Which statements accurately explain why the Renaissance began in the Italian city-states? Choose all answers that are correct.

a. Italy had been the center of the Roman Empire, and people there saw Roman ruins and knew about the classics.

b. Pope Pious X built an art school in Florence that attracted the finest talent from throughout Europe.

c. Italy is in a good, central location for business and commerce so traders maintained contact with people and ideas from other places.

d. Italian city-states were unified under one central governm

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Celia Anderson

10 June, 06:36

Which statements accurately explain why the Renaissance began in the Italian city-states? Choose all answers that are correct.

a. Italy had been the center of the Roman Empire, and people there saw Roman ruins and knew about the classics.

b. Pope Pious X built an art school in Florence that attracted the finest talent from throughout Europe.

c. Italy is in a good, central location for business and commerce so traders maintained contact with people and ideas from other places.

d. Italian city-states were unified under one central governm

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Laney Pitts · Answer 1

"c. Italy is in a good, central location for business and commerce so traders maintained contact with people and ideas from other places" is the best option. The trading ability of Italy was crucial to the decimation of the ideals of the Renaissance since traders took this knowledge to countless other places.