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The Italian city-states were a political phenomenon of small independent states mostly in the central and northern Italian Peninsula between the 9th and the 15th centuries.
After the fall of the Western Roman Empire, urban settlements in Italy generally enjoyed a greater continuity than in the rest of western Europe. Many of these towns were survivors of earlier Etruscan, Umbrian and Roman towns which had existed within the Roman Empire. The republican institutions of Rome had also survived. Some feudal lords existed with a servile labour force and huge tracts of land, but by the 11th century, many cities, including Venice, Milan, Florence, Genoa, Pisa, Lucca, Cremona, Siena, Città di Castello, Perugia, and many others, had become large trading metropoles, able to obtain independence from
So that they know what the world is about and that they become aware of what is happening out or what will happen if they do certain things.
Montana is the western producer of wheat. Hope this helps :D
The answer would be C. Extreme temperature variations
Moon's temperature always change from extremely hot to extremely cold following the change in lunar's day/night
In order to survive this extreme temperature, The Astronaut wear a custom made suit that maintain the temperature inside the suit