Which city is spread across 120 islands and was the center of the learning, translation, and printing? it was the home of marco polo. a. venice b. rome c. florence d. ausburg

A. Venice is the correct choice

Venice is spread across 120 islands and was the center of learning, translation and printing and it was the home of Marco polo.

while it was true that the cotton gin reduced the labor of removing seeds, it did not reduce the need for slaves to grow and pick the cotton.

explanation:

before eli whitney's invention of the cotton gin, picking and cleaning cotton was a slow, labor-intensive job. workers, usually slaves, had to pick the seeds from the cotton fibers by hand. this invention made it possible to grow large amounts of cotton on big farms and make money.