The Renaissance

Published on Sep 24, 2017

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Globalization

A lead up to the Renaissance 

Review: Major Powers in 1500

The major powers were connected through Trade Routes

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Trade routes were important for transferring goods

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More goods=happy citizens
More trade=more money for the state

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More Importantly, though, trade allowed the transfer of ideas, knowledge, and scientific discoveries

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The Silk Road

  • Transferred both important luxury goods and scientific knowledge from China
  • Goods: Porcelain and Silk
  • Knowledge: Paper and the Compass

Maritime Routes

  • Goods: Spices and textiles from India and Indonesia
  • Knowledge: Numeral system and mathematics from India and the Middle East
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European Trade Routes

  • Allowed Europeans to go around trade routes controlled by African and Middle East Empires to trade directly with Asia
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Trans-Saharan Trade Route

  • Goods: Salt, ivory, gold
  • Knowledge: Arabic knowledge and science

Sharing expertise, and trading "knowledge" helped the Empires in Europe, Africa, and Asia accelerate scientific innovations

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Benefits of Shared Technology

  • Chinese Compass + Italian Ships=Worldwide exploration
  • Chinese Paper + European Printing Press=Mass Transfer of knowledge
  • European cadaver studies + worldwide medical knowledge=better medicine for all
  • Indian Numerials (0)+ Middle East/European mathematicians= physics
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Trade also led to a "rediscovery" of the classic Greek and Roman studies

These studies included history, grammar, poetry, rhetoric, philosophy, and moral reasoning

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Today, these subjects are known as the "Humanities"

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Humanism

  • Humanities are critical for participating in civic life
  • Emphasized the importance of Human Value of Religion or Royalty
  • Humanist beliefs eventually lead to philosophies of Freedom and Liberty

Humanism is fundamental to the artistic, literary, and intellectual ideas of the Renaissance

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