Renaissances
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Travel east and west— to Renaissance Italy and the contemporaneous Islamic empires.
Travel east and west to explore the connections and rivalries between Renaissance Italy and the Islamic empires that experienced their own cultural flowering in the 15th and 16th centuries. Both spheres were open to influences flowing both ways.
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Renaissances
Preview: Episode 5 | 30sVideo has Closed Captions
Travel east and west to explore the connections and rivalries between Renaissance Italy and the Islamic empires that experienced their own cultural flowering in the 15th and 16th centuries. Both spheres were open to influences flowing both ways.
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