1. 7.8 Renaissance 1271-1600 Ch 11

2. h/s.s. 7.8-Learn about How did the Renaissance start What happened in the Renaissance How the Renaissance spread

3. MAIN IDEA The Renaissance is a time when people will focus less on religion and more on humans

4. WHAT is the Renaissance? People re-looked at old ideas and made them new again-ideas were reborn

5. How did people find out about the old ideas? Think of how you learn about new things(or old things)….

6. HOW? Trade was important in bringing in ideas Traders travelled different areas of the world and shared what they saw with others

7. MARCO POLO was important

8. Marco Polo went to China and wrote about it- The Description of the World

9. Many people in Europe read it It was the only book or information about China they had

10. Marco Polo is important because … Marco Polo is important because … He got people in Europe interested in traveling to Asia to get goods to trade

11. Quick Facts Birth 1254 Death 1324 (both in Venice)Birth 1254 Death 1324 (both in Venice) Was 17 when he went to China, was about 42 when he came backWas 17 when he went to China, was about 42 when he came back Was put in prison + another prisoner wrote down his storiesWas put in prison + another prisoner wrote down his stories Nickname was il milione because he had a million stories.Nickname was il milione because he had a million stories. He last words were ‘I have not yet even said half of what I knowHe last words were ‘I have not yet even said half of what I know

12. TRADE becomes very important In Italy there will be special cities that get rich on trade- Milan, Venice, Genoa, and Florence

13. Cities began controlling bigger areas than just their city-They would fight and compete CITY-STATES- These cities that had large amounts of land and Italy was full of them

14. Milan- ruled by the Sforza Family

15. Venice-ruled by the Doge

16. Genoa-Fregoso Family

17. FLORENCE or Firenze The Renaissance city

18. Ponte Vecchio on the Arno River

19. DuomoDuomo

20. Doors of the Baptistry

21. Florence, during its Golden Age, was ruled for many years by the Medici family. They had been traders and then bankers. They got very rich

22. Two FAMOUS MEDICI were Cosimo and Lorenzo Both spent lots of money on art and artists.

23. Uffizi-Medici Palace Now home to art

24. Medici were so rich and powerful their families married kings and queens and were even popes

25. Homework : Due F. Read 304-306 Venn diagram of the Humanism+ Religion section Middle Ages 1 2 3 Both 1 2 3 Renaissance 1 2 3