Renissance+and+Reformation

= Renissance homework =

1. The Crusades were any of the journeys and battles undertaken by European Christians between 1095 and 1270, to win control of the Holy Land (Palestine) from the Muslims. They encouraged the end of the Middle Ages’ system of economic survival by attacking non-Muslims which resulted in the persecution of the Jews of Europe. The Crusades put Europeans in contact with different cultures, different ideas and a variety of trade goods by fighting and going into war. People discovered that they could make a living instead by trading different items such as silks and spices with the Far East. (By Lauren Feeley)

= = =4. The Renesiance began in 1436. It began in this city because traders from Florence brought spices and silks to Europe from Asia and Africa. It also had many workshops that made high quality woolen cloth and other goods. Florence was also one of the richest cities in Europe. The Medici family had a lot of wealth and the city gained more wealth through banking and trade.= (By Alexa Ryan)

=6. In the renaissance times, bank where required to have a system of loaning large sums of money, in order to revive trade. The bankers profit from banking by requiring a payment of a percentage of the money loaned. Tradesman and= = merchants needed a system of borrowing money so that they could come up with money that they needed to trade faster than they could make it. =

(By Taylor Reilly)
8. Galileo improved his Dutch telescope. He sold it to the navy of Venice. Sailors might have been interested in having this invention because it would allow them to see land far away while they were at sea. (by Rose Inannuzzi)