Why did Italy stop being relevant after the Renaissance?

Why did Italy stop being relevant after the Renaissance?

>t.amerimutt

Italy was created around 1860

I hear the one at the Vernon Collection is the real deal

The Italian Wars

>Italy
>relevant during the Renaissance

Relevant as in, Spain, France and Germany fought to know who would own it?

Because they never unified.

The influence of Italians went as far as banking, trade and art.

You should pose your question in a more precise way.

Non-meme answer
Trade in the Atlantic became more important than the one in the Mediterranean so states like Genua and Venice became weaker while Atlantic states became more powerful. Also many invasions by France and the Habsburgs

This. Italians discovered America and open up Northern Europe to commercial routes.

>The Italian peninsula was created around 1860
Have you tried not being a smartass cunt?

high volume short distance trade and manufacturirng was far more important than intercontinental trade

nutmeg, new world silver and pepper was like cocaine, you can make a lot of money from it but it isn't the foundation of an economy

Unification

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>black intelectuals

Also, the Ottomans blocked a large part of the trade with China.
It... It's real. Baffling. The black space man should never open up his fucking mouth about history again.

Why were Italians so retarded? Why would you willingly cripple your development by investing in cathedrals instead of explorers?

From Roman times to the Renaissance, Italians have contributed a hugely disproportionate amount to civilization. I think they've given us enough.

wow italians are pretty dumb

While the actual Italians as people weren’t particularly relevant again, the land of Italy certainly was, since it was fought over for centuries - especially Northern Italy - by France, Spain and Austria, all the way from the Italian Wars between Charles V and Francis I to World War I.

italy went from a shitty backwards monarchy straight into socialism. they have never been a free market

italians btfo

>Why would you willingly cripple your development by investing in cathedrals instead of explorers?
Turns out that you can't finance intercontinental expeditions to a land across an ocean you don't really have access to, while basically everyone and their mother in Europe fights over your land.

Then why didn't you specify the region you faggot? I swear to God, it's like if you made a thread about the History of America and then when some euro says
>American
>History
you flip out and bitch that you meant the history of the continent. SPECIFY YOU COCK-GOBBLER

Also the peninsula's balance of power prevented any of the major city-states from ever gaining enough power to compete with larger states.