Merchant families that ruled Italian city-states established: B. their own armies.
In the Renaissance epoch, Italy was formed by many city-states with powerful people as the rulers. They were in conflict with each other quite often. That is why these cities had their own armies to protect their merchant, their political interests and their cultural influence in the region.
The position of a place in relation to other places is generally called its "location", since it is only possible to find the location of something by using other locations as "points of reference".
Embalming was important to the ancient Egyptians because it was the way they preserved the bodies of the dead by mummifying them.
True The Declaration of Independence is a break up letter, and the Consitution is setting a system of government.