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| What were the two largest Italian cities? |
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| What is Italy's geographic shape? |
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| Why did Florence grow rich & powerful? |
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| Through the the skill of their buisness people |
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| What factors did weather play in Italy's evaluation? |
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| winter weather did not disrupt travel and travel. It meant food was plentiful all year long. |
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| Italy had closer ties than the rest of the rest of Europe to whom? |
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| What did muslims introduce the Italians to? |
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| Science medicine and astronomy , sugar coffee and lemons. |
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| a city and the rural area immediately surrounding it. |
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| what are mercenary soldiers? |
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| government by few powerful people |
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| what did Florance make its fortune in? |
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| in the cloth trade and controlled the kingdom of Naples. |
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| which two artists did the medicis patronize? |
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| leonardo da vinci and michelangelo buonarotti. |
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| what new banking practices did Florentine bankers introduce? |
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| Venice is a unique city because its built entirely on? |
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| piles sunk into marshy lands at the head of the Adriatic sea. |
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| what force led venice to becoming so successful? |
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| because its leaders created a powerful navy through trades routes in the Mediterranean sea. |
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| a city where citizens elect representatives o a form of government. |
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| how long was the doge elected for? |
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| which class of Italians gave their children more freedom in marriage? |
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| middle class and poorer people |
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| Why were marriages arranged? |
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| Promote the family's intrest |
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| What were weddings like & why? |
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| weddings were flashy occasions when wealthy people displayed their finery, spending vast sums on clothing and entertainmant |
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| what did "sumptuany laws" attempt to contrd? |
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| Controlled consumption, or how people spent their money |
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| a promise to marry someone |
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| what buines did the Midici family make their money in? |
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| wool and silk and as bankers |
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| humanists are concerned with? |
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| this means they were concerned with goals of human beings than |
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