What was an effect of the following events?
Trade between Europe and Asia increased, and Italian cities became centers for banking, commerce and industry
Byzantine scholars fled from the Ottoman Turks to Italy; they had preserved Greek and Roman texts & ideas
Wealthy Italian merchants and nobles acted as patrons – people who supported artists, writers and scholars
Question 1 options:
a)
The Fall of the Ottoman Empire began.
b)
Florence, Italy became the birthplace of the Renaissance.
c)
The Mongols closed the Silk Road to prevent Persians from using it.
d)
Constantinople became the birthplace of the Renaissance.