It declined over time. The kingdoms had fought each other and an earthquake had ended up by destroying all of their palaces and fortresses.
Answer:
A. Italian city-states were unified under one central government long before most other European countries, and that allowed the government to sponsor the arts.
C. Italy is in a good, central location for business and commerce so traders maintained contact with people and ideas from other places.
Explanation:
Although a greater example is that there were many rich patrons who were willing to subsidize many art projects and artists.
President Ronald Reagan was president at the end of the Cold War.
It is a printing press that is being shown, a form of machinery invented by Johannes Gutenberg around 1440 which was based around already invented screw presses. Here, a company, perhaps book or newspaper related, is busy using the printing press to making multiple copies of the same text again and again.
