Medieval and modern times : an introduction to the history of western Europe form the dissolution of the Roman empire to the present time . COMMERCIAL, TOWNSAND TRADE ROUTES of the 13th and 14th CenturieH Land Koutea (Tcnctian ^- ,_,^^ Wfiter Routes J^ 4.^4,+^ 0 100 200 :iOQ ?JW TiW COO Longitude Eoat » (. ?ijl so from Greemvlcli Medieval Towns — their Business and Buildings 209 the decline of the Roman roads and the general disorganization Practical dis-produced by the barbarian invasions. In the early Middle Ages of rommercethere was no one to mend the ancient Roman roads. The e
Medieval and modern times : an introduction to the history of western Europe form the dissolution of the Roman empire to the present time . COMMERCIAL, TOWNSAND TRADE ROUTES of the 13th and 14th CenturieH Land Koutea (Tcnctian ^- ,_,^^ Wfiter Routes J^ 4.^4,+^ 0 100 200 :iOQ ?JW TiW COO Longitude Eoat » (. ?ijl so from Greemvlcli Medieval Towns — their Business and Buildings 209 the decline of the Roman roads and the general disorganization Practical dis-produced by the barbarian invasions. In the early Middle Ages of rommercethere was no one to mend the ancient Roman roads. The erreat i.*P, ^Y^ ° Middle Ages network of highways from Persia to Britain fell apart when inde-pendent nobles or poor local communities took the place of aworld empire. All trade languished, for there was little demandfor those articles of luxury which the Roman communities in theNorth had been accustomed to obtain from the South, and therewas but littie money to buy what we should consider the com-forts of life; even the nobility lived uncomfortably enough intheir dreary and rudely furnished castles. In Italy, however, trade does not seem to have altogether Italian citiesceased. Venice, Genoa, Amalfi, and other towns appear to have ^^ orientdeveloped a considerable Mediterranean commerce even beforethe Cru
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