Why did the Renaissance start in Italy during the 15th century?

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Why did the Renaissance start in Italy during the 15th century?

The word Renaissance means rebirth. It was a period when people rediscoverd learning and looking back to the classical civilizations of Rome and Greece for their inspiration. It was an exciting time of new inventions and amazing discoveries, magnificent buildings and beutiful art. My aim in this essay, is to explain why the Renaissance started in Italy during the 15 century. In this essay I will talk about; The growing wealth of Italy, divided Italy, the classical period, humanists, trade and exploration.

The main reasons of why the Renaissance started in Italy during the 15th century were the growing wealth of italy because the history and art of the Greeks influenced the Italiens, and the classical period because the Italiens started to look at the art work from the Greeks and Romans and they started to use art in a simular way. The Greeks created major works of art, including dramaticc buildings and sculptures, and had a great deal of influence on the Roman Empire which took over from Greek civilisation. The Romans built impressive public buildings all over Europe, like the Colosseum in Rome. Italiens started