Their location along the Mediterranean Sea made them major centers of trade.
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The Renaissance began in Italian city-states, where middle-class citizens grew to challenge the traditional powers of feudal Europe.
The Renaissance began in Italian city states, where middle class citizens grew to challenge the traditional powers of feudal Europe
Between the time 1350 and 1550 began the Italian renaissance,it was a period of European history that began in Italy and spread to the rest of Europe.
When European colonists came to America they carried their religious disagreements and hopes for religious freedom with them. Also European merchants from other countries envied profits made by Italian merchants. Other Europeans began to want A share of the rich trade in Asian goods. They began to search for a non- Mediterranean water-route to Asia.
Humanism was a strong characteristic of the Renaissance which began in Italy early in the fifteenth century with artists like Brunelleschi and Donatello.