https://padlet.com/Acousins22/m6sua045ouv3 Made by Addison en-us 2018-04-20 18:35:34 UTC 2018-04-23 23:40:34 UTC hello@padlet.com Acousins22 https://padlet.com/Acousins22/m6sua045ouv3/wish/253959124 2018-04-20 18:38:25 UTC https://padlet.com/Acousins22/m6sua045ouv3/wish/253959124 Acousins22 https://padlet.com/Acousins22/m6sua045ouv3/wish/253959264 Europe is surrounded by big bodies of water which made it easier to access for trade. There were many port cities on the Mediterranean sea and trade was a lot easier for them to get goods. Europe was also close to Africa and the Middle East so they had new trading opportunities also had lots of trade partners and routes. The climate was warm so it positively affected the trade route by making the trade routes more available and weren't affected by bad weather. Since the weather was very nice they were able to grow food like grapes which they could turn in to wine this was good because it was good for trading.]]> 2018-04-20 18:38:48 UTC https://padlet.com/Acousins22/m6sua045ouv3/wish/253959264 Acousins22 https://padlet.com/Acousins22/m6sua045ouv3/wish/253959411 Mongolian leader Kublai Khan reopened the Silk Road this made trade a lot easier to trade and a lot more trade could happen. Trade was one way they could spread ideas around. Trade made merchants wealthy so they could pay artist to make great works. They started to trade with Asia which made more trading opportunities for trade. They would trade silk and spices in Florence.

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Galileo's early version of calculator it determined exchange rates for different currencies. Helped banks connect to all European nations by building wealth thanks to being able to exchange money from all uropean nations. Wealthy families invest in culture by commissioning works of art for example the Medici family commissioned many artist to make great works in Florence. Medici's developed a new system of banking and got around the catholic rule of interest customers could exchange an permissinoary a loan of gold coins to finance imports and exports .The catholic money exchange charged a fee for the exchange. Not interested, but paying a fee for the act of exchanging money]]> 2018-04-20 18:39:09 UTC https://padlet.com/Acousins22/m6sua045ouv3/wish/253959411 Acousins22 https://padlet.com/Acousins22/m6sua045ouv3/wish/253959579 wealthy bankers like the medici family were in charge of places in Italy. The medici's were very wealthy and pays lots of patrons to artist in Florence to make beautiful things because they valued beauty and thinkers like innovators 

]]> 2018-04-20 18:39:33 UTC https://padlet.com/Acousins22/m6sua045ouv3/wish/253959579 Acousins22 https://padlet.com/Acousins22/m6sua045ouv3/wish/253959709 Christianity was a popular religion . Shift in thinking about what it meant to be a whole person like humanism. Time on earth was important if you lived a good life you could go to heaven. Wealthy merchants wanted to show off their wealth by commissioning works of art which was supporting the artist they paid. Humanism was another religion that studied art, history, literature and public speaking Humanism, the belief of value of individual’s potential, made the people ques on everything, including the church’s strict rituals and complete control.

]]> 2018-04-20 18:39:53 UTC https://padlet.com/Acousins22/m6sua045ouv3/wish/253959709 Acousins22 https://padlet.com/Acousins22/m6sua045ouv3/wish/253959892 Math Advanced astronomy it Helped created better building designs and stronger buildings that lasted longer. Math Helped developed more precise maps and could have helped Navigate to new places]]> 2018-04-20 18:40:26 UTC https://padlet.com/Acousins22/m6sua045ouv3/wish/253959892 Acousins22 https://padlet.com/Acousins22/m6sua045ouv3/wish/253959938 Artist were paid by wealthy patrons which helped create many paintings were created like the Mona Lisa. Artist started to use perspective and dimension in their art work to make it more realistic. Michelangelo paints the sistine chapel and sculpted David. The printing press made it easier to spread ideas and make books. Books made by monks and take 4-5 months to copy a book before printing press. The printing press uses ink and paper . Made it easier for Common people to access ideas because the books were cheaper.]]> 2018-04-20 18:40:34 UTC https://padlet.com/Acousins22/m6sua045ouv3/wish/253959938