve in the West
...12307&linkCode=as2&tag=dailyh0c-20&linkId=f18077d13db132d2363a02869cd6992c History of Eastern Christianity]''. Piscataway, NJ: Gorgias Press.</ref> Initially, ...Medieval period.<ref>For information on Gothic architectural style and its history, see: Fitchen, John. 1981. [https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0226252035/r

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How Did Early Mathematics Evolve
...are the origins of mathematics and how did this field evolve in its early history?<ref>For further information on factors leading to the rise of early mathem ...seems to have happened both in Mesopotamia and Egypt (Figure 1).<ref>For a history on the development of the Pythagorean theorem, see: Katz, Victor J., and A

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What was the contribution of Venice to the Italian Renaissance
...te was unique in Italy at the time and made a singular contribution to the Renaissance. ...chitects, and sculptures created some finest work in Italy during the High Renaissance (1490-1550).

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Why did the Baroque Style develop
...revi Fountain. Music in the late 1580s already began to turn away from the Renaissance music style as composers such as Jacopo Peri began to develop not only Baro ...Culture of the Baroque: Analysis of a Historical Structure. Theory and History of Literature, v. 25. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press.</ref>

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Top 10 Books on the origins of the Italian Renaissance
The Renaissance was one of the greatest flowerings of artistic works in history. Artists such as Michelangelo and Raphael, to mention just two. The reasons ...46951&linkCode=as2&tag=dailyh0c-20&linkId=38294e59d2ab480741ccd5dfbcfca3bc Renaissance Italy]''. (University of California Press, 1983).

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Why did the Italian Renaissance End
...thumbnail|370px|left|The Duomo in Florence, Italy built during the Italian Renaissance]] ...f the Renaissance and the end of one of the most creative periods in human history.

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Why did museums develop
...rophies and past societies. This evolution went further development in the Renaissance and Enlightenment, with the rise of intellectual wonder and development of ...past that connected Babylonian civilization to the past, showing its long history, and bringing objects of the gods back to the world. The uncovered objects

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Did Midas Really Have the Golden Touch
...Schiavone_Midas.jpg|250px|thumbnail|left| “The Judgement of Midas” by Renaissance Painter Andrea Schiavone]]__NOTOC__ ...link, M. “The Native Kingdom of Anatolia.” In The Cambridge Ancient History. Edited by John Boardman, I.E.S. Edwards, N.GL. Hammond, E. Sollberger,

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Why was Alexander the Great So Successful In His Conquests
In the public's mind, few well-known conquerors in history match the exploits of Alexander the Great. In just a few years, from 334-33 ...ciences. It led to many discoveries that would not be replicated until the Renaissance in the 15 or 16th century AD. What is remarkable is he achieved all of this

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Why was Epicurus and his philosophy so important
...us' ideas were frowned upon and became less acceptable. It was only in the Renaissance that his ideas once again blossomed. ...e on atomistic materialism, see: O’Connor, Daniel John. 1964. A Critical History of Western Philosophy. New York etc., London: The Free press etc. , Colli

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Why was Nikita Khrushchev deposed as the leader of the USSR
...,” during which censorship policy was relaxed, marking a Soviet literary renaissance. Thousands of political prisoners were released, and thousands more who had {{#dpl:category=Russian History|ordermethod=firstedit|order=descending|count=8}}

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What was Plato's academy and why did it influence Western thought
...Giovanni, John R. Catan, and Giovanni Reale. 1990. Plato and Aristotle. A History of Ancient Philosophy, Giovanni Reale ; 2. Albany, NY: State Univ. of New ...y.<ref>For more on Arcesilaus, see: Algra, Keimpe, ed. 2005. The Cambridge History of Hellenistic Philosophy. 1st pbk. ed. Cambridge ; New York: Cambridge U

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Did the Sack of Rome in 1527 end the Renaissance in Italy
...ed much of Rome, and it is widely seen as ushering in a new era in Italy's history. This article will discuss the impact that the Sack had on Italy and its de ...itself, but the effects of the Sack that contributed to the ending of the Renaissance.

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How did the modern tennis emerge
...f>For more information, see: Gillmeister, H. (1998). Tennis: a cultural history. London: Leicester University Press, pg. 3.</ref> ...story of royal courts playing tennis in the late Medieval period and early Renaissance, see: Guttmann, A. (2004). Sports: the first five millennia. Amherst, Mass.

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What was the role of the Popes in the Renaissance
...in the western tradition. This piece will argue that the character of the Renaissance was shaped by the Pope’s in Rome. It will also demonstrate that the Papac ...ag=dailyh0c-20&linkId=e925de1a38e65c004f8636c9607711fa Saints & Sinners: A History of the Popes]. (Yale University Press, 1997), p. 211</ref> By 1378 the

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What were the causes of the Northern Renaissance
...distinct from it. This article will argue that the origins of the Northern Renaissance resulted from the spread of printing, Italy's influence, growing wealth, an ===The Northern Renaissance===

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