On Wed, 18 May 2005 14:39:58 GMT, "Jay Honeck"
wrote in 2tIie.5050$z_.3694@attbi_s71::

There have been quite a number of books written about why the world's
dominant, most productive and innovative civilizations (at least in the last
several hundred years) have all been in colder climates.

The Renaissance took place in southern Europe: Italy.