Warm –up

• Copy HW

• Please grab a worksheet from the front desk

• Please write a definition for the term

Renaissance!

Essential Questions

• What happens when societies are confronted with change?

• How can societies use what they learn from the past?

Renaissance

• Rebirth of art and learning in Europe

• 1350-1550

Views of the People

• Took ideas from the Greek and Romans

• Wanted to improve themselves

• Importance of the individual (not King or Church)

• Secular-Natural world (SCIENCE) over religion

Why did it begin in Italy?

• Center of the old Roman Empire

• Wealthy area due to geog. and skilled artisans

• Competition among City-States

• Urbanization

Cities• Florence-rich from wool and banking had many artisans and fine clothing

Venice-wealthiest sailors/shipbuilders

Politics of Italian City-States

• Republics

• Duke –Like a Roman dictator

• Diplomacy-deal making (w/ other countries)

People/Families

• Medici- Richest banking family in Florence

• Marco Polo- traded w/ China-silk road

• Machiavelli-diplomat in Florence• Wrote- The Prince• People are bad so do whatever it

takes to rule them

Closure

• Please explain this cartoon!