It is A<span>. the protection against monopolies and oligopolies
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Answer:
Did I ever tell you... that insanity is doing the same thing over and over again?
Explanation:
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
The answer is D. all of the above