How did italian city-states like venice and florence become major banking and trade centers?

large families of powerful bankers established trade agreements with nearby cities. < -- alot of people say this

their location made them a natural route for travel between europe, africa, and asia. < some people say this

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b) they want the land taken away from the wealthy landowners and given to peasants.

world war i began in 1914, after the assassination of archduke franz ferdinand, and lasted until 1918. during the conflict, germany, austria-hungary, bulgaria and the ottoman empire (the central powers) fought against great britain, france, russia, italy, romania, japan and the united states (the allied powers). to new military technologies and the horrors of trench warfare, world war i saw unprecedented levels of carnage and destruction. by the time the war was over and the allied powers claimed victory, more than 16 million people—soldiers and civilians alike—were dead.

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