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The brilliance of the Renaissance laid the foundation of today's world. Textbooks reveal that it came about because of this of a rediscovery of the ideas and ideals of traditional Greece and Rome. However now bestselling historian Gavin Menzies makes the startling discussion that in the year 1434, China - then your world's most technologically advanced civilization - provided the spark that established the European Renaissance ablaze. From that time frame onward, Europeans embraced Chinese language ideas, discoveries, and innovations, all of which form the foundation of Traditional western civilization today. The New York Times bestselling writer of 1421 combines a long-overdue historical reexamination with the exhilaration of an investigative adventure, getting the listener aboard the impressive Chinese language fleet as it sails from China to Cairo and Florence, and then back again around the world. Erudite and brilliantly reasoned, 1434 changes just how we see ourselves, our history, and the world.
