The Western Bank Of The Bosporus

Ian Mortimer uses his book The Time Traveler’s Guide to Medieval England: A Handbook for Visitors to the Fourteenth Century to describe how one might live in the fourteenth century. This book covers a wide range of topics from what one might see and smell when approaching a city, to what one might wear, to how to stay alive. Mortimer’s clever use of a travel guide inspired book lends itself to a much wider audience. The evidence presented in this book is both engaging and intriguing, and provides easy reading for academics and non-academics both.

The constant demand for supplies and transportation of soldiers “encouraged ship-building and extended the market for eastern wares in Europe” (“Effects of the Crusades”). Countries like Italy was very busy producing eastern goods. The values of some eastern goods were skyrocketing because many Western Europeans looked for eastern goods. Furthermore, many Italian traders made trades with Eastern Mediterranean countries in order to fulfill their customer’s needs.

There are three Marcello brothers, Alessandro, Benedetto and Girolamo, who were born of nobility here in Venice. Benedetto is well-known for his music. Alessandro composes also but his interests actually lie more with philosophy, mathematics, history, chemistry, painting and poetry. Alessandro has a small body of work in music. This is probably due to him being much more of a figure head in the Venetian government since his father passed away in 1707. Benedetto has a much larger body of work composing of many instrumental and sacred vocal pieces. I recalled that considering the academic pursuits of the Marcellos, that it was possible that they were members of the Arcadian colony. The Arcadians were a new movement of intellectuals that emphasized the respect of artistic achievement and a return to the Greek ideals that music and poetry worked together. They also wished to avoid lavish displays and encouraged simplicity. The Arcadians would also use pseudonyms and I discovered that the pseudonym of “Eterio Stinfalico” belonged to Alessandro Marcello.

these walls, it decreased the amount of harm such as invasions from the city. In Document B, it

And just as Gutzon set out to build a great feat, so will this paper and its interpretation and story-telling of the past. The history behind this monument, the artistry that is and was displayed, and the basic skills of location, environment, and factors that influence geography will also be discussed here. This work by Gutzon was not just mere sensationalism or commercialism, as has normally been the angle of reporters, but instead this will take on the historic aspect as it was originally intended to bring out.

To this end I will write in this Journal very carefully from day to day all that I might do and see and experience, as will be hereafter seen. Moreover sovereign Princes, in addition to writing each night that which the day had brought forth and each day how I sailed at night. I deign to make a new chart for navigation, in which I will set all the sea and lands of the Ocean Sea in their true places, under their bearings and moreover to compile a book and to set down all, picturing everything by latitude from the equinautical line and by the longitude from the West; and above all it is very fitting that I should forget sleep and give much attention to navigation because it should be so. And these things will be a great labor."

On one expedition he had taken, he stayed there for many months defending off Turkish attacks, off the islands of Chios. His ship was attacked a year after that voyage, by French pirates lying in wait. In

When towns started to get infected, some merchants boarded ships to Venice and Genoa. But when they arrived there, only a few of those merchants were still alive.

The accumulated debris contributed fresh evidence on the earlier history of the present North Wall line. With the help of Robert Hamilton’s detailed excavation report, one is able to use the findings to reconstruct the sequence of the wall’s construction, reconstruct the sequence of the accumulation of debris [pottery and coins] at its base, and to put these reconstructions together to tell the story of the wall.

While trade was developing well on the East Mediterranean, the West was doing no less, for it had trade with Spanish ports of Barcelona and Valencia. For centuries, Venice and Genoa were on par with one another in the trading industry until a Genoese fleet was destroyed in a naval battle with their rivals. Genoa never recovered to be on the same level of the economy as it was before the battle. Types of industries that areis supported within the city-state included porting, trades and commerce, all contributing to the extensive amount of money made by Genoa. It is simply not possible to run an economy, let alone a society, without large sources of income.

Once upon a time a group of wise, sober, and honest traders lived in Syria. They exported spices, gold, satins, etc far and wide. It so happened that the leading traders of this prosperous group made up their minds to go to Rome for business purposes. (141)

On his research, he said that the stone walls were built "for defense" since some of them were not finished and there is no sign of military appearance. Also, he said that the meaning and symbolism of the walls are "prestige, status or royal authority" (Garlake 2002, par. 7) according to with his research.

The renaissance was a time of great and immeasurable change within all aspects of European life; so much so that it could be seen as beginnings of our modern western society. Leading this revitalization in culture and society in Europe’s historical development were to the two of the most dominant states of renaissance Italy, Florence and Venice. These small city-states were the powerhouses of the time and assisted speeding up the renaissance and helped spur revolutionary developments along the way being the main hubs of influence in the Italian peninsula during the late 13th and early 16th century. Florence could be characterized as a financial centre, with their banking system considered extraordinarily ahead of time; in addition being the main producers of fine elevated their chances to conduct successful trading ventures. Venice was considered one of the largest centers of trade being a coastal city of the shores of the Adriatic Sea, which allowed for prosperous trade with what was then considered the Eastern world; the city was also well known for their quality in ship building as well which likely contributed to them being a large naval power in the region. Now due to fact that both city-states were two different sovereign parts of Italy meant having two different approaches and views on or about a multitude of ideas. To understand the impact of Florence and Venice, the two very influential and affluent republics in renaissance Italy, it is crucial to analyze their over

?Venice is one of the most fascinating places to travel in Europe.? Its intrigue lies in its unique beginnings, its dominant past, and its remarkable people and their buildings.? Its foundation is unique because of the need for protection that drove the early Venetians to their new home and the location of this new dwelling-place:? ?Rarely in human history has a vigorous and progressive civilization arisen in a less likely place than the mud flats of the Venetian lagoon.?1? Venice rose to power by its domination of the sea and reached its climax during the years of the Renaissance.? It is during this time period that it truly became ?the bride of the Adriatic and the unchallenged

This illusory book entitled “invisible cities” was published in Italy in 1972, written by a very famous Italian prose writer of the postwar era, Italo Calvino. This book highlights a historical memoir of a well-known Venetian explorer named Marco Polo but focuses around a specific dialogue and a series of stories shared between Kublai Khan, emperor of Mongolia, and his right-hand man Polo in the late 1200’s. This concept of writing emphasizes the aspects of humanity and social consequences in generic city makeup and the way we become trapped in the metaphorical “inferno of living”.