Italy was not a unified nation in the 1500's but a series of regions and city-states which shared the same peninsula in the Mediterranean Sea. The power/domination of the Church of Rome had lost influenc.
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when trade routes shifted it lost its monopoly on trade in the east. War and foreign domination left it weak and divided
Answer: 15
The exact number is not known, but the estimate is 15. Many were unsuccsessful, but some actually helped get Christians accsess to the land.
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