<span>During the Middle Ages, merchants, artisans, and their guilds contributed to the
rise of towns. They helped accumulate wealth, then would pay taxes, then the cities would grow. They were of high importance for the creation of large cities.</span>
The verified answer wasn't right when I took the test, the following choices were correct when I took it.
1. D) Rome wanted to keep Carthage from completely taking over Sicily.
2. D) Patricians were becoming wealthier and Plebeians were becoming poorer.
Sorry if these aren't correct.
