The spread of the Italian innovations and art was spraeding to Europe (THIS IS WHAT SET OFF THE NORTHERN RENAISSANCE, IT WAS LIKE A CONTAGIOUS DISEASE OF INNOVATION)
The cities of italy also grew and expanded in size and in power as well
The developed a bomb, not just that, the Nazis wanted to take over more land and that meant they where a threat to America, the Soviets teamed up with the US to create a bomb and it turns out the Nazis weren't even going to bomb them