1434 : the year a magnificent Chinese fleet sailed to Italy and ignited the Renaissance

Main Author: Menzies
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Londonpn: Batam Books, 2008.
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245 1 0 |a 1434 :   |b the year a magnificent Chinese fleet sailed to Italy and ignited the Renaissance   |c Gavin Menzies. 
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300 |a xvi, 368p:   |b ill. (some col.), maps;   |c 24 cm. 
504 0 0 |a Includes bibliographical references (p. [331]-345) and index 
505 0 0 |a The brilliance of the Renaissance laid the foundation of the modern world. Textbooks tell us that it came about as a result of a rediscovery of the ideas and ideals of classical Greece and Rome. But now bestselling historian Gavin Menzies makes the startling argument that in the year 1434, China--then the world's most technologically advanced civilization--provided the spark that set the European Renaissance ablaze. From that date onward, Europeans embraced Chinese intellectual ideas, discoveries, and inventions, all of which form the basis of western civilization today.--From amazon.com 
650 0 0 |a Discoveries in geography --   |z Chinese  
650 0 0 |a Europe --   |x Civilization --   |x Chinese influences  
650 0 0 |a Renaissance  
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