... geography, constituting a broadening of outlook. The discovery of the telescope enabled humanists to ascertain the real position of the Earth and helped Galileo to substantiate his heliocentric model of the solar system, constituting a great advancement in the field of astronomy, and re-emphasized mankind's ability as a human and his achievements and potential, adding to the ideal of humanism which was a characteristic of the Renaissance. Another cause of the Renaissance was the re-discovery of classical manuscripts. The fall of Constantinople in 1453 ... by the Turks caused a migration...

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