Why Italy is the cradle of Renaissance architecture

Explanation:

the renaissance was a rebirth of ancient Greek and Roman thinking and style, and both the Roman and Greek civilizations were Mediterranean cultures, as is Italy. the best single reason for Italy as the birthplace of the renaissance was the concentration of wealth, power and intellect in the church

i do believe its (d) it allowed the government to offer pioneers sixty acres of western land if they lived on it and made improvements to it.

explanation: signed into law in may 1862, the homestead act opened up settlement in the western united states, allowing any american, including freed slaves, to put in a claim for up to 160 free acres of federal land. by the end of the civil war, 15,000 homestead claims had been established, and more followed in the postwar years