Thus, the city structure itself, the way the city was built with houses along the canals reflects the economic primacy of global trade.

因此城市按照这个特点形成了自身的布局,沿着水道而修筑房屋的建筑特色,这也印证了其全球贸易中心的地位

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In Italy, some of these cities were able to gain control of the surrounding country and to become city states, resembling those of the ancient Greeks.

在意大利,一些城市还潜移默化地,影响了周边的区域,形成了城邦,这与古希腊的城市情况非常相似

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