Episode 5 — Ascendancy

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Episode 5 — Ascendancy

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Venice became a more important state in the 1000s and 1100s, and started to build not only their trading empire, but also more equal relations to the Byzantine Empire, the Holy Roman Empire and the Pope in Rome.

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• The Republic of Venice
• The Venetian constitution
• Why did Venice get rich?