William shakespeare's success was due in part to
a. the italian renaissance.
b. the prosperity enjoyed during queen elizabeth's reign.
c. the cultural exchange created by global exploration.
d. the european middle ages.

b. the prosperity enjoyed during Queen Elizabeth's reign.

Explanation:

William Shakespeare was an English dramatist, poet and actor. Sometimes known as the Bard of Avon (or simply the Bard), Shakespeare is considered the most important writer in the English language and one of the most celebrated of universal literature. Shakespeare was a poet and playwright already revered in his time, but his reputation did not reach the current high levels until the nineteenth century. The romantics, in particular, hailed his genius, and the Victorians worshiped Shakespeare with a devotion that George Bernard Shaw called "bardolatry."

the berlin blockade was an international crisis that arose from an attempt by the soviet union, in 1948–49, to force the western allied powers (the united states, the united kingdom, and france) to abandon their post-world war ii jurisdictions in west berlin. in march 1948 the allied powers decided to unite their different occupation zones of germany into a single economic unit. in protest, the soviet representative withdrew from the allied control council. coincident with the introduction of a new deutsche mark in west berlin (as throughout west germany), which the soviets regarded as a violation of agreements with the allies, the soviet occupation forces in eastern germany began a blockade of all rail, road, and water communications between berlin and the west. on june 24 the soviets announced that the four-power administration of berlin had ceased and that the allies no longer had any rights there.