The Renaissance was a European cultural movement spanning the 14th to the 17th century. Renaissance may also refer to: Cultural movements Dinosaur renaissance, renewed academic and popular interest in dinosaurs from the late 1960s Neo-Renaissance, a group of 19th century architectural revival styles Nuclear renaissance, a possible nuclear power industry revival In Africa African Renaissance, the concept that African people and nations shall achieve cultural, scientific, and economic renewal Arab Renaissance (, ), a cultural renaissance from the late 19th century in Egypt and the Arabic world Ethiopian Renaissance, sociopolitical movement and national myth espousing positive attitude for traditions and history of Ethiopia In the Americas American Renaissance (disambiguation), several meanings Chicago Black Renaissance, a creative movement in the 1930s and 1940s Disney Renaissance, series of film releases from 1989-1999 by Walt Disney Animation Studios that saw the company achieve renewed critical and commercial success Harlem Renaissance, an intellectual, social, and artistic explosion in 1920s New York City Hawaiian Renaissance, a resurgence of distinct cultural identity Native American Renaissance, an increase in literary works by Native Americans from the 1960s San Francisco Renaissance, a range of poetic activity Southern Renaissance (United States), the reinvigoration of American Southern literature in the 1920s and 1930s In Asia and Oceania Bengali Renaissance, a cultural, social, intellectual and artistic movement during the British Indian Empire Islamic Renaissance, a revival of the Islamic religion (not to be confused with Islamic Golden Age) Persian Renaissance, a period in history which saw the rise of various native Iranian Muslim dynasties in the Iranian Plateau after the 7th-century Muslim conquest of Iran and the fall of Sasanian Empire. Māori renaissance, a late-20th-century revival in New Zealand Sumerian Renaissance, outdated term for a perceived renaissance of Sumerian literature during the Ur III period Timurid Renaissance, religious, scientific, and artistic historical period from 14th to 16th century In Europe High Renaissance, a short period of exceptional artistic production in the Italian states around 1500 Italian Renaissance, a period from the 14th to 17th centuries Macedonian Renaissance, the period of the Macedonian dynasty of the Byzantine Empire (867–1056) Medical Renaissance, a period of progress in European medical knowledge from 1400 to 1700 The three medieval renaissances Carolingian Renaissance, a period of cultural activity in the Carolingian Empire Ottonian Renaissance, a renaissance of Byzantine and Late Antique art in Europe in the Ottonian dynasty (936–1002) Renaissance of the 12th century, a period