The Renaissance was a period in European civilization from about the 14th century to the 17th century‚ following the European Middle Ages. The Renaissance brought forth new thoughts and ideas‚ leaving behind the fixed ideologies of the Middle Ages. This paper will discuss how the emergence of Humanism through literature and art‚ the Protestant Reformation‚ and the fall of the Byzantine Empire are some of the most important factors that sparked the beginning of the Renaissance. Firstly‚ Europe’s
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recapture it from Muslim control. Overtime Muslim and Christian armies fought viciously in the name of their religion. Much like the fate of the Mongolian armies‚ the Mamluk forces were too much for the Crusaders. In 1453 Muslim armies successfully conquered the Christian city of Constantinople‚ which permitted the spread of Islam into southeastern Europe
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with one of the greatest creative ages of man. The Roman methods of engineering‚ mixed with the assimilation of indigenous traditions were united in the size and awe inspiring magnificence of the Hagia Sofia. It was the most important church in Constantinople. The church of Hagia Sophia is believed to have been founded by Constantine the Great. The initial building was erected over the ruins of an ancient temple of Apollo‚ situated on a hill commanding a magnificent view of the Sea of Marmara. After
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that are immediately relevant to the present time. The beginning of the modern era started approximately in the 16th century. Many major events caused the Western world to change around the turn of the 16th century‚ starting with the Fall of Constantinople in 1453‚ the fall of Muslim Spain and the discovery of the Americas in 1492‚ and Martin Luther’s Protestant Reformation in 1517. Early modern European history is usually seen to span from the turn of the 15th century‚ through the Age of Reason and
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KFNTravelGuide ONE STOP FOR TRAVEL RELATED INFORMATION 1.Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco‚ United States Opened on 27 May 1937 and was the longest suspension bridge span in the world at the time. This remained until Verrazano Narrows Bridge was built in New York in 1964‚ Golden Gate Bridge is now the seventh longest main span in the world. Construction of the 8‚981 feet or 2‚737 m bridge commenced on January 5‚ 1933. The projected cost was $35 million‚ however it was completed at
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From 1520 to 1566 in eastern Anatolia when he died Suleiman I the Magnificent had changed the Empire immensely. The sons of Suleiman‚ who ruled the Ottoman Empire who once were able to call each other brothers‚ now call each other traitors because each son was consumed by greed and an obsession for power now that their father is out of throne and only one may rise up to the hierarchy. They each had plans to skyrocket the empire in their own very different ways. And so no matter who became the next
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Each city-state had its own specialities‚ for example in Milan weapons were made and in Florence cloth was made. Gevnoa and Venice traded many textiles. * When Constantinople fell in 1453‚ the Byzantine scholars fled to Italy‚ this is known today as a “brain gain” * When Leonardo da Vinci was born in 1`452‚ he entered an Italian culture that was straying from the medieval art frameworks and styles * was born out
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the fact that Vladislav was absent at the time‚ having gone to the Balkans to fight the Ottomans for the governor of Hungary at the time‚ John Hunyadi.(cite) Vlad III’s political and military tack truly came to the forefront amid the fall of Constantinople in 1453. After the fall‚ the Ottomans were in a position to invade all of Europe. Vlad‚ who had already solidified his anti-Ottoman position‚ was proclaimed voivode of Wallachia in 1456. One of his first orders of business in his new role was to stop
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The Roman Empire was the post-Republican period of the ancient Roman civilization‚ characterized by government headed by emperors‚ and large territorial holdings around the Mediterranean Sea in Europe‚ Africa‚ and Asia. The 500 year old republic which preceded it was severely destabilized in a series of civil wars and political conflict‚ during which Julius Caesar was appointed as perpetual dictator and then assassinated in 44 BC. Civil wars and executions continued‚ culminating in the victory of
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Bibliography: Barr‚ Flodden‚ Stroud‚ Gloucestershire: Tempus Publishing‚ 2003 Cook‚ W‚ ‘The Cannon Conquest of Nasrid Spain and the end of the Reconquista’‚ Journal of Military History‚ Vol Crowley‚ R‚ 1453: The Holy War for Constantinople and the Clash of Islam and the West New York‚ Hyperion‚ 2005 Hall‚ B‚ and DeVries‚ K‚ ‘Essay Review-the “Military Revolution” Revisited’ Technology and Culture‚ Vol Kuhn‚ T‚ The Structure of Scientific Revolutions‚ Chicago‚ 1970 Lynn
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