How did merchants and Noble’s in northern Italy influence the Renaissance

The merchants and nobles in northern italy bought many of the wares and paintings that were produced during the renaissance.Thriving cities, a wealthy merchant class, and the classical heritage of Greece and rome.

ok sorry the answer is a. by their religion

this means that germany had to pay the allied countries. reparations are/is essentially payment for something that they have done wrong, so after ww1, germany was forced to pay reparations so they could replenish the allied countries resources' that they had lost during the war.