The West and the Changing Balance of World Power
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| 299101788 | Zhenghe | The Muslim admiral from western China, who commanded expeditions. Bureaucrats would not write about him. | 0 | |
| 299101789 | Renaissance | VItal cultural and political movement that began in 1400, in Italy. It stressed more secular subjects in literature and art. | 1 | |
| 299101790 | Francesco Petrarch | A leading 14th century writer, who took pride in his city and his age, while also exploring the glories of personal achievement with new confidence. | 2 | |
| 299101791 | Vivaldis | A family from Genoa, from which two brothers sailed from the straits of Gibraltar, seeking a route to the west Indies, as early as 1291. | 3 | |
| 299101792 | Vasco de Gama | The first European to reach India by sea, which he did in 1498.He was a Portuguese explorer. | 4 | |
| 299101793 | Henry the Navigator | also known as Prince Henry of Portugal. He was a student of astronomy and nautical science who sponsored about a third of Portuguese voyages of exploration before his death in 1460. He was interested in new lands for the reasons of scientific and intellectual curiosity, and a desire to spread the name of Christ to unfamiliar lands. | 5 | |
| 299102845 | Castile and Aragon | provinces in which major monarchies were established by 1400. | 6 |
