There is a consensus that the Renaissance began in Florence‚ Italy‚ in the 14th century.[4] Various theories have been proposed to account for its origins and characteristics‚ focusing on a variety of factors including the social and civic peculiarities of Florence at the time; its political structure; the patronage of its dominant family‚ the Medici;[5][6] and the migration of Greek scholars and texts to Italy following the Fall of Constantinople at the hands of the Ottoman Turks.[7][8] Jacob Burckhardt
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Introduction I. African Renaissance: A Resurrection The theory of an African Renaissance has captured the interests of a number of intellectuals‚ reporters and politicians. In South Africa‚ where the concept has come to be closely identified with the political perceptions of former President Thabo Mbeki‚ it has been received as a proposal for “African political renewal and economic regeneration” (Ajulu‚ 2001: 87). The concept can thus be viewed as a “rebirth”; a resurrection-since it has inspired
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OF MAYA CIVILIZATION DUE TO ENVIROMENTAL FACTORS. The collapse of the Maya civilization was a result of environmental factors which eventually led to warfare as a way of coming up with solutions to avoid the inevitable collapse of this civilization. Environmental factors like over population‚ agricultural scarcities‚ disease‚ natural disasters‚ were the major factors for the collapse of the Maya civilization. Judging
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In the middle of the Renaissance‚ artists like Leonardo da Vinci and Michelangelo Buonarroti establish characteristics of the High Renaissance. The formation of the High Renaissance the height or the level of success the era is in an art historical point of view. At the same time mark the return of the Medici to power in Florence. This new era marked anew for artists as they abandoned simplification and began using more styles leading towards mannerism. Additionally‚ artists‚ who created these masterworks
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political and military center of the empire was located in Cusco in modern-day Peru. The Inca civilization arose from the highlands of Peru in the early 13th century. From 1438 to 1533‚ the Incas used a variety of methods‚ from conquest to peaceful assimilation‚ to incorporate a large portion of western South America‚ centered on the Andean mountain ranges‚ besides Peru‚ large parts of modern Ecuador‚ western and south central Bolivia‚ northwest Argentina‚ north and north-central Chile‚ and southern
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The Renaissance Man In the film there was a group named the double d’s. They are called double d’s meaning‚ dumbest dog shit. The people from that group are chosen to be in that group because those students are the ones that do not comprehend the army duty. Mr. Raga‚ the teacher from the group double d’s‚ was not as responsible. Facing some of his own consequences like‚ getting fired from his previous job‚ losing his relationship slowly with his only daughter‚ and not taking his new job as
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Contribution of Babylonians in Science and Technology Babylonia was an ancient cultural region in central-southern Mesopotamia (present-day Iraq)‚ withBabylon as its capital. Babylonia emerged when Hammurabi (fl. ca. 1696 – 1654 BC‚ short chronology) created an empire out of the territories of the former Akkadian Empire. Babylonia adopted the written Semitic Akkadian language for official use‚ and retained the Sumerian languagefor religious use‚ which by that time was no longer a spoken language
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Renaissance‚ meaning rebirth in French is a time of revival in art and literature in the European culture‚ which followed straightly after the Middle Ages. Renaissance is known to be strongly influenced by classical models‚ restoring the style and creating new discovery through art and invention‚ after a long era of artistic stagnation. Renaissance began in the late fourteenth century‚ after the Middle Ages and remained in until the sixteenth century. At the time of the medieval period‚ it is recognized
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Italian Renaissance The Italian Renaissance began in the Middle ages in the great city’s and state’s of Italy. Italian merchants and political officials supported and appointed the great artists of the day‚ because of this the products of the Renaissance grew up inside their own walls. The most powerful city’s and state’s were Florence‚ The Papal States‚ Venice‚ and Milan. Each of these states grew up with its own distinctive character‚mostly caused by the differences between their government
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The Mayan civilization was located in what is now known as Guatemala‚ Belize‚ Honduras‚ El Salvador and also in the area of the five southern states of Mexico‚ including Campeche‚ Chiapas‚ Quintana Roo‚ Tabasco‚ and Yucatan. The civilization was originally founded during the pre-classic period (about 2‚000 BC to 250 AD). According to the chronology of Central America‚ many of the Mayan cities reached their highest level of sophistication through the classic period (approx. 250 BC to 900 AD)‚ and
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