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- Marco Polo (6716 bytes)
1: ...ere he dictated the book ''Il Milione'' about his travels.
5: ...''Maffio'') were prosperous merchants in the East trade. The two merchants set out to [[Asia]] in [[12...
7: ...no complete records that would help ascertain the truth. The city of Korčula still maintains an o...
16: ...in [[Venice]] where they became a sensation and attracted crowds of listeners, who had difficulties in...
18: ...we have several often-conflicting versions of the translations. The book became an instant success &md... - Hundred Years' War (30012 bytes)
3: ...r was primarily fought in France, and though in retrospect it has the feeling of a French [[civil war]...
8: ...ship and installing a new [[Anglo-Norman]] power structure as William took the English throne as Willi...
17: ...land, and only [[Bordeaux]] and a narrow coastal strip now remained in English possession. The recover...
21: ...Edward II]] and was at the time effectively in control of the crown, having forced her politically wea...
27: England controlled [[Gascony]] in what is now southwest France,... - Venice (22017 bytes)
2: ...ortant center of commerce (especially the [[spice trade]]) and [[art]] in the [[Renaissance]].
6: ... being [[Genoa]], [[Pisa]], and [[Amalfi]]). Its strategic position at head of the Adriatic made Venet...
8: ...was under construction in 1104; Venice wrested control of the [[Brenner pass]] from Verona in 1178, op...
10: ...itime commercial empire, the Republic acquired control of most of the islands in the [[Aegean Sea|Aege...
12: ... of Venice. Only Venetian ships could efficiently transport the men, supplies, and (especially) war ho... - Padua (12961 bytes)
1: ...65.JPG|thumb|280px|Tronco Maestro Riviera: a pedestrian walk along a section of the "inland waterway" ...
2: ... is picturesque, with a dense network of arcaded streets opening into large communal ''piazze'', and m...
11: ...ch was cast in [[1453]], the first full-size equestrian bronze cast since antiquity.
13: ...llustrated by [[Mantegna]]'s frescoes, largely destroyed in [[World War II]]. Now the disused church h...
15: ...izio d'Acquapendente]], [[Galileo Galilei]], [[Pietro Pomponazzi]], [[Reginald Pole|Reginald, later Ca...
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