The maritime republics of Venice and Genoa went to war with each other four times over ______________.
A. claims of territory for trade
B. monopolies on certain luxury goods
C. refusal to engage in price-setting accords
D. trying to undercut one another in Constantinople
E. being the chief purveyor of goods to the papacy
Answer: A
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