It is C because the men were out to fight the war and in that time only men could have jobs, so when the men left the women had to take over and their role was so important because they were making everything all the soldiers needed like food and ammunition.
B) A highway for transportation goods and cultural
We need to see the following to answer this....
Https://msu.edu/course/iss/310/snapshot.afs/machemer/ss03/italian.shtml
Here's the link for the Italian Renaissance Outline
