The correct answer to your question is C. Nasser
The correct answer is option C. "They were important centers of trade with the East and the Byzantine Empire". Italian city-states were prosperous as they served as centers of trade of the Byzantine Empire with the rest of the world in the East. The italian states seized the opportunity of making profits from the transport and sale of goods from one end of the known world to the other.
The answer to this should be The government must serve the people, not the other way around.
This statement helps us understand that the government needs to serve its people and not themselves, meaning they need to give people money in order for them to live.
I believe that's the best way to put it but i do know that the second option is the correct answer.
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Government should intervene in unfair business practices