Premise: Florence . It is considered the birthplace of the Renaissance , and has been called `` the Athens of the Middle Ages '' . Renaissance . Various theories have been proposed to account for its origins and characteristics , focusing on a variety of factors including the social and civic peculiarities of Florence at the time : its political structure ; the patronage of its dominant family , the Medici ; and the migration of Greek scholars and texts to Italy following the Fall of Constantinople to the Ottoman Turks .
Hypothesis: The Renaissance started in Florence.
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