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Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Which of the following was Machiavelli’s major contribution to the Renaissance?
A
He painted the Mona Lisa.
B
He wrote a book about politics called The Prince.
C
He invented the movable type printing press.
D
He painted the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel in Rome.
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Niccolò Machiavelli was one of the key figures of the Renaissance. He was a powerful political figure in Florence, one of the most powerful states in Italy. He wrote his political treatise, The Prince, in an effort to return to Florence from exile. He was a skilled bureaucrat, diplomat, and military leader.

Detailed explanation-2: -The Prince, political treatise by Niccolò Machiavelli, written in 1513. A short treatise on how to acquire power, create a state, and keep it, The Prince represents Machiavelli’s effort to provide a guide for political action based on the lessons of history and his own experience as a foreign secretary in Florence.

Detailed explanation-3: -Niccolò Machiavelli was an Italian Renaissance political philosopher and statesman and secretary of the Florentine republic. His most famous work, The Prince (1532), brought him a reputation as an atheist and an immoral cynic.

Detailed explanation-4: -The Prince (1532) by Niccolò Machiavelli is perhaps one of the greatest literary works surviving the Renaissance era.

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