What best explains why Iceland had no cities in the Middle Ages?
Answer and explanation
Correct answer: B. The economy was based on farming and fishing spread over scattered farms, so towns grew only later
- Step 1: The settlers took land and lived on farms. Step 2. Reykjavík and other towns grew in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. Answer: The economy was based on farming and fishing spread over scattered farms, so towns grew only later. Why not the others: No ban existed, the climate was cold, and settlement began in the ninth century.
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