<span>The Northern Renaissance emphasized classical learning to drive religious reform. </span>
The “golden age” of Greece lasted for little more than a century but it laid the foundations of western civilization. The age began with the unlikely defeat of a vast Persian army by badly outnumbered Greeks and it ended with an inglorious and lengthy war between Athens and Sparta.
<span>Landowner </span><span>best describes the word patroon</span>
The Gold Rush populated areas with people that were not practicing slavery