How Did the Venetian City-State Gain Its Wealth in the Fourteenth

question 3

Multiple Choice

How did the Venetian city-state gain its wealth in the fourteenth century?

• A)By controlling the finances of the Holy Roman Empire
• B)By inducing the bankruptcy of the papacy
• C)By creating a maritime commercial empire throughout the Mediterranean and Black seas
• D)By monopolizing the shipping of English wool to Flanders
• E)By waging a crusade against the Turks in order to gain access to the Holy Land

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