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Venice

Type Object Region Europe Time c. 1121–1130

In the 1120s Venice was a maritime republic on the Adriatic lagoon, dependent on salt, shipbuilding, and Eastern trade.…

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  1. c. 1121–1125Rialto and St. Mark district, Venice · VeniceIn the early 1120s the Venetian doge and noble council consolidated lagoon governance; the Rialto market and the Patriarchate of St. Mark formed the city's dual political-religious core, and stone buildings on pile foundations continued to expand.
  2. c. 1125–1130Port of Venice · VeniceAround the Crusades, Venetian merchant fleets connected Byzantium and the Levant via the Adriatic; trade in spices, silk, and salt significantly increased the lagoon city's population and dockyard capacity.

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