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The rats had fleas on them and they spread all over
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The Renaissance was an intellectual and artistic movement. Hummanism was created and religion was beginning to lose it's foothold on society. The arts began to grow and expand and this time also saw the creation of science
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Johann's invention of mechanical movable type printing started the Printing Revolution and is widely regarded as the most important event of the modern period.It played a key role in the development of the Renaissance, Reformation, the Age of Enlightenment and the Scientific Revolution and laid the material basis for the modern knowledge-based economy and the spread of learning to the masses.
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On this date, Columbus, while trying to find an alternate route to Asia, from Europe, stumbled upon the Americas. His discovery opened up the Western Hemishpere for the diffusion of culture, goods, and the transmission of diseases.
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This commission was issued to Michelangelo, in which he started painting the Sistine Chapel's ceiling in the year 1508, and completed it in the year 1512. Michelangelo's work was the epitome of art in the High Renaissance era, and became a great influence of art for centuries to come.
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n this event, Queen Elizabeth I, the greatest monarch to ever rule England, died of blood poisoning. Under Queen Elizabeth's reign, the English people and government prospered, but when she died, the period of art and innovation ended with her.