. Mediæval and modern history . s prosperity was given by the irruptioninto Europe of the Mongols and the Ottoman Turks and thecapture of Constantinople by the latter in 1453. The Genoesetraders were now driven from the Black Sea, and their traffic witheastern Asia was completely broken up; for the Venetians hadcontrol of the ports of Egypt and Syria and the southern routes toIndia and the countries beyond,— that is, the routes by way ofthe Euphrates and the Red Sea. 173. Florence. Florence, the most illustrious and fortunateof Italian republics, although, from her inland location upon theArno
. Mediæval and modern history . s prosperity was given by the irruptioninto Europe of the Mongols and the Ottoman Turks and thecapture of Constantinople by the latter in 1453. The Genoesetraders were now driven from the Black Sea, and their traffic witheastern Asia was completely broken up; for the Venetians hadcontrol of the ports of Egypt and Syria and the southern routes toIndia and the countries beyond,— that is, the routes by way ofthe Euphrates and the Red Sea. 173. Florence. Florence, the most illustrious and fortunateof Italian republics, although, from her inland location upon theArno, shut out from engaging in those naval enterprises that con-ferred wealth and importance upon the coast cities of Venice, 1 Pisa is located a little to the south of Genoa, on the same co^st. The first battlebetween the navies of the two republics was fought in 1070. Thenceforward for twocenturies the rival cities were engaged in an almost continuous war, which finall) resultedin the complete destruction of the power of
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