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This helped to grow or promote new ideas during the Renaissance
What is trade
The arts were influenced by this along with new ideas
Classical Era
A time during religious conflict.
What are the crusades?
This allowed for sailors to make long ocean voyages.
What is better ship design
His travels, and written accounts inspired another Italian explorer
Who is Marco Polo
Things that the Europeans were eager to buy from the Asians
What are spices, perfumes, silk and precious stones
An era that set the stage for exploration and discovery
Renaissance Era
Nine expeditions launched by the Europeans
What are the Crusades?
This better helped travelers with directions such as North, East, South, and West.
What is the Compass
This country was known for its mining and trade
What is Africa
These were major Italian port cities that were used for moving goods across the Mediterranean Sea
The ports of Venice, Genoa, and Pisa
This took place across most of Europe.
What is the renaissance
A French word meaning "Re-birth"
What words describes or defines the Renaissance?
This helped navigation by using the stars as a way to plan a course during traveling
What is the astrolabe
This explorer was inspired by a known explorer during his era
Who is Christopher Columbus
Marco Polo wrote this book which was published 200 years later after it was written
What is "travels"
It displayed harmony balance in Greek Art
The Classical Era
Cartographers helped to improve accuracy in traveling
Cartographer is another name for a mapmaker
This helped advance the sell of books
The invention of the printing press
Taxes placed its good is one way that his country gained its wealth
What is Ghana
Maps showed directions that included what
They included; ocean currents, and lines of latitude that measured distance from North to South
A Period of intellectual and artistic creativity.
What is a period during the Renaissance?
Theis ship became the most ship during the European age of exploration
What is the Caravel
Europe had been a patchwork of small states until the rise of these
What are strong monarchs
This leader made a holy pilgrimage to the city of Mecca
Who is MansaMusa