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The Bubonic Plague spreads across Europe, infecting, and killing 1/3 of the population. The Bubonic Plague was a plague, that made the skin turn a blackish color. (The Black Death) This was an important event because it weakened the Europeans, bringing a lot of other problems.
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The Spanish Inquisition was a Catholic ecclesiastical tribunal. The Inquisition was originally intended in large part to ensure the orthodoxy of those who converted from Judaism and Islam. This regulation of the faith of the newly converted was intensified after the royal decrees issued in 1492 and 1501 ordering Jews and Muslims to convert or leave.
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Christopher Columbus disovered the new world after traveling for months. He traveled looking for new trade routes to China, but ended up finding land instead. The importance of Columbus setting off to find this for his country, show us the rise, of new ideas, and discovery, which, makes up our history.
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Leonardo da Vinici painted this painting, and it now remains in the dining hall at the Convent of Santa Maria delle Grazie, Milan, which is kind of a long effect, since it's been there for years, being viewed and analyed.A huge signifigance about this painting,is that Leonardo painted the canvas with oil first, and then paints, so that he could fix mistakes as he goes along,doing this, the painting has been detieriorating ever since it was finished.It is one of the most known Christian paintings
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Mona Lisa was created in 1503-1506 by Leonardo da Vinci. This Paining has been acclaimed to be This painting has had a huge impact in our lives in present day, because it has given us a new perspective of art. If this painting didn’t exist then art might be different, because “Mona Lisa” has given most people different ideas and perspective about art. It is a part of the renaissance culture, which is how it relates to humanism.
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One of the most important things about The Creation of Adam, is that it was intended to be a cover up. Michaelangelo was instructed to cover up the previous art but Giotto. A long social impact, is that the interpretation of the Bible that came with this painting, it means that God is creating Adam.
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The painting depicts the Wedding Feast at Cana, a miracle story from the Christian New Testament. In the story, Jesus and his disciples were invited to a wedding celebration in Cana in the Galilee. Towards the end of the feast, when the wine was running out, Jesus commanded servants to fill jugs with water, which he then turned into wine. It was in Italy, before it was plunndered by Napoleon, and shipped to Paris. This painting again is important, because it reflects on the bible and beliefs.
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Sir Isaac Newton came up with the theory of gravity. He discovered it, when an apple fell from a tree and hit him on the head. This triggered the idea of, “everything that goes up, has to come down.” This compares to humanism because, theology, law, and philosophy were huge parts in humanism.
