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(1300-1600) The Italian Renaissance was the rebirth of of classical ideas, art, and learning. The Renaissance marked the "birth" of the modern age.
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A school with learning centered upon oceanic navigation along with astronamical observation.
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A siege lasting from Friday, April 6th 1453 to Tuesday, May 29th 1453.
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Columbus' (Italian) voyage was funded by spanish rulers King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella. Originaly were looking for a direct sea route to Asia by going around the world. He sailed with the Nina, Pinta, and Santa Maria.
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The Treaty of Tordesillas that seperated the newly discovered lands in the Americas between Portugal and Spain along the 370 degree meridian.
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Michelangelo created the famous sculpture dubbed David between the years of 1501 and 1504.
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Painted between 1503 and 1503, the Mona Lisa is a national treasure. Painted the famed Leonardo da Vinci, the Mona Lisa is the most well known, most visited, most written about, most sung about, and the most parodied piece of art work in the world.
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Painted by Michelangelo between 1508 and 1512. It is a cornerstone of Renaissance art.
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Written in 1509 and first printed in 1511, the Praise of Folly was created by Desiderius Erasmus in the Renaissance.
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Cortez his men and their native allies fought a hard battle. In the end though a siege by the spanish sealed the fate of the aztec capital city Tenochtitlan.
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Francisco Pizzaro led 169 spanish soldiers and their native allies to capture the Sapa Inca Atahualpa. This was the beginning of a long campaign that would eventually end is spanish victory.
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The play portraied the 44 B.C. conspiracy against the roman dictator Julius Caesar.
