War between Genoa and Venice was now inevitable. For years, the Republic of Venice, traditionally known as "La Serenissima", could no longer stand Genoa's growing interference in commercial trade with the East, which it wanted to control. Clashes often took place during diplomatic negotiations ...
Finally, the Polos reached Chin a and met King Kublai Khan who 57 Marco and asked him to work for him. Because of this job, Marco learned a lot about Chinese culture.After living in Chin a for 17 years, the Polos returned to Venice.58_. their country was at war then with Genoa....
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to Persia.1293 The Polos stayed in Persi a to celebrate the wedding and then headed towards the Black Se a to make their way back to Venice.1295 Marco Polo arrived in Venice with the finest collection of jewels ever seen.Venice was at war with Genoa.1298 1Marco Polo was made a "gentl...
When he was in prison he met a writer called Rustichello d a Pis a and dictated (口述) to him an account of his travels and experiences in China, Japan, and other Eastern countries.1299Marco Polo was released as a prisoner of war in Genoa.60. When did the Polos start their journey ...
Next followed the war with Hungary for the possession of Dalmatia, in which all its neighbors took sides against the republic, and Venice lost the greater part of Dalmatia (1358). The possession of the island of Tenedos was the cause of a war with Genoa, assisted by other foes of ...
A mattress maker's daughter : the Renaissance romance of Don Giovanni de' Medici and Livia Vernazza Brendan Dooley investigates this largely untold story, among the various settings where episodes occurred, between Florence, Genoa, Venice. In the course of explaining their improbable liaison and its...
to Persia.1293The Polos stayed in Persi a to celebrate the wedding and then headed towards the Black Se a to make their way back to Venice.1295 1Marco Polo arrived in Venice with the finest collection of jewels ever seen.Venice was at war with Genoa.1298Marco Polo was made a "gentlema...
Enrico Dandolo and the Capture of Constantinople 56 CHAPTER V The Aristocracy—War with the Genoese—Loss of Constantinople 72 CHAPTER VI The Duel with Genoa—The Closing of the Great Council 85 CHAPTER VII The Oligarchy—Commercial Supremacy—The Bajamonte Conspiracy—The Council of the Ten—The...
managed the Council’s assets.After the battle against Pisa it became the sole master of the Tyrrhenian Sea and the western Mediterranean. But the rivalry with Venice marked its end in the 14thcentury: after almost two hundred years of war,Genoa was forced to recognize the supremacy of ...