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Rome fell in 476 A.D the Germanic general Odacer or Odovacar overthrew the last of the Roman Emperors, Augustulus Romulus. From then on the western part of the Empire was ruled by Germanic chieftain.
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John Cabot was an Italian navigator and explorer whose 1497 discovery of parts of North America under the commission of Henry VII of England is commonly held to have been the first European exploration
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Christopher Columbus was an Italian explorer, navigator, colonizer and citizen of the Republic of Genoa. Under the auspices of the Catholic Monarchs of Spain, he completed four voyages across the Atlantic Ocean.
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Gutenberg invented the printing press he was a German blacksmith, goldsmith, printer and publisher who was the one who introduced printing into Europe
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His pieces of art include the Mona Lisa The Last Supper and he was in the high renaissance
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William Shakespeare was a English poet, play writer and actor he wrote 154 sonnets and 37 plays some of his best were Romeo and Juliet, A midsummer nights dream and Hamlet
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Galileo Galilei, was an Italian astronomer, physicist, engineer, philosopher, and mathematician who played a major role in the scientific revolution during the Renaissance.
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He was the first known to describe completely and in detail the systemic circulation and properties of blood being pumped to the brain and body by the heart,
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René Descartes was a French philosopher, mathematician, and scientist. Dubbed the father of modern western philosophy, much of subsequent Western philosophy is a response to his writings, which are studied closely to this day
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Sir Isaac Newton PRS was an English physicist and mathematician who is widely recognised as one of the most influential scientists of all time and a key figure in the scientific revolution.
