ACA DECA: SuperQuiz S1: VENICE

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Venice is at the head of what sea?: Adriatic
What century was Venice settled in?: Fourth century
What direction did it face and why?: East, Constantinople
What Eastern powers did Venice mostly trade with?: Byzantine Emperors
German Emperors
Mohammedans
In 500AD, what was the Venetian government?: tribunes overseen by a duke or doge with an assembly of the people
How did the oligarchy exercise power?: Great Council
Small Council
How many people weere in the small council? The great council?: Small: 6
Great: over 2000
What year was the great council "closed"?: 1297
What was the purpose of the Council of Ten?: guarding against conspirators like the one of 1310
What was the most famous conpirator the Council of Ten dealt with, and inwhat year was his plot?: Marino Faliero: 1355
Where would the council of 10 hang conspirators?: Square of St. Mark
What were Venice's chief Italian rivals?: Genoa and Pisa
What year did Venetians divert the 4rth crusade to the attack of Constantinople?: 1204
In 1294, who did Venice declare war against?: Genoa
What year was peace made between Genoa and Venice?: 1381
What happened in Genoa in 1396 that left them at a disatvantage?: French domination
What Venetian was an official of the Great Khan in the Mongol Empire from 1275-1292?: Marco Polo
What was the currency of Venice?: gold ducat
During the 15th century what city was the greatest trading center of Europe?: Venice
When did the conflict between Venice and the Turks begin?: 15th century, 1453 to be exact
By what year had Moria and most of the Greek Islands fallen to the Turks?: 1540
What three factors were most harmful to Venice's all powerful trading position?: continued war with Turks
outbreak of plague
exhaustion of timber (ships)
What two city states were enemies because of their agressive policies?: Venice and Milan
Who was Florence allied with before Milan?: Venice
Was Venice included in the Spanish takeover?: no
who conquered Venice at the end of the 18th century?: Napoleon
What was the other great Renaissance republic?: Florence

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