What effect did the crusades have on trade? a. trade throughout the mediterranean was destroyed. b, trading cities became more important. c .italian merchants saw their fortunes ruined. d, europeans began to sell their own spices.

The first map shows colonial powers and their holdings (1945). the second map shows human development worldwide. compare the two maps. what do the maps indicate about regions that gained independence in the second half of the twentieth century? they differ in their development patterns. they are as developed as their colonial powers. they are more developed than their colonial powers. they remain less developed than their colonial powers.