People of the Renaissance were influenced by Classical ideas that came from ancient Rome and Greece.
Ancient Greece and the Etruscans
Ancient Greece
At this time there were countries and empires rather than civilizations. In this case, Italy most influenced the Renaissance because of it's trade opportunities and wealth. However, in terms of science and medicine it is generally accepted that the renaissance built on the foundations laid in Ancient Greece.
Pericles.
Greece
mycenaean and Minoan
The Renaissance.
The Middle Ages
Democracy
the central courtyard in ancient Greece
the central courtyard in ancient Greece