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THE EARLY MODERN AGE - Coggle Diagram

- - - - metals
      - food
      - spices
  - - - land
      - sea
  - - - money
      - raw materials
      - tools
  - - - fallow (uncultivated) for the land to rest and recover the nutrients.
      - The main crops were cereals
      - during the years of bad crops, hunger and disease reappeared
  - - - merchants needed money to begin new commercial activities
      - Traders in this period made large profits
      - the most important banking families
        
        The Medici in Florence
        
        the Fugger family
    - - the bill of exchange was created
      - This was a document which guaranteed
      - it was no longer necessary to travel
- - - - continued to form the largest group
      - They had to pay them rent or a part of their harvest
      - They were serfs of the feudal lord or noble
    - - were the city inhabitants
      - They were not ruled by a feudal lord
      - became wealthier and gained more political influence during the Early Modern Age
    - - The upper bourgeoisie were important merchants, bankers and officials
      - The petite bourgeoisie were small merchants, less important officials, all types of artisans, artists, servants and labourers