What are siena, florence, lucca, venice, and genoa? answer asap! 1. self-governing city-states, in areas of the holy roman empire, that had wealthy merchant families and industries known for banking, jewelry making, textiles, and metal working. 2. city-state that ignited the renaissance through the arts, trade, manufacturing, and learning. 3. consisting of a powerful and important major city, where many people resided, and an area of land around it that was claimed and controlled. 4. historic center of christendom and the major city of the papal states controlled by the catholic church. 5. ruler of venice that was elected. the word comes from the latin word dux meaning leader. 6. government in which citizens choose/ elect representatives to make decisions in the government for them. 7. examples of italian city-states that were republics. 8. city-state in the northeastern part of the italian peninsula known for fine glasswork and trade with the east for spices and silk.

The world is too much with us; late and soon, getting and spending, we lay waste our powers: little we see in nature that is ours; we have given our hearts away, a sordid boon! the sea that bares her bosom to the moon; the winds that will be howling at all hours, and are up-gathered now like sleeping flowers; for this, for everything, we are out of tune; it moves us not—great god! i'd rather be a pagan suckled in a creed outworn; so might i, standing on this pleasant lea1, have glimpses that would make me less forlorn; have sight of proteus rising from the sea; or hear old triton blow his wreathed horn. 1lea: a grassland what phrases in this poem make elements of nature seem big and powerful, or sweet and beautiful? second part: the changes of the industrial age, including those leading to the agricultural revolution, still affect people’s lives. choose a modern song or a television show that idealizes rural life or compares rural life to urban life. how does this song or television show describe city life and the countryside? cite evidence from the performance to support your answer.