30 marzo 1100 anni - 11th century Italy and belgium led the West in trade

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imported spices from north africa and India and silk and carpets from central Asia. Both were succesfull because of political stabillity, and the geographical points were very good. as mentioned before italy had north africa etc. Flanders for example had England across the Channel. Because of the cold English sheep had thick wool, made for high quality cloth.

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