The Renaissance

Throughout the history of mankind, human technology and culture has experienced many advancements, and setbacks. As a civilization rises, new technologies are developed, as well as new types of music, art, and literature. Then years, decades, or even centuries later, as that same civilization begins to decline, many of these technologies and arts are lost.

During the middle ages much of the great advancements made by the Greeks and the Romans had been forgotten due to the decline of living conditions in Western Europe. People went from living comfortable lives with good jobs and educations, to living in very poor conditions, where there was constant turmoil, war, poverty, and hunger. This time period is known as the dark ages.

The dark ages lasted for hundreds of years, as many generations of individuals lived and died in these terrible conditions. Then in the middle A.D. 1300s things slowly began to improve. People began again to discover the arts, and technologies of the Romans and Greeks, making life a little easier. With call this period of time the Renaissance. The Renaissance began around A.D. 1350 in Italy, and continued until about A.D. 1600.