How did italian city-states like venice and florence become major banking and trade centers?
a. large families of powerful bankers established trade agreements with nearby cities.
b. their location made them a natural route for travel between europe, africa, and asia.
c. their military forces conquered nearby cities, which increased their financial resources.
d. they shared economic strategies and built alliances in other regions during the crusades.?

B. Their location made them natural route for travel between Europe, Africa, and Asia.

It is NOT A.

the reason why is because of where the location of Venice and Florence is located near trade routes which makes it a very popular place to stop and trade.

Remember people are on the boats on a TRADE ROUTE and id they see people (or city's) they will most likely stop and TRADE with them.

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