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The age of Renaissance is the only reason we stand here today. Our fore fathers would have never discovered, explored, or given birth to our very own nation if it wasn't for the brilliant minds of a few essential people in our history. Not only did their actions lead them to discovery, but they have provided us with years and years of admiration of wonderful artwork, sculptures, and marvelous structures. "In order for Western Civilization to recover from the great decline, crisis and near collapse during the middle ages, it had to re-affirm its parentage in Hellenic Civilization during the era of Renaissance: politically, economicaly, religiously, socially, intellectually, artistically and militarily" The renaissance was all about learning, expanding, and building cities. Along with building cities and expanding society, people were expanding culture to a whole new level. Books were one of the biggest things of everyday life. Homer and Shakespear became widely known across Europe. People were also creating new forms of clothing, buildings, and all sorts of crafts. A certain standard was starting to be set. Banking for instance, was a new thing that everyone liked