Republic of Venice - Wikipedia
WEBWith the fall of the Exarchate and the weakening of Byzantine power, the Duchy of Venice arose, led by a doge and established on the island of Rialto; it prospered from maritime trade with the Byzantine Empire and other eastern states.
History of the Republic of Venice - Wikipedia
WEBThe Republic of Venice (Venetian: Repùbrega Vèneta; Italian: Repubblica di Venezia) was a sovereign state and maritime republic in Northeast Italy, which existed for a millennium between the 8th century and 1797.
Republic of Venice: The Rise & Fall of a Maritime Powerhouse
WEBAug 5, 2023 · While Venice was losing its military and economic power, its cultural capital shot up in value. From the 15th to the 17th centuries, Venice was still La Serenissima, or “the most serene,” considered one of the richest and most powerful Italian cities and a standard in stable government.
Republic of Venice - New World Encyclopedia
WEBAs a result of the subsequent partition of the Byzantine Empire, Venice gained a great deal of territory in the Aegean Sea (three-eighths of the Byzantine Empire), including the islands of Crete and Euboea. The Aegean islands came to …
Republic of Venice | Map and Timeline - HistoryMaps
WEBVenice formally annexed the Kingdom of Cyprus in 1489, following the abdication of Catherine. The Venetians fortified Nicosia by building the Walls of Nicosia, and used it as an important commercial hub. Throughout Venetian …
Venice - Maritime, Republic, Lagoon | Britannica
WEB5 days ago · The isolated communities, literally islands of Veneto- Byzantine civilization, became part of the exarchate of Ravenna when it was created in 584. When the mainland Byzantine city of Oderzo fell to the Lombards in 641, political authority was shifted to one of the islands in the Venetian lagoon.
Italy - Republic, Venice, Maritime | Britannica
WEB5 days ago · Defeat at Agnadello in 1509, followed by pressure from the Spanish Habsburgs in Lombardy and the Austrian Habsburgs to the north of the republic, limited Venice’s Italian mainland empire.
Republic of Venice - Encyclopedia.com
WEBThe Republic of Venice was an immensely rich maritime empire whose elite citizens controlled a large part of trade on the Mediterranean Sea. Because of this, Venetian politics were dominated by a powerful merchant class at whose apex were the old noble families, which made it more correctly an oligarchy (government by the few) than an actual ...
Italy - Venice, 14th Century, Trade | Britannica
WEB3 days ago · At the beginning of this period the dominion of Venice included the islands of the lagoon and the dogado, a thin strip of the mainland around the lagoon, along with an overseas empire consisting of most of the Dalmatian coast, the island of Corfu, various islands in the Aegean, the coasts of the Peloponnese, and Crete.
The Venetian Empire | The Oxford World History of Empire: …
WEBMar 3, 2021 · Between the thirteenth and fifteenth centuries, Venice built an empire embracing a wide territory from the Adriatic coast to islands in the eastern Mediterranean. This huge area had to be safeguarded for both military and economic purposes.