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    After the Dark Ages, the Renaissance emerged from the devastation of the Black Death in Europe. During this era, ancient Greek and Roman knowledge was recovered and a new sense developed that nothing was impossible. In Italy, feudalism was reinstituted through the Holy Roman Empire, and new city-state rulers like the Medicis rose to power. Wealth was used to fund architecture and engineering projects. The Black Death killed over 50% of Siena's population, but engineering brought water to the city through an aqueduct, allowing it to prosper. During the 13th-14th centuries, Italian city-states were the power centers of Europe. The Renaissance literally means rebirth or revival, and the Medicis

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    After the Dark Ages, the Renaissance emerged from the devastation of the Black Death in Europe. During this era, ancient Greek and Roman knowledge was recovered and a new sense developed that nothing was impossible. In Italy, feudalism was reinstituted through the Holy Roman Empire, and new city-state rulers like the Medicis rose to power. Wealth was used to fund architecture and engineering projects. The Black Death killed over 50% of Siena's population, but engineering brought water to the city through an aqueduct, allowing it to prosper. During the 13th-14th centuries, Italian city-states were the power centers of Europe. The Renaissance literally means rebirth or revival, and the Medicis

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    After the Dark Ages, the Renaissance emerged from the devastation of the Black Death in Europe. During this era, ancient Greek and Roman knowledge was recovered and a new sense developed that nothing was impossible. In Italy, feudalism was reinstituted through the Holy Roman Empire, and new city-state rulers like the Medicis rose to power. Wealth was used to fund architecture and engineering projects. The Black Death killed over 50% of Siena's population, but engineering brought water to the city through an aqueduct, allowing it to prosper. During the 13th-14th centuries, Italian city-states were the power centers of Europe. The Renaissance literally means rebirth or revival, and the Medicis

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    History Channels Engineering an Empire: Da Vincis World Video Questions


    1. After the Dark Ages ____________________lit up the world, it emerged from the
    devastating clouds of the Black Death.
    2.

    The enterprise of renaissance engineering is the recovery of _________________


    knowledge.

    3.

    This Era created a bold new sense that nothing was _____________________.

    4. In the 12th & 13th centuries, Italy is beginning in rebirth because whats happening
    is that _____________________________ is being reinstituted to the Italian peninsula
    mainly through the Holy Roman Empire through the system called feudalism.
    5.

    New Rulers of the Italian city-states emerge, they are the


    ____________________________.

    6.

    Wealth bought power and power could buy _______________________ &


    architecture.

    7.

    What resource was necessary for the prosperity of Siena? What engineering feat
    brought this resource to the city?

    8. In 1347, the Black Death struck. One conservative estimate states that Siena los
    over __________% of its population in just a few months
    9.

    In the 13th & 14th centuries _________________were the power centers of Europe.

    10.

    Humanism is an interest in the __________________ world.

    11. Renaissance literally means ___________________ or revival.


    12. The Medicis, one of the wealthiest families in Florence led the way to revitalize
    Rome and made Florence the new __________________________.
    13. What was the centerpiece of this effort?
    14. What did Brunelleschi go to study? _________________.What structure did he study?
    ______________________. Describe some aspects of the process to build the dome.
    15. Which Brunelleschi innovation is a cornerstone of engineering today?
    16. What is the single point off in the distance called?

    17.

    What were Renaissance architects forced to focus their attention on building?

    18.

    15th Century Italy: What former powerhouse is on the rise again?

    19. Pope Sixtus V and the Popes that come after him feel the need to revitalize
    Rome. To clean up Rome, Sixtus had all the vandals rounded up and
    ______________________.
    20. Many people think that it is with the Renaissance that _______________________
    culture begins.
    This period did so much to pull us out of a __________________________.

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