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Old 03-28-2011, 04:49 PM   #21 (permalink)
Thom Yorke
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I'm surprised noone's answered the European Renaissance, the time when civilization (well, some of it) rose from and challenged the oppressive conventions of the medieval times. You got great artists and thinkers like Michaelangelo, Leonardo DaVinci and Galileo Galilei who challenged the geocentric world view. America was discovered and settled, the protestant reformation took place, ehr .. Classical music came a long way etc.
Leonardo is by far my favourite individual to learn about in history. He was so far ahead of his time. You can't forget Machiavelli either.
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