Answer:
First Option: Art and intellectual activity flourished in Europe
Explanation:
The Renaissance (French - rebirth) is period of cultural, artistic, intellectual, political and economic flourishing which took place in Europe from fourteenth to seventeenth century. It is called Renaissance because it was rediscovery (rebirth) of classical philosophy, literature and art of ancient Rome and Greece.
Second option is incorrect because fall or decline of Rome was completed in 476, some ten centuries (A millennium) before The Renaissance.
Third option is incorrect because as a result of The Renaissance, Europe exited from Feudalism and started adopting a society based on merchants and commerce.
Fourth option is incorrect because creativity was one of the elements of The Renaissance.
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Explanation:
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