A History of VeniceKnopf, 1982 - 673 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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Side 155
... trade ; and that trade , as the Venetians must - at least subconsciously - have realized , owed its phenomenal success not to any territorial expansion but , paradoxically , to the very smallness of the Republic . Here was another ...
... trade ; and that trade , as the Venetians must - at least subconsciously - have realized , owed its phenomenal success not to any territorial expansion but , paradoxically , to the very smallness of the Republic . Here was another ...
Side 175
... trade with Central Asia and beyond.2 - When , on Friday 18 May 1291 , the Mameluke armies stormed the city of Acre , putting to death virtually all its inhabitants , the blow to Venice was therefore greater than that sustained by any of ...
... trade with Central Asia and beyond.2 - When , on Friday 18 May 1291 , the Mameluke armies stormed the city of Acre , putting to death virtually all its inhabitants , the blow to Venice was therefore greater than that sustained by any of ...
Side 591
... trade expanded to the east and - especially during those periods of European war when Venice could offer the advantage of a neutral flag to the west also ; but the Barbary pirates , themselves no sluggards where developments in ship ...
... trade expanded to the east and - especially during those periods of European war when Venice could offer the advantage of a neutral flag to the west also ; but the Barbary pirates , themselves no sluggards where developments in ship ...
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Beginnings to 727 | 3 |
Emergence 727811 | 15 |
The City Rises Up 811900 | 26 |
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