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The growth of trade led to the rise of the first large trading centers of the later Middle Ages They were located on the important sea routes that connected
The goods for sale at large fairs came from all over Europe, the Middle East, and beyond With the growth of trade and commerce, merchants grew increasingly
Overland trade grew right along with sea trade Italian towns sent goods over the Alps Flanders and Italy were connected Other trade routes spread over Europe
ond was trade, at fi rst between neighbor- where land alone was the basis of 72 Lords, Ladies, Peasants, and Knights: Class in the Middle Ages
Mainz had similar position Cologne gained a commanding position in the Rhine trade, served overland routes to the west and north-east, and also came to be an
Toward the end of the Middle Ages, a great flowering of culture called the along the trade routes linking Europe to Africa and Asia