Merchant families that ruled Italian city-states established: B. their own armies.
In the Renaissance epoch, Italy was formed by many city-states with powerful people as the rulers. They were in conflict with each other quite often. That is why these cities had their own armies to protect their merchant, their political interests and their cultural influence in the region.
Two reasons as to why Alexandria became a center of Hellenistic culture was due to its location which was at the mouth of Nile river therefore trade was lively. Alexandria had also a large population. These people were from many different countries, such as Greece, India,Persia, and Egypt.
Answer:
they used the scorched earth strategy used by the russians against napoleon and Wilhelm II before. This strategy involved burning crops and villages so the invading force would have to spread their logistic lines thin.
Buddhist monks from different cultures would share Sanskrit. It was also carried on trade routes was learned in universities in other lands. Later it was forced upon other nations that the Gupta Empire would conquer.
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