How Venice Conquered the Mediterranean | Merchant Empires, Maps & Medieval Power

Описание: The fall of Rome didn't just create barbarian kingdoms.
It forced survivors into the sea.

In the 6th century, desperate refugees fled the slaughter of the European mainland and retreated into the disease-ridden lagoons of the Adriatic. What started as a desperate fight for survival evolved into La Serenissima—a 1,000-year republic that became the most calculating and efficient maritime monopoly in history. With no natural resources and no solid ground, they engineered a geopolitical chokehold that controlled the wealth of two continents.

In this map-driven documentary, we trace how the Republic of Venice:

Engineered a permanent, stone-like city out of petrified swamp timber

Secured the ultimate geopolitical subsidy to dominate the global spice trade

Built the Arsenal, an industrial shipyard capable of mass-producing warships in a single day

Executed a hostile takeover of their parent company by sacking Constantinople during the Fourth Crusade

Weaponized art, architecture, and cultural "soft power" during the Venetian Renaissance

Fought brutal, centuries-long wars of attrition against the expanding Ottoman Empire

⏱️ CHAPTER TIMESTAMPS
0:00 - The Illusion of Venice
05:00 - Origins: Surviving the Roman Collapse
12:00 - Building a Mercantile Monopoly
18:00 - The Golden Age & The Ottoman Wars
26:00 - The Renaissance of Soft Power
28:30 - The Fall of La Serenissima

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