What significance did Northern Europe play in the Renaissance? What cultural changes did they contribute?

Italian Renaissance ideas adopted. During the northern Renaissance, advances took place in literature, painting, sculpture, architecture, and music. Many northern European artists gained international reputations, especially in Germany and the Low Countries, which was also the center of humanism in northern Europe

Explanation:

the effect of the ming leaders banning ships with more than two masts was that there was no further construction of ships masts, because there was a surplus. ming emperors disallowed foreign exploration

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