Fill in the blanks with what you have learned . The first letter of the word is already given. a. The Dawn of A New Age The Renaissance is the “r________” of Europe, a period when scholars became more interested in studying the world around them, when art became more l________, and when Europeans began to e________ new lands. Arab s________ preserved the writings of the ancient G________ in their libraries. When t________ from cities in northern Italy came into contact with Arabians, they exchanged i________ as well as goods. Many Christian scholars moved to Italy from Greece after the Byzantine Empire fell to the T________ in 1453. The Renaissance influenced p________, sculpture, and a________. Painting became more realistic and focused less often on r________ topics. Rich families became p________ by commissioning great arts. Artists advanced the Renaissance style of showing n________ and depicting the f________ of people.