Beginning of Renaissance Trade
-crusades established new contact between Byzantines and Muslims in the middle east
-new types of food, art, spices, and luxurious items like silk became available in most European cities
-silk road up and running
-Marco Polo helped renew interest in Asia and it’s goods
-Italian cities like Venice and Genoa became centers of trade because of central locations along trade routes to Asia and easy access to water ways
-goods were transported from these cities on trade ships to England and other N.European countries
-trade routes connecting S. and E. Europe developed which increased development in these places
-new types of food, art, spices, and luxurious items like silk became available in most European cities
-silk road up and running
-Marco Polo helped renew interest in Asia and it’s goods
-Italian cities like Venice and Genoa became centers of trade because of central locations along trade routes to Asia and easy access to water ways
-goods were transported from these cities on trade ships to England and other N.European countries
-trade routes connecting S. and E. Europe developed which increased development in these places
Early Renaissance Commerce
-as trade and cities evolved, the economies of European kingdoms also evolved
-people began to use money to buy goods creating a new economy based on money
-each kingdom had a different coin which created need for moneychangers to convert for foreign money
-banking became essential
-craftspeople, merchants, and bankers became very important to support new style of economics
-craftspeople and merchants collaborated creating and celling goods throughout Europe
-many merchants and bankers became very wealthy with this new economy spreading across Europe
-people began to use money to buy goods creating a new economy based on money
-each kingdom had a different coin which created need for moneychangers to convert for foreign money
-banking became essential
-craftspeople, merchants, and bankers became very important to support new style of economics
-craftspeople and merchants collaborated creating and celling goods throughout Europe
-many merchants and bankers became very wealthy with this new economy spreading across Europe
The Renaissance City
-new social classes based on wealth
-determined rights and power in the city
-cities created new atmosphere
-merchants and traders interested in new ideas, technology, products, and experimentation
-peasants who moved to the city for work became part of the working class with little to no rights
-nobility and wealthy merchants created a ruling class to control government and manipulate it for their own purposes
-gap between classes grew larger as Renaissance continued and increased tension between the classes
-ruling class provided for the cities
-funded work that beautified the cities with art and buildings
-also increased education by funding universities and schools
-determined rights and power in the city
-cities created new atmosphere
-merchants and traders interested in new ideas, technology, products, and experimentation
-peasants who moved to the city for work became part of the working class with little to no rights
-nobility and wealthy merchants created a ruling class to control government and manipulate it for their own purposes
-gap between classes grew larger as Renaissance continued and increased tension between the classes
-ruling class provided for the cities
-funded work that beautified the cities with art and buildings
-also increased education by funding universities and schools
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