“Did Asia and Africa have their own Renaissances and historians just don't term it as such?” I’ve seen this on an older Reddit post that went unanswered & was wondering the same exact thing. There’s so many periods in European history that we marvel at the art and literature of that time—so it got me wondering about other parts of the world.
So the short answer is yes, absolutely. 'Renaissances' happened several times all over the world, there is certainly nothing particularly unique about the European one in that sense and I would personally argue that the depth of it's impact on contemporary lives was far more limited than is conventionally taught in lower level history classes. There are probably too many periods to really talk about, but one easy example is the period after the spread of Islam in Iran. For a very good overview of this particular topic I would recommend The Golden Age of Persia by Richard Frye.
Essentially this period saw a mixing of knowledge from classical greece, india, china and iran that led to massive developments in medicine, science, mathematics, philosophy, geography and literature (amongst other things) that are still the foundation of a lot of what we do today like the basics of trigonometry etc. It was this knowledge that would end up fueling the renaissance centuries later in Europe and the historical sources produced during this time are still relied on by many historians.
A few notable people are Ibn Sina, al-Razi (crredited with discovering the use of alcohol as a disinfectant), al-Khwarazmi, al-Biruni, al-Tabari, Ferdowsi.