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.
Protection of their Natural Rights. How did Thomas Jefferson justify breaking away from Britain in the Declaration of Independence? He explained how the British government had Absolute Power and was violating the colonists' Natural Rights. ... To declare our independence from Britain and justify the American Revolution.
Britain and Germany both signed the treaty
The answer is B
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