<span> In mid-1942, the </span>United States<span> Army Air Forces (USAAF) .... notably the Ruhr, </span>
Venice and Florence emerged as key centers of trade in the Mediterranean, based on the trade of silk, cotton, wool and spices. The Italian city-states were the bridge between the Byzantine Empire, Western Europe, North Africa and the Middle East.
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b
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