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One of the reasons the MiddleAges ended because of the Black Plague. The Black Plague spread all over Europe, killing thousands of people, ending the Middle Ages.
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At the beginning of the Renaissance, the Mechanical Clock was invented to keep time of the 24 hour day.
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Donatello created sculptures and was the greatest sculptor of the 15th century.
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Sandro Botticelli was a painter interested in nature and religious pictures. Some of his best paintings are a series of mythological topics.
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One Scientific Advancement in the renaissance was the Printing Press, created by Johann Gutenberg in Mainz, Germany in the mid-1400s.
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When Humanism finally reached Italy, it was quickly accepted. In the mid 1400s, schools taught Humanism, and it quickly spread.
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Leonardo da Vinci: 1452- 1519 many accomplishments. Painter of 'Mona Lisa', and of the 'Last Supper'.
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Leonardo da Vinci: 1452- 1519 many accomplishments. Painter of 'Mona Lisa', and of the 'Last Supper'.
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A number of scholars in Florence followed Francesco Petrarch's lead and collected and studied ancient works.
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Raphael was a painter, who painted lots of angels and Madonnas. He was born in 1483, and died in 1520.
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Europeans became increasingly curious about the world. Arts were changing, and schools studied more on the world, and less on their own country.
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By 16th century educational systems were so improved and schools so wide spread that it was close to modern shape.
