Vocabulary
Means rebirth - Marked the transitions between medieval and early modern times in Europe
Renaissance
Banking Family who supported the Reaissance
The Medici Family
Artist who painted the Mona Lisa and known for his plans of flying machines and underwater boats
Leonardo da Vinci
Universal ruler who created the largest land empire in history
Genghis Khan
Urban populations mean
cities
Intellectual movement that made man the center of thought and progress
Humanism
Renaissance author who wrote 37 plays including Romeo and Juliet
William Shakespeare
Artists known for his painting School of Athens
Raphael
Mongol ruler who created Chinese Dynasty
Kublai Khan
How many did the Black Death kill in Europe
1/3 of the population
financial supporter
patron
Developed a printing press which increased literacy and the spread of Renaissance ideas
Gutenberg
Architect who created the Duomo, a dome building in Florence
Filippo Brunelleschi
Time of political stability and economic growth when the Silk Road and trade flourished
Mongol Peace
Pax Mongolica
Who was blamed for the Black Death and persecuted in Europe
Jews
machine allowed for fast production of books
printing press
Wrote a handbook on how to gain and maintain political power, The Prince
Machiavelli
Dome in Washington D.C. is modeled after this artists
Michelangelo
European merchant who traveled and worked for Mongol ruler in China
Marco Polo
What caused the spread of the Black Death from Asia to Europe
Trade routes - silk road
Everyday language of ordinary people
Vernacular
Wrote poetry influenced by classical writers from ancient Greece and Rome
Petrarch
Sculpture who created a life size statue of a solider on horseback in Italy, the first since ancient times
Donatello
Name of Mongol Chinese Dynasty
Yuan
What was the name of the bacteria that caused the Black Death?
Yersinia Pestis