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Why did the renaissance start?

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Italian Artists and scholars became interested in Roman and Greek art, architecture and writings
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??Why did the Renaissance start in Italy???

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??The forum and the colosseum inspired the Italians to rebuild.
??Greeks fled to Italy and brought their ancient manuscripts and culture.
??Italy was a wealthy place full of patrons.
??At the time Italy was the trading crossroads of the world.

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Name a renaissance architect

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??Andrea Palladio??

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Name some features of Renaissance architecture

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Large pillars, round arches, domed roofs and large front porches called porticoes with a triangle shape on top

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What was one of the first examples of classical architecture in the Renaissance?

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⛪️A cathedral in in Florence. The main aspect being the dome.⛪️

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Who designed the dome?

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??Filippo Brunelleschi??

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What method did he use to build the dome?

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Corbelling

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Name some features of Renaissance art

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▫️Nature
▫️Perspective
▫️Feeling

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9
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Before the Renaissance how was paint made.

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?Egg yolk to make it bind?

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How did Renaissance artists make paint?

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?Linseed oil. Slow to dry?

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How did they make painting look more realistic?

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Sfumato which gave the skin shading

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What was a fresco?

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It was painted on wet plaster on walls and ceilings

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13
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When was Leonardo born?

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??1452??

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What ages did he attend school between?

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??5-12??

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Who took Leonardo on as an apprentice?

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??Andrea del Verocchio??

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16
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What did Verocchio help Leonardo paint?

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The baptism of Christ

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When was Leonardo accepted as a member of the artists guild in Florence?

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1472

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18
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When did Leonardo move to Milan?

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?1482?

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Who did he work for in Milan?

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??Duke Ludovico Sfodza ??

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What two paintings did he paint in Milan?

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?The last supper

?the Virgin on the rocks.

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What inventions did Leonardo design?

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?Machine gun
?armoured tank
✈️hand glider
?parachute
?helicopter
?cannon
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22
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How did Leonardo keep his notebooks secret?

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?He used mirror writing?

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23
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How many bodies did he dissect?

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??30??

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What did he discover about the heart?

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❤️It had valves and was a pump❤️

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What year did Leonardo move back to Florence?

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1499

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26
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What did he paint in Florence

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?The Mona Lisa?

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Who did he paint the mona Lisa for?

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??The wife of Francesco deal Giocondo??

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28
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When did Leonardo move to Rome?

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?1513?

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29
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Who offered Leonardo and invitation for work in 1516?

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??King Francis 1??

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30
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When did Leonardo die?

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??1519??

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31
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How many notebooks did he leave behind?

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?120?

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32
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What is a Madonna painting?

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A painting with the Virgin Mary holding an infant Jesus

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33
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Name a great artist of the Northern Europe Renaissance?

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Jan Van Eyck.

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34
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Name a painting of Jan Van Eyck’s?

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The Arnolfini Marriage

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35
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What words are written in the Arnolfini marriage?

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Jan Van Eyck was present

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36
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Name a German Renaissance artist?

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Albreacht Dürer

37
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What was albreacht Dürer famous for?

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Engraving and painting

38
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Name a Dutch Renaissance painter?

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Rembrandt van Rijn

39
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Where was Rembrandt born?

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Leiden

40
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When did Rembrandt leave Leiden?

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At the age of 25

41
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Who was Rembrandt influenced by?

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Caravaggio

42
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When was Rembrandt born?

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1606

43
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When did Rembrandt die?

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1669

44
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In what year did Rembrandt move to Amsterdam?

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1631

45
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Where did Rembrandt live in Amsterdam?

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The Jewish Quarter

46
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How did Rembrandt make a lot of money?

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Painting portraits

47
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How many self portraits did Rembrandt make?

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60

48
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When did Rembrandt’s wife die?

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1642

49
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What happens to Rembrandt’s self portraits as time goes on?

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He gets old and tired and sorrowful

50
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Name three of Rembrandt’s most famous paintings?

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The Night Watch
St Paul In Prison
The Anatomy Lesson

51
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When was “the night watch” painted?

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1642

52
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Why was the Night Watch so famous?

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The guards aren’t in a line. They are in a natural position

53
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What happened to the night watch in 1715

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Part of it was cut off to fit in Amsterdam’s town hall

54
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What else is the night watch famous for?

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The contrasting of light and dark

55
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How was printing originally done?

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Using a printing block

56
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Who invented the moveable type?

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Johann Gutenberg

57
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When was the moveable type invented?

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1450

58
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How many sheets a day could Gutenberg print?

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300

59
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What was the first book printed using the moveable type?

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The bible

60
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How many pages does the bible have?

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1200

61
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What writing did the Germans use in the moveable type?

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Gothic

62
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Name two famous humanism writers?

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Thomas Moore and Erasmus

63
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Who and in what year was Utopia printed?

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Thomas Moore and in 1516

64
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What did Erasmus dedicate his life to?

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Criticising the corruption of the church

65
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When was Shakespeare born?

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1564

66
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When did Shakespeare die?

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1616

67
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What is ‘vernacular language’?

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The common language of a certain country

68
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Where was Shakespeare born?

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Stratford-on-Avon

69
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Who did Shakespeare marry?

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Anne Hathaway

70
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Where did Shakespeare move to when he wanted to become an actor?

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London

71
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What were actors at the time expected to do?

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Act and write plays

72
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In what year did Shakespeare become a famous writer?

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1595

73
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How many plays did Shakespeare write?

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37

74
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Name two comedies that Shakespeare wrote?

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A midsummers night’s dream

Much ado about nothing

75
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Name three plays Shakespeare wrote as tragedies?

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Macbeth
King Lear
Romeo and Juliet

76
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What was Shakespeare’s theatre called?

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the globe

77
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How many people could the globe hold?

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2,000

78
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What would happen if the audience was bored during a play?

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They would heckle and throw things at the actors

79
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When did Shakespeare return to Stratford?

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1610

80
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What was bloodletting?

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It was cutting a vein and letting some blood come out

81
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Name two famous Renaissance doctors?

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Andreas Vesalius

William Harvey

82
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Why is Andreas Vesalius famous?

A

In 1543 he published a book called ON THE FABRIC OF THE HUMAN BODY

83
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Why is William Harvey famous?

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He discovered that the heart is a pump that sends blood through the body

84
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What book did Galileo publish?

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Dialogue of the two chief world system

85
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What did Galileo improve?

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The telescope

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86
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What was one of Galileo’s great discoveries.

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That objects fall at the same speed no matter what they weigh

87
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Where was Galileo born?

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Pisa

88
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Who’s theory is about the planets revolving around the earth?

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Ptolemy

89
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What did Copernicus discover?

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That the world revolved around the sun

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