The House of Medici (English: /ˈmɛdɪtʃi/ MED-i-chee or, Italian: [ˈmɛːditʃi]) was an Italian banking family and political dynasty that first began to gather prominence under Cosimo de' Medici in the Republic of Florence during the first half of the 15th century. The family originated in the Mugello region of Tuscany, and prospered gradually until it was able to fund the Medici Bank. This bank was the largest in Europe during the 15th century, and it facilitated the Medicis' rise to political power in Florence, although they officially remained citizens rather than monarchs until the 16th century.
D. The European population doubled as they benefited the most from the colonization of the Americas. Thousands of Native Americans died from working and of disease. Millions of Africans were sent to the Americas as slaves through slave trade
The term that is used for the division of political authority among branches of government is called the A) separation of powers. The separation of powers seeks to create checks and balances amongst the branches of government to prevent tyrannical government from occurring.
