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Peasants could have their own house, but could not move anywhere. They had to give part of their crops and other goods to the nobles, who sent much of it to the king and queen.

Growth Of The Italian City-States

Venice was located between the Eastern Mediterranean and Western Europe and controlled most of the ports in the Adriatic sea and the Eastern Mediterranean sea. Venice established trading posts as far East as the Black sea.

During the middle ages the Byzantine Empire provided Venice with exotic trade from Asia and the Islamic world.

Most of the trade between Italy and Northern Europe went through Genoa. In the first crusade during the middle ages, the crusaders came into Genoa from England, France and other western European places.

Venice was founded in the 5th century on shallow islands along the coast of the Adriatic Sea when the Veneto tribe found swampy islands in the lagoon, and decided to stay there for safety.

When Genoa took control of Constantinople, the largest city in Europe, the trade in the Black sea started. The traders quickly developed markets in key ports where they exported wine, olive oil, wool, important furs, corn, spices, and persian goods.

Venice's merchant navy brought goods back from the East, and were then shipped to consumers across Europe. Along with trade goods, ideas and knowledge were also passed along throughout Europe.

Genoa is located in Northwestern Italy on the Tyrrhenean sea, and is on a strip of land in the middle of the sea and the mountains.

Venice was one of the most prosperous trading cites in Europe in the 13th century.

Florentine society was based on a class system. When the merchants became more wealthy they were able to gain status and move up the social ladder.

Venice

During the Renaissance, Florence was the richest city-state because trade increased and became the center of highly successful bankers, and silk and wool merchants.

Shopkeepers and workers were called Popolo Minuto, which means little people. Merchants were called Popolo Grasso, which means fat people. Most workers were peasants that moved into the city to work in fabric industries.

Genoa

Genoa and Venice were rivals, fighting to gain control of Lucrative trading posts throughout the Aegean, the eastern Mediterranean, and the black sea. These two city states signed the peace of turin in 1381, which allowed each city state to maintain their current posts without interference from one another.

Florence

During the Renaissance, the Medici family took control of Florence, and it became a major city-state. The family supported artists and architects.

More people moved to the cities to work in new industries, such as textiles, furniture, and handicrafts.

Workers became less dependent on the nobles because they could now find and create jobs that were not part of the feudal system

In the middle ages, Genoa was a republic, it was governed by rival clans or families. In the 1300's the families were struggling to control genoa so they agreed to a truce and each one more or less controlling a section of the city. This period of peace allowed the city to focus on expanding the trade empire.

Through banking and business deals, Florentines met lots of people from different societies and cultures. They were exposed to new ideas and knowledge that spread to Western Europe.

By the late middle ages, Europeans wanted exotic spices and silks that were brought back by the crusaders.

Some people established businesses to provide goods for city residents, and a new, wealthy merchant class began to grow.

Serfs, who were the most common people, served as soldiers in the time of war, and were offered protection from invaders by the nobles.

Some of these communities became so powerful from trade and industry that they became city-states.

After The Roman Empire fell, the political-economic system developed in most of Europe.

Social Structure Of The Renaissance

In This System, land was granted to nobles by the monarch in exchange for their military support

Nobles promised to provide the monarch with soldiers, supplies, and tax support during the war.

In the beginning of the 1300's, Europe began to increase contact with other cultures.

Renaissance Mind Map

By the end of the 1300's, Europe had made lots of contact with other cultures and had exchanged ideas and knowledge.

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Beginnings Of The Renaissance

The period of time before the renaissance began was called the middle ages, or the medieval period.

God played a huge role in all Christian European's lives. The wealthy and the poor all accepted a harsh, short life believing that they would get a reward by going to heaven.

In the fall of 1347, Genoan trading ships returned from the Black Sea, and landed in Sicily. Most of these sailors were dead and the rest were dying of an unknown disease.

The renaissance was a period of time in Western Europe from the 1350's to the 1600's

The Black Death

Pus and blood oozed from painful black lumps on the soldiers bodies. Their skin looked bruised and gross because of internal bleeding, and their smell was horrible.

The first outbreak of the Black Death in Europe was called the Pestilence or the Great Mortality; it lasted from 1347, until 1350.

This disease was highly infections. Most of those showing symptoms died within 3-5 days of catching the illness.

This disease reappeared in Europe 6 more times in 1347 and 1410, lasting for 4-6 months.

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