Question

How did trade routes influence the renaissance beginning in Italy?

Answer 1

Not only goods, but also culture was "traded" along trade routes. The renaissance was a time period of new thinking. Trade influenced the renaissance, because it gave Europeans a contact with other cultures that had perhaps developed newer or better techniques and technologies. For example, the Arabic states had advanced universities and had made great discoveries in mathematics.

Answer 2

Italian traders had contact with the Arab world and its culture.