The Italian city-states thrived during the Renaissance due to their strategic geographical location, which facilitated trade across Europe and the Mediterranean. They developed robust economies based on commerce, banking, and manufacturing, particularly in textiles and luxury goods. Additionally, political structures that encouraged competition and cultural innovation fostered an environment where art, science, and Humanism flourished, attracting talent and investment. This combination of trade, economic diversity, and cultural advancement made the city-states centers of wealth and influence.
Because the city-states all competed with each other to be the wealthest one so they brought in alot of money
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by joining forces with other powerful city-states
One reason city-states shifted to democracy was because the people wanted a say in the government. They wanted to be able to vote on laws.
Although the Greeks lived separatd from each other, in the so-called city states, they had the same culure. It included that they all spoke Greek, believed in the same gods and goddesses (living on Mt Olympus), and they had a common way of life. From 776BC they organised the Olympic Games in Olympia where all the city states sent contestants to.
were so rich and powerful because after the crusades people flippe dasd gobbledygook youza
Trade made it prosperous, so Italian patrons could afford art.
They produced a lot of gold. That answer is wrong! Its "they were important centers of trade with the East and the Byzantine Empire"
The reason the city-states stayed independent because they became wealthy. The city-states also loaned money to the kings of Europe. The Kings left the city-states alone so they could borrow money from them in the future.
Trade made it prosperous, so Italian patrons could afford art.
A nomad tribe settled on a patch of arable land with a water supply and a hill (acropolis) on which to establish a fortress to defend themselves from more nomads and other settled neighbours. As they became prosperous, houses were established around the hill, eventually walled to protect them from invaders, and so maintain their safety and independence. Thus there was a small self-contained community which jealously maintained its independence, an so we call them city-states.
Nobles became urban nobles and got money from trade not from land, in Italian city-states, they had to make surer to poor didn't rebel and they had to make deals with merchants, landlords, bankers, church leaders, and missionaries. They had to also deal with the other city state leaders, and so they made diplomacy, diplomacy is the art of negotiating, or making deals, with other countries.Which is also known as theocracies
== == New York City claims that position. But then, so does London, Paris and numerous Italian cities.
The Roman city of Pompeii was situated on the western coast of the Italian peninsula, south of Rome. It was a prosperous city in the Roman empire. In 79 AD CE, Pompeii was the victim of an eruption of the nearby volcano of Mt. Vesuvius. The lava and ashes of this volcano destroyed the people of Pompeii but not the structures and art of the city. These same ashes and solidified lava preserved much of this city and smaller nearby ones. This preservation has given archaeologists a very clear picture of what life was like in this city.
Rome is considered by many to be a southern city, however on the map it is right in the middle of the Italian peninsula, so it can be either.
Well, Salt Lake City is in the United States, so their currency is the United States Dollar.
The Vatican City is a state, so just 1.