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Question: Why did city-states prosper in Italy?

-Mountains to the north helped protect Italy from invaders -Trading cities began to thrive in early tenth century, which meant that life in the Italian peninsula was more Urban than the rest of Europe. -The architectural rooms in the glorious city-states of ancient Rome reminded the population of how effective that style of government had been. -The power over the Roman Catholic Church over the Italian city-states weekend when its court moved from Rome to southern France. Italian city-states could now govern themselves without much interference from the church. They were entirely independent

Summary: In conclusion, Italy was able to prosper in the renaissance, do to its city states, which populated very quickly, because italy was so close to the ocean, and was protected by the mountains. You see, if another (to be continued)