Venice During the Middle Ages

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Prosperous
City State

• Venice during the Middle Ages was a

prosperous and influential city-state that
controlled trade between Europe and the
Levant, and expanded its territories in the
Adriatic Sea and beyond

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Venice was a powerful and influential

• City-State

• Continent

• Village

• County

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Venice during the Middle Ages was a prosperous and influential city-state that controlled ​

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between Europe and the Levant, and expanded its territories in the ​

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and beyond

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trade

Adriatic Sea

Government

• Venice had a complex and

oligarchic constitution, with a
hereditary caste of nobles
dominating the Great Council,
which elected the doge and other
councils and committees

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Venice had a complex and ​

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constitution, with a ​

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of nobles dominating the Great Council, which elected the ​

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and other councils and committees

Culture

• Venice was a major cultural and

intellectual center during the Middle
Ages and the Renaissance, as it fostered
artistic, literary and scientific
achievements

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Venice was a major ​

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and intellectual center during the ​

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and the Renaissance, as it fostered artistic, literary and scientific ​

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