Venice and Florence emerged as key centers of trade in the Mediterranean, based on the trade of silk, cotton, wool and spices. The Italian city-states were the bridge between the Byzantine Empire, Western Europe, North Africa and the Middle East.
Mainly just to get spices
The three g's
glory,gold,god
5 to the last one sorry I don't know more
The state goverment is lower when comes to courts than the national gov.
