Amazon cover image
Image from Amazon.com

1434 : the year a magnificent Chinese fleet sailed to Italy and ignited the Renaissance / Gavin Menzies.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: New York : William Morrow, c2008.Edition: 1st edDescription: xvi, 368 p., [24] p. of plates : ill. (some col.), col. maps ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 9780061492174
  • 0061492175
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 945/.05 22
Summary: The 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.
Tags from this library: No tags from this library for this title. Log in to add tags.
Holdings
Item type Current library Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode Item holds
Books Books Library, Independent University, Bangladesh (IUB) IMT Shelves (Level 4) 945.05 M5515o 2008 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 01 Not For Loan 021882
Total holds: 0

Includes bibliographical references (p. [331]-345) and index.

The 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.