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Italian philosopher, poet, writer and political thinker who authored “The Divine Comedy.”
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: English poet and author of “The Canterbury Tales.”
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The Black Death was a disease that was spread along trade routes westward to the Mediterranean and northenn Africa, that killed about 25 million people. Almost the 3rd of the continents population.
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Italian painter, architect, inventor and “Renaissance man” responsible for painting “The Mona Lisa” and “The Last Supper.
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Scholar from Holland who defined the humanist movement in Northern Europe. Translator of the New Testament into Greek.
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Italian diplomat and philosopher famous for writing “The Prince” and “The Discourses on Livy.”
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Mathematician and astronomer who made first modern scientific argument for the concept of a heliocentric solar system.
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Italian astronomer, physicist and engineer whose pioneering work with telescopes enabled him to describes the moons of Jupiter and rings of Saturn. Placed under house arrest for his views of a heliocentric universe.
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English philosopher and author of “Leviathan.”
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French philosopher and mathematician regarded as the father of modern philosophy. Famous for stating, “I think; therefore I am.”