Essays / Why was Italy chosen for the renaissance? - How to start an Essay? [3]

Can anyone please help me how to start an essay as my topic is Why was Italy chosen for the renaissance.
I have been reading your posts and i have all my topics.:

1. It had the most powerful person the Pope.
2. It was the heart of the Roman Empire.
3. It was a rich country.
4. Group of artists Da Vinci, Michelangelo, Raphael, Botticelli, Masaccio, Caravaggio, Bellini, Donatello, Titian, Tintoretto who brought a complete revolution in Realism in Art.
5. It was full of scholars.
6. No single ruler.
7. It had many resources.
8. It was the centre of the old world.
9. The centre of trading.
10. It is a peninsula.
11. City States:
- Florence- Medici Family
- Venice- The Doge
- Milan- Sforza Family
- Naples- The King of Aragon (In Spain)
- Papal States- The Papacy (The Pope)

Now can u please tell me how to start my essay