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Causes of the Renaissance - Coggle Diagram
Causes of the Renaissance
The black death
caused by?
Plague, carried by fleas carried by black rats
From the east, on trading ships
Probably because of the recent growth of trading, there would be a lot of trading ships
result in?
decline in food supplies
lead to?
Those who survived, moved to developing towns
People question the teaching of the Roman Catholic Church
Lead to more secular approach to life in the renaissance
The revival of trade and the
growth of towns
People weren't as smart as we are about the world around us
Europeans were introduced to Asian Middle-eastern products
because of the crusade
when?
twelfth and thirteenth centuries
what?
Spices , silk, perfume & pottery
Improved land and sea routes to the east
Better navigation
lead to?
Trading in Italy flourished Ideas and skills were shared
The Fall of constantinople
what happened?
In 1453, the city of Constantinople was invaded by the Ottoman empire
Resulted to what...
Greek scholars fled to fled to Italy, bringing with them documents and manuscripts from Ancient Greece and Rome
What did the scholars do?
They. contributed to the improvement of interest in classical learning which influenced a lot of the culture of the Renaissance
The printing press
before...
Monks were the few people who could read and write
Monasteries had rare manuscripts that
monks had copied by hand.
learning during the middle ages were mostly controlled by churches
1450.....
German goldsmith, Johannes
Gutenberg, invented a printing press
texts could be mass produced
this lead to....
probably the most important factor regarding the to the spread
of Renaissance culture and ideas across Europe
encouraged more people to learn, read and gain new knowledge