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.
A country's population can decline with low birthrates and high death rates, but another factor that causes a country's population to decline is emigration. Emigration is the act of leaving the native country to settle in another!
