...he peoples of ancient eras, such as the Sumerians, Egyptians, Greeks, and Romans, on to those of the French, Germans, English, and eventually worldw... ...ian system. The Golden Alphabet Age Passed on to the Etruscans and Romans, the enormously enriched Greek alphabet fueled Rome‘s golden alphab... ...ed years—from the days of Pericles to the beginning of the decline of the Roman Empire. In 2011 the United States is less than half that age. ... ... launched a mini-renaissance about five centuries before the start of the Italian Renaissance. The cleric was a scholarly monk named Alcuin. Th... ...on in the fifteenth century. Charlemagne’s war against ignorance Roman Catholic Church monasteries in the darkest of the ―Dark Ages‖ prevented th... ...he Franks— turned for help in 781. He was fortunate to find one of the few Catholic scholars who emphasized science and dialectical logic. In York... ... no wide ranging social movements, such as the one developed in the later Italian Renaissance. Invasions by Vikings, Magyars, and Saracens from ea... ...als, however, blocked their way to China or India. Similarly, Frankish or Italian merchants were stopped as soon as they tried to travel eastward fro... ... doctors, scholars, scientists, and priests from all religions, including Catholics, Nestorians, Armenians, Buddhists, and Muslims. Kublai Khan‘s ...