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    Venice experienced economic and political decline in the 16th century. Its strategic location had allowed it to prosper through maritime trade but explorers finding new trade routes hurt its monopoly. Constantinople fell to the Ottomans, resulting in wars that drained Venice's resources and territory. Additionally, plagues devastated Venice's population in the late 16th century. While still wealthy, Venice entered a period of long-term decline.

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    Venice experienced economic and political decline in the 16th century. Its strategic location had allowed it to prosper through maritime trade but explorers finding new trade routes hurt its monopoly. Constantinople fell to the Ottomans, resulting in wars that drained Venice's resources and territory. Additionally, plagues devastated Venice's population in the late 16th century. While still wealthy, Venice entered a period of long-term decline.

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    Venice experienced economic and political decline in the 16th century. Its strategic location had allowed it to prosper through maritime trade but explorers finding new trade routes hurt its monopoly. Constantinople fell to the Ottomans, resulting in wars that drained Venice's resources and territory. Additionally, plagues devastated Venice's population in the late 16th century. While still wealthy, Venice entered a period of long-term decline.

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    Venice

    Erin, Ben, Quinn, Matthew, Ella, Max


    Location
    - Located on the coast of the Adriatic Sea in
    north east Italy.
    Venice in the 16th Century

    - Venice was undergoing an immense decline in two aspects

    Economically Politically

    Cessi, Roberto, and Denis E. Cosgrove. “Venice.” Encyclopædia Britannica, Encyclopædia Britannica,
    Inc., 21 Jan. 2019, www.britannica.com/place/Venice/History.
    Venice in the 16th Century
    Economic Downfall

    - Venice was a heavyweight trade


    super-power.
    - Was able to prosper due to its strategic
    placement in the maritime region

    - But when explorers started discovering


    ways to transport goods outside of the
    mediterranean Venice lost its land trade
    monopoly as well as its crucial sea trade

    Time, History. “Venice: A Short History.” YouTube, YouTube, 7 Mar. 2017,


    www.youtube.com/watch?v=lQRWtkKrsnY.
    Venice in the 16th Century
    Political Power Downfall
    - They sent ships to help defend Constantinople
    against the Turks
    - Unfortunately, Constantinople fell and the
    Turks declared the first of a series of
    Ottoman-Venetian Wars
    - These wars were overall devastating for the
    Venetians
    - Loss of military, funds, and territory outside of
    Venice itself

    Time, History. “Venice: A Short History.” YouTube, YouTube, 7


    Mar. 2017, www.youtube.com/watch?v=lQRWtkKrsnY.
    Venice in the 16th Century
    Plague
    - In addition to all that, the Black
    Death devastated Venice first in
    1348, and the once again in the 16th
    Century between 1575 and 1577.

    “Venetian Empire.” Alternative History,


    althistory.fandom.com/wiki/Venetian_Empire.
    Economic Status
    - Considered to be one of the principal ports of entry to northern europe
    - Cane sugar, silk textiles and jewellery from Egypt and Asia
    - Prime geographic location (protected from open waters of Med)
    - Willingness to defend itself and port

    “The Venetian Republic." The World Economy by the OECD Development Centre. N.p., n.d. Web. 26 Apr. 2019.
    Economic status part 2
    - Skilled labour force comprised of goldsmiths, mosaicists and wood carvers who outfitted interiors of churches and
    private mansions
    - Sugar refinement off the backs of cyprus slaves
    - Economic growth began to flatline as new ship building techniques allowed for more exposed passages directly to
    western europe
    - Venice remained one of the wealthiest parts of Italy throughout the 16th century

    “The Venetian Republic." The World Economy by the OECD Development Centre. N.p., n.d. Web. 26 Apr. 2019.
    The Venice of Today
    636,244 People - 270,884 permanent

    - Estimated 20 million tourists Annually


    - Parking space (Up to 50 Euros/day)

    "Venice Population 2019." Venice Population


    2019. N.p., 30 Mar. 2019. Web. 26 Apr. 2019.
    Education
    - 25% have Bachelor's degree
    - 33% Blue collar Jobs
    - 66% White collar

    "Venice Population 2019." Venice


    Population 2019. N.p., 30 Mar.
    2019. Web. 26 Apr. 2019.
    Venice’s Military (Navy)
    -Navy, Navy, Navy

    -Sailors doubled as
    armed marines (paid)

    -Ships = Galee’s,
    equipped with greek
    fire and later
    cannons

    -Galeazza =
    broadsides
    Williamson, Forschungsmitarbeiter Mitch. “The Venetian Arsenal.” Weapons and Warfare, 24 Nov. 2015.
    Venice’s Military (Army)
    -Navy controlled land forces

    -Some permanent land forces to guard important


    things (arsenal)

    -Hired mercenary Army commanders when needed

    -Army = bad for most part

    -Hired mercenaries soldiers

    -At best a citizen militia, maintained only at


    wartimes
    Gertwagen, Ruthy. “Venice.” Europe, 1450 to 1789: Encyclopedia of the Early Modern World, Encyclopedia.com, 2019,
    The Venetians and the Turks
    - Love-hate relationship for 500 years

    - Trading partners
    - Relied on for economic well-being

    - Intermittent wars throughout 12th and 16th

    centuries
    “Venice and the Ottomans.” Metmuseum.org,
    www.metmuseum.org/learn/educators/curriculum-resources/art-of-the-islamic-world/unit-seven/chapter-two/venice-and-the-ottomans.
    The Venetians and the Turks
    The Turks (Ottomans) offered the Venetians:

    - Wheat, spices, raw silk, cotton, and ash

    The Venetians offered the Ottomans:

    - Soap, paper, textiles

    “Venice and the Ottomans.” Metmuseum.org,


    www.metmuseum.org/learn/educators/curriculum-resources/art-of-the-islamic-world/unit-seven/chapter-two/venice-and-the-ottomans.
    The Venetians and the Turks
    - Territorial wars
    - Fought mainly over the Peloponnese peninsula, Morea
    - The first started in 1463 and the last ended in 1718 when the Ottomans
    captured Morea

    “Ottoman–Venetian War (1714–1718).” Wikipedia, Wikimedia Foundation, 20 Mar. 2019,


    en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ottoman%E2%80%93Venetian_War_(1714%E2%80%931718).

    “Ottoman–Venetian War (1463–1479).” Wikipedia, Wikimedia Foundation, 26 Sept. 2018,


    en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ottoman%E2%80%93Venetian_War_(1463%E2%80%931479).
    Territory of the Venetian Republic
    The Venetian
    Territories are
    located on the
    adriatic coast line
    as well as the
    grecian Islands and
    were established to
    support trade routes
    from Venice to the
    east - the levant

    Braudel, Fernand. The Perspective


    of the World. Phoenix, 2001.
    Territory of the Ottoman Empire
    Created by Turkish tribes in
    Anatolia, the Ottoman
    Empire grew to control
    much of Southeast Europe,
    Western Asia and Northern
    Africa between the 14th
    and 20th century.
    Yapp, Malcolm Edward, and Stanford Jay
    Shaw. “Ottoman Empire.” Encyclopædia
    Britannica, Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.,
    27 Nov. 2018,
    www.britannica.com/place/Ottoman-Empire.

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