Italians were exposed to new ideas as travelers and traders passed through their country.
Italy had big maritime republics such as Genoa and Venice. This meant there was a great influx of different people with different cultures, technology, literature, art and so on. So much contact with other cultures led to the start of the renaissance. Especially when thinkers from Constantinople arrived after the fall of Byzantium.
The eastern portion has a temperate climate, ranging from humid subtropical from its northern border to the central coast and most of sydney, and oceanic to the south coast
