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AP European History
Unit 1 – Renaissance and Exploration
Topic 1.4
What alternate historical scenario might emerge if Gutenberg did not use the Latin alphabet for movable type?
English would still become the dominant language globally..
The rise of nation-states would not occur in Europe..
The Catholic Church's influence would decline rapidly..
A different language may have become lingua franca instead of Latin influencing cultural development differently across Europe.
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