SSC
WORLD HISTORY
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Novgorod and Moscow
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London and Paris
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Rome and Corsica
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Venice and Genoa
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Detailed explanation-1: -France sold grain and linen cloth to England and Spain, and wine and fruit to England, the Netherlands, and Switzerland. The Netherlands, famous for its cloth products, developed an important banking industry during the late 1500s and 1600s.
Detailed explanation-2: -Warring Italians Northern Italy and upper Central Italy were divided into a number of warring city-states, the most powerful being Milan, Florence, Pisa, Siena, Genoa, Ferrara, Mantua, Verona, and Venice.
Detailed explanation-3: -The city-states flourished. In the 15th century, Florence was ruled by the Medicis, a family of bankers. (Florence was a republic ruled by an oligarchy but the Medicis managed to control it). The greatest Medicis were Cosimo who ruled from 1434 to 1464 and Lorenzo the Magnificent who ruled from 1469 to 1492.