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  1. 2. was a period of European history, roughly spanning the 14th to 17th centuries, characterized by a "rebirth" of classical learning and art after the Middle Ages.
  2. 5. was a powerful Italian banking dynasty that rose to prominence in Florence during the Italian Renaissance, wielding considerable political and economic influence from the 14th to 18th centuries.
  3. 6. was an Italian sculptor, painter, architect, and poet of the High Renaissance.
  4. 7. a particular attitude toward or way of regarding something; a point of view.
  5. 8. having or representing the sun as the center, as in the accepted astronomical model of the solar system.
  6. 9. was a Venetian merchant, explorer, and writer who traveled from Europe to Asia between 1271 and 1295.
  7. 10. can refer to several different things, including an ancient trade route, an online black market, and a non-profit arts organization.
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  1. 1. was a German printer and inventor who introduced movable type and the printing press to Europe.
  2. 3. traditional in style or form, or based on methods developed over a long period of time, and considered to be of lasting value
  3. 4. describes something that is not religious, worldly, or temporal, as opposed to spiritual or sacred.
  4. 7. a person who gives financial or other support to a person, organization, cause, or activity.
  5. 8. an outlook or system of thought attaching prime importance to human rather than divine or supernatural matters.