The correct answer is the 1st option
Western territories had not yet joined the union.
It Encouraged manufacturers to reinvent the cloth-making process
A proxy war is a conflict inflicted by a major power or powers that do not become involved in it directly. Often, proxy wars involve countries fighting their opponents' allies or helping their allies fight their opponents. The number of proxy wars increased gradually since the beginning of the Cold War.
IT was the center of learning and knowledge, with Greek texts being discovered and imported by Arab scholars. Further, people like the Medici, who sponsored many artists during the Renaissance, were very wealthy, and able to pay people for works of art that they wanted commissioned.