Historical Connections to the Renaissance Period

The word "Renaissance" means "rebirth" in the French language, and the word is closely related to the Italian word "rinascimento." Why do you think the time period that you are about to study is called the Renaissance? In terms of human history, what time period preceded it and what time period followed it? Why would that make the Renaissance a "rebirth"?

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