Causes of the Renaissance

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Across
  1. 2. Modern day country where the Renaissance began
  2. 4. The tribal group that captured Constantinople in 1453
  3. 8. These gave food a better flavour. They came from the East
  4. 10. An important Italian City-State
  5. 12. The name for the Eastern half of the Roman Empire
  6. 13. Modern day Istanbul
Down
  1. 1. Italy was divided up into these
  2. 3. The remains of the Roman Empire that inspired Italians
  3. 5. an important Renaissance family from Florence
  4. 6. Someone who buys and sells goods
  5. 7. This fabric came from the east
  6. 9. A wealthy person who hired an artist to produce work for them
  7. 11. The language that the Italian language was based on