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what exactly was the Renaissance? It was a period from about 1450 to 1550 during which supreme achievements of scientific and artistic genius were made. But it also had a dark side.
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The New Renaissance could be said to have started in 1990 with the fall of the Berlin Wall and the end of the Cold War. Commercial internet service began, and China stepped back into the world economy.
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the printing press revolutionized communication over the period of just a single lifetime. It began around 1450 when the German entrepreneur Johann Gutenberg (1395–1468) invented movable type. He used it to make the world’s first major printed book, Gutenberg’s Bible.
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In 2010, the 388 richest people in the world controlled more wealth than the poorest 50 percent of the population. By 2015, this number dropped dramatically as just 62 people controlled more wealth than the bottom half.
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