Florence had amassed huge wealth because of their famous bankers who gained power. These bankers and politicians, most notably the Medici family, used their wealth to pay for commissions from famous artists of the time which enriched the society. This is one of the reasons why the renaissance began in Italy.<span />
It was a prolonged drought that affected those who had come to seek economic opportunities through farming in the Midwest.<span />
The fastest way to communicate across continents in the 1500s was by ship. If you wanted to bring a certain message across a continent than there was no faster way than actually sending it on a ship and waiting for the ship to arrive safely to the other continent.
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