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Old 03-30-2011, 05:59 PM   #22 (permalink)
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I'm surprised noone's answered the European Renaissance, the time when civilization (well, some of it) rose from and challenged the oppressive conventions of the medieval times. You got great artists and thinkers like Michaelangelo, Leonardo DaVinci and Galileo Galilei who challenged the geocentric world view. America was discovered and settled, the protestant reformation took place, ehr .. Classical music came a long way etc.
The Renaissance is pretty interesting to me. Also the Muslim Empire golden age preceding it... I love the contrast between that and the Dark Ages.
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