Where Did it Start?
-The Renaissance began in northern Italy and then spread through Europe.
-Italian cities such as Naples, Genoa, and Venice became centers of trade between Europe and the Middle East.
-Arab scholars preserved the writings of the ancient Greeks in their libraries.
-When the Italian cities traded with the Arabs, ideas were exchanged along with goods.
-These ideas, preserved from the ancient past, served as the basis of the Renaissance.
-When the Byzantine Empire fell to Muslim Turks in 1453, many Christian scholars left Greece for Italy.
-Italian cities such as Naples, Genoa, and Venice became centers of trade between Europe and the Middle East.
-Arab scholars preserved the writings of the ancient Greeks in their libraries.
-When the Italian cities traded with the Arabs, ideas were exchanged along with goods.
-These ideas, preserved from the ancient past, served as the basis of the Renaissance.
-When the Byzantine Empire fell to Muslim Turks in 1453, many Christian scholars left Greece for Italy.