<span>a. Italian city-states were wealthy because of their various ports which brought the wealth and ideas to Italy from around the known world.</span>
Before Spanish colonization, Mexico has established its own class structure among the population. However, after colonization, the class structure changed drastically. The Spanish elites imposed a caste system with different levels of biological mixtures between different ethnic groups living in Mexico which decided one's status in society. Those who were biologically more Spanish enjoy a better standard of life than those from Indigenous or African lineage. The strict hierarchy caused discontent among the people which led to civil unrest and an inevitable revolution.
Land and food and supplies
Mercutio says it in Romeo and Juliet. He is teasing Benvolio, kind of in a mockery, almost making fun of his ignorance.
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<span>Iraq and Afghanistan</span>
