Faiz


 * Causes of Cultural Change:
 * Opportunity for learning and education in Europe
 * Large amounts of artists, architects, and musicians in Europe
 * Influence from ancient Greece and Rome in art, literature, philosophy, and science; classicism
 * Religion promoted learning and culture in their respective regions
 * Technology:
 * The Printing Press – allowed massive reproduction of literature causing a spread of knowledge
 * Compass – led to exploration and expansion

§ The Renaissance and the spread: § Islamic Culture: § Mathematics, medicine, astronomy, chemistry, literature and philosophy spread throughout the Muslim states § Chinese Culture: § African Culture: § Skilled carving and sculpturing in wood, ivory, and metal § Impacts: Resources: Barron’s AP World History 2009 P. 115, 129-32, 139-40, 145, 148, 166
 * Gunpowder – led to military strength and oversea trade
 * Mixing and the spread of ideas through trade globally
 * Exploration and expansion
 * The rebirth of culture and technology
 * Led to the spread of humanism, the conviction that being human is something to celebrate
 * Classicism, a greater understanding of Greco-Roman literature and learning, spread
 * Famous figures: Giovanni Boccaccio, Giotto, Filippo Brunelleschi, Niccolò Machiavelli, Leonardo da Vinci, Michelangelo, Raphael, Titian, Geoffrey Chaucer, and Dante Alighieri
 * Romanesque and Gothic styles developed and are still used
 * Works of Omar Khayyám, Ibn Battuta, Maimonides, Averroës and Avicenna were published as a result of the new ideas and thought
 * Scientifically and technologically advanced
 * Mathematics and astronomy were the strong subjects
 * Built the compass, block printing, the celestial clock of Su Song, and the first chain-driven mechanism powered by water in the Song dynasty
 * Gunpowder and paper currency were the prominent inventions during the Song
 * Porcelain, ceramics, and glassware were made during the Ming
 * Stone architecture was dominant, seen in the Great Zimbabwe and Zanzibar
 * Oral tradition spread stories from generation to the next, such as the story of Sundiata
 * This cultural uprising led to exploration, expansion, and the overall spread of culture still thriving today
 * Artistic styles are also shown today; literature is also read and studied today; architecture is based of the ideas of this time; last, music and art of that time period is still played and studied currently

- By: Faiz Kabbinavar Period 6, 5/6/09