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What caused the Renaissance to arrive in Italy first? *

A. Italians tended to be less religious than other Europeans, even during the Middle Ages.
B. Most of the books by the ancient philosophers had been stored in a library in Italy, so Italians were the first to rediscover them.
C. Italy had fertile soil, so it was easy for ideas to blossom there, like flowers.
D. Italy had a lot of port cities, so new ideas sailed in from all over the world.