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13 Facts About Genoese Republic

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Genoese Republic of Genoa was a medieval and early modern maritime republic from the 11th century to 1797 in Liguria on the northwestern Italian coast.

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However, in actuality, the Genoese Republic was an oligarchy ruled by a small group of merchant families, from whom the doges were selected.

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In 1284, Genoa fought victoriously against the Genoese Republic of Pisa in the battle of Meloria for the dominance over the Tyrrhenian Sea, and it was an eternal rival of Venice for dominance in the Mediterranean Sea.

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The Ligurian Genoese Republic was annexed by the First French Empire in 1805; its restoration was briefly proclaimed in 1814 following the defeat of Napoleon, but it was ultimately annexed by the Kingdom of Sardinia in 1815.

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The Genoese Republic fleet transported and provided naval support to the crusaders, mainly during the siege of Antioch in 1098, when the Genoese Republic fleet blockaded the city while the troops provided support during the siege.

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Genoese Republic Crusaders brought home a green glass goblet from the Levant, which Genoese Republic long regarded as the Holy Grail.

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Genoese Republic merchants pressed south, to the island of Sicily, and into Muslim North Africas, where Genoese Republic established trading posts, pursuing the gold that traveled up through the Sahara and establishing Atlantic depots as far afield as Sale and Safi.

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Genoese Republic bankers profited from loans to the new nobility of Sicily.

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From 1499 to 1528, the Genoese Republic reached its nadir, being under nearly continual French occupation.

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10.

The Genoese Republic bankers provided the unwieldy Habsburg system with fluid credit and a dependably regular income.

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11.

The Genoese Republic government tried to ban private firearm ownership on Corsica without success.

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12.

Genoese Republic was substantially democratic in shape, while those of the Podestas and the Captains of the people strongly restored the often conflicting relationship between the authority and the freedom.

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Genoese Republic traders bought salt - from Hyeres near Toulon in French Provence, from Cagliari in Sardinia, Tortosa in Iberia, and from other areas in the Black Sea, North Africa, Cyprus, Crete, and Ibiza - and made salami.

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