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William Pritting's avatar

The reason why the Venetian Oligarchy needed to relocate their shipping and trade operations from Venice on the Mediterranean to Amsterdam on the Atlantic was due to the Fall of Constantinople in 1453 and the Ottoman Turks cutting off their trade routes to Asia along the Silk Road. The Fall of Constantinople in 1453 was the incentive for the Age of Discovery that resulted in sailors figuring out a route around the Horn of Africa to Asia, and also led to Columbus’ discovery of the Americas.

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LONG In The TRUTH's avatar

.....as I've previously noted, 'Venetian' IS a phonetic variation OF 'Phoenician' (RATHER than anything else - just COULDN'T be MORE sonically obvious.....)

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