A History of VeniceKnopf Doubleday Publishing Group, 1982 - 736 sider As comprehensive as it is engaging, John Julius Norwich's A History of Venice is a complete history of "the most beautiful and magical of cities." This necessary volume traces the rise of Venice from its fifth-century origins through 1797 when Napoleon put an end to the thousand-year-old Republic. |
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... longer would oriental mer- chants be obliged to unload their cargoes of silks and spices at Suez or Hormuz in the Persian Gulf , carry them overland across the isthmus or the mountains of Persia and Asia Minor and then re - embark them ...
... longer would oriental mer- chants be obliged to unload their cargoes of silks and spices at Suez or Hormuz in the Persian Gulf , carry them overland across the isthmus or the mountains of Persia and Asia Minor and then re - embark them ...
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... longer remain in Greek waters and was returning to the West . Foscarini , dumbfounded , asked why and , when the Prince uncon- vincingly replied that his provisions were running low , at once offered to supply him from his own stock and ...
... longer remain in Greek waters and was returning to the West . Foscarini , dumbfounded , asked why and , when the Prince uncon- vincingly replied that his provisions were running low , at once offered to supply him from his own stock and ...
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... longer , was loudly calling on the Avogadori di Comun to do their duty and see that the laws were obeyed . ' What now ? ' shouted the Doge , ' are we no longer to be allowed to speak ? ' Pandemonium followed , with shouting on all sides ...
... longer , was loudly calling on the Avogadori di Comun to do their duty and see that the laws were obeyed . ' What now ? ' shouted the Doge , ' are we no longer to be allowed to speak ? ' Pandemonium followed , with shouting on all sides ...
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Beginnings to 727 | 3 |
Emergence 727811 | 15 |
The City Rises Up 811900 | 26 |
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