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

Gavin Menzies.
New York : Harper Perennial, 2009.
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.

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Format:
book Book
Author:
Menzies, Gavin
Subject:
Discoveries in geography > Chinese.
Europe > Civilization > Chinese influences.
Renaissance.
Publication Year:
2009
Language:
English
Published:
New York
ISBN:
9780061492181
Course:
HIST467
中國近現代史上之爭議課題 (Issues & Controversies in Modern Chinese History)
Bibliography:
Includes bibliographical references (p. [331]-345) and index.

 

 


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