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The territory thrived during the Renaissance by exporting cotton, pepper and ivory to Europe, particularly Portugal.
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The innovation and wealth graph tilts up a bit during the Renaissance and again after the steam engine launched the first Industrial Revolution.
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During the Renaissance, musicians played the trombone in town bands, royal ceremonial bands, and in mixed ensembles with string and keyboard instruments and voices.
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The innovation and wealth graph tilts up ever so slightly during the Renaissance and then tilts again after the steam engine launched the first Industrial Revolution.
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It is also one of the key ancient manuscripts that enabled Western civilization to awake from the dark ages and enter the modern world during the Renaissance.
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During the Renaissance, intaglios, like the carnelian-and-gold "Bust of Girolamo Savonarola, " the Medici critic notorious for the "burning of the books, the bonfires of the vanities, " embellished clothing and decorative objects.
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During the Renaissance, ideas from Middle Eastern cultures and the distant Mongolian Empire were on the verge of changing the basic notion of what it meant to be a European Christian.
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During the Renaissance it was Michelangelo and Bramante.
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Because these waterways were the arteries of trade, Bruges became rich during the Middle Ages and the Renaissance.
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During the 300 years between the Renaissance and the Industrial Age--years of astounding advances in science, art, literature and democratic governance--the GWP per capita grew only 20%.
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This sectarian conflict stifled the brilliance of the Muslim renaissance that took place during the Dark Ages of Europe, when the great universities, scientists, doctors, and artists were all Muslim.
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