City States Renaissance

7.40 Explain how the location of the Italian Peninsula impacted the movement of resources, knowledge, and culture throughout Italy’s independent trade cities. 

• How did the location of the Italian peninsula impact the movement of resources, knowledge, and culture throughout Italy’s independent trade cities?

• describe in two sentences how the location of Italy along the coast of the Mediterranean allowed resources, knowledge, and culture to spread.

1. Location

-Italy has easy access to the Mediterranean.

-Traders from all over the sea, with their ideas and goods, were able to get to it easily.

• Italy is located close to the Ottomans and the Holy Land.

• The Islamic empires shared their knowledge of the Greeks and Romans following the Crusades.

2. The Crusades

• Italy was filled with small city-states.
  

• These city states practiced diplomacy, and were connected with each other through trade and government ideas.

3. City States

​diplomacy - the art of negotiating or making deals with other countries

Answer

The location of Italy on the Mediterranean Sea made trade with nearby city-states and empires easy and fast. They uncovered new ideas and technology during the Crusades and became very wealthy through trade, which allowed city-states to grow powerful.

​7.41 Identify the importance of Florence, Italy and the Medici Family in the early stages of the Renaissance.

The Renaissance began in Florence.

Florence was the home of the Medici family.

The Medici Family were wealthy bankers who became patrons of art.