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The Renaissance Era begins!
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At this time the Middle Ages were coming to a close and the Renaissance was begining
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The Peak of The Renaissance. There are many painters and sculptors during this time
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Sandro Botticelli Paints "The Birth of Venus". It shows Venus, having emerging from the sea as a full grown woman, arriving at the sea shore
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The painting represents the last meal shared by Jesus with his disciples before his capture and death
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Michelangelo takes the commission to paint the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel, which took four years to complete
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It takes Michelangelo 4 years to finish painting the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel
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The "School of Athens" is one of four main frescoes, or murals, on the walls of the Stanza
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Copernicus publishes his book " On the Revolution of the Heavenly Bodies"
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Galileo discovers mountains and deep valleys on the moon. He figures out that the Milky Way is actually made up of countless seperate stars.
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Galileo designs the pendulum clock, after discoveries made by him.
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The Renaissance Era Ends
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Anton van Leeuwenkgoes has microscope so powerful he discovers microorganisms
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Gabriel Fahrenheit invents the the mercury thermometer
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This statue is of David after his battle with Goliath
