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The Renaissance was the rebirth of culture, art, and learning in the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries, that started in Italy, and shifted into parts of western Europe. -
The Renaissance is mostly remembered by the artists and philosophers throughout its time. The most important philosophers of this time include Dante, Petrarch, Christine de Pizan, Desiderius Erasmus, Niccolo Machiavelli, and Baldassarre Castiglione. -
Medieval art was introduced, and some of the most important artists of all time are during this time, including Filippo Brunelleschi, Leonardo de Vinci, and Michelangelo Buonarroti. -
This was the single most powerful state of the early modern period that was based in the Middle East. -
The end of the Renaissance was mainly due to the collapse of the balance of power by the Peace of Lodi. -
The time period when Luther split from the Catholic Church and created Lutheranism. -
The Conquistadors were the military explorers sent over from the Spanish crown to the Americas to claim land, convert "heathens," and enrich both themselves and the crown. -
During the sixteenth century, these three countries were the most powerful and developed during this time. -
This is the demographic catastrophe when the Europeans came over to America, and as much as 90% of the Native Americans died within a couple of generations of Columbus's arrival. -
The Financial Revolution was a result from gunpowder costing more, since gunpowder made a huge change in how wars were fought.