European Subsystem 12501350

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European Subsystem (1250-1350)
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• FEUDALISM
• Political and economic fragmentation
• Based on agriculture (landlord-peasant
  relationship)
• Weak kings, papal authority
• Room for cities

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• FEUDALISM
• Political and economic fragmentation
• Based on agriculture (landlord-peasant
  relationship)
• Weak kings, papal authority
• Room for cities

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• Champagne Fairs
• Flanders
• Guilds
• Hanseatic Towns
• Italian Cities
• Venice, Genoa,
• Florence, Milan

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Weaving in Flanders
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Hanseatic towns and their network
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Italian Cities
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Factors that prevented Italian cities from
becoming hegemonic centers

• High wages and regulations
• Redistribution of wealth
• Competition among Italian cities
• Venice Ottoman (Turkish) rivalry in the
  Mediterranean
• Helping Spain, Portugal, and the Dutch

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Galata Tower, Istanbul
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Venice, Grand Canal
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Fondaco dei Turchi, Venice