Episode 4 — Becoming a state

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Episode 4 — Becoming a state

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Venice appeared as a kind of, but not quite, sovereign polity in the late 700s and 800s. Venetian society, no longer governed directly by Constantinople, nor really independent, had to survive between the two super-powers of their time, Byzantium and the Carolingian Empire.

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• Early Venice
• The Republic of Venice
• Why did Venice become a republic?
• Why did Venice get rich?