The Renaissance Flashcards
What were major states/empires in the eastern hemisphere
England, France, Spain , Russia, Ottoman Empire, Persia, China, Mughal India, and The Songhai Empire
What were major states/empires in the western hemisphere
The Incan Empire and the Aztec Empire
Where was Judaism mainly practiced
Europe and the Middle East
Where was Christianity mainly practiced
Europe and the Middle east
Where was Islam mainly practiced
Southern Europe, Africa, and parts of Asia
Where was Hinduism mainly practiced
India and part of Southeast Asia
Where was Buddhism mainly practiced
East and Southeast Asia
Where was the silk road
Across Asia to the Mediterranean Basin
Where was the Maritime trade route
Across the Indian Ocean
Where was the Trans Saharan trade route
Across North Africa
Where is the northern European trade route
Spreads out from the Black Sea, across from Constantinople
Where is the western European trade route
The farthest trade route to the west, goes through Spain
Where was the South China Sea trade route
Throughout all the islands in the South China sea
Who painted the Mona Lisa and the Last Supper
Leonardo da Vinci
Who made the Statue of David, La Pieta, and painted the ceiling of the Sistine chapel
Michelangelo
Who wrote Macbeth and Hamlet
Shakespeare
Who created the idea of humanism
Erasmus
Who wrote The Prince
Machiavelli
What was humanism
The idea that humans has great potential, big focus of individualism and education
