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050	0	0	_aG322 _b.M46 2008
082	0	0	_a945 MEN
100	1		_aMenzies, Gavin
245	1	0	_a1434 _b: the year a magnificent Chinese fleet sailed to Italy and ignited the Renaissance _c/ Gavin Menzies
246			_aFourteen thirty-four
250			_a1st Harper Perennial ed.
260			_aNew York _b: Harper Perennial _c, 2009, c2008.
300			_axvi, 368 p., [24] p. of plates _b: ill. (some col.), col. maps _c; 24 cm.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [331]-345) and index.
520			_aThe brilliance of the Renaissance laid the foundation of the modern world. Textbooks tell us that it came about as a result of a rediscovery of the ideas and ideals of classical Greece and Rome. But now bestselling historian Gavin Menzies makes the startling argument that in the year 1434, China--then the world's most technologically advanced civilization--provided the spark that set the European Renaissance ablaze. From that date onward, Europeans embraced Chinese intellectual ideas, discoveries, and inventions, all of which form the basis of western civilization today.--From amazon.com.
650		0	_aDiscoveries in geography _x--Chinese
650		0	_aRenaissance
651		4	_aEurope _x-Civilization
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999			_c228634 _d228634