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Venice–Byzantine Trade Expansion (1070s)

Type Event Region Europe Time 1071–1080

After Byzantium's defeat at Manzikert in 1071, the weakened empire grew more reliant on Venetian merchant ships to maintain Mediterranean trade and n…

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  1. 1071–1073Constantinople · ThraceAfter the Battle of Manzikert, the Byzantine navy and finances were damaged, and the empire increasingly relied on the Venetian fleet to protect Aegean trade routes and maintain grain and luxury goods supplies in the capital.
  2. 1074–1080Adriatic–Aegean trade route · MediterraneanIn the mid-to-late 1070s, Venetian merchant fleets expanded their trading presence in Constantinople, Crete, and the Aegean islands, gradually monopolizing the transshipment of spices, silk, and grain between Byzantium and the West.

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