History sem 1
how did italy's mediterranean location give birth to the renaissance?
the mediterranean sea prevented foreign ideas from influencing italian thinkers.
the mediterranean sea prevented faraway traders from traveling to italy.
italians were exposed to new ideas as travelers and traders passed through their country.
italians were encouraged to give up their studies in favor of arab philosophy.

Italians were exposed to new ideas as travelers and traders passed through their country.

Italy had big maritime republics such as Genoa and Venice. This meant there was a great influx of different people with different cultures, technology, literature, art and so on. So much contact with other cultures led to the start of the renaissance. Especially when thinkers from Constantinople arrived after the fall of Byzantium.