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From: The Washington Times
Date: 20041128
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Byline: Gary Anderson, SPECIAL TO THE WASHINGTON TIMES

The last part of the 15th century and the early decades of the 16th largely formed Western Civilization as we know it. This was the era of Columbus, Martin Luther, da Vinci, and Niccolo Machiavelli. Its intellectual center was the Italy of the High Renaissance. It was a time of intrigue and brutal backstabbing.

Italy resembled what the developing world looks like today. It was a mix of proto-states that largely did not look like the nation-states that make up most of the West today. They more closely resembled modern ...

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