how did venice's navy contributed to the middle ages?
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It didn't really contribute to the Middle Ages, they were more of a force in the Renassaince. In the Middle Ages however, Venetian ships sailed most of the Crusaders over to the middle east, so that's a major contribution. In the Renaissance, the Venetian navy was as powerful as the ever threatining Ottoman Empire's navy and probably saved Europe from full scale invasion several times.
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The Renaissance was the rebirth of antiquity. This is the time when art, literature, etc began to reflect that of ancient Greece and Rome. It was also the beginning of the advent of learning. The Middle Ages was plagued by disease and warfare as well as the destruction of art and literature from the past. The Renaissance brought culture and knowledge to the forefront. It was also the beginning of secular humanism.
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very.. they had running water, heated water.. a system of aqueducts to transport water from far away.  They bathed daily and had a very well established military and political system.
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Siege artillery (a first) to breach the walls of the city.\nForts on either side of the Bosphorus that had the necessary firepower to stop ships trying to bring help from the Black Sea.\nCarrying overland some vessels into the Golden Horn that had been closed off with a massive chain by the Byzantines.
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Before Marco Polo, a Jewish-Italian merchant-scholar called Jacob travelled to the city of Zaitun in China. His account of his journey is a remarkable multi-faceted window on life in the medieval world.In 1270 Jacob d'Ancona, a Jewish scholar-merchant, embarked on a remarkable voyage from his native Italy to Zaitun, a vast coastal metropolis in southern China. This translation of a manuscript hidden from the outside world for centuries is his account of the journey.
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The Crusades made the people of Europe at war with the people living in the Middle East. Therefore they pushed to find other ways to get spices and silks from China and India. This led to Columbus sailing west and the Europeans controlling the Americas.
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No.It was military and political strategy connected with Spanish-American War.Read or seek info. starting with the sinking of the Maine a U.S. war ship docked at Havanah,Cuba.Its sinking was blamed on the Spanish.The Phillipine were Spanish possession at the time.
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fairly good as they were entering hte renaisance and feudalism was declining as a merchant class emerged creating specification in jobs. this left people open to explore other, more creative options, and it brought europe out of the subsistance livng it had been in in the so called "dark ages" or medieval times...this is when the arts were pursued, and actually encouraged to be studied. of course there were wars goign on...like with england as usual(this was the time of henry the 8th, queen mary tudor, and eventually in 1588, elizabeth...) but they were doing fairly well, captureing calais back form the english even...
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Wind power, although the ships were of different design.\nPinta and Nina were caravels known as "Tudor Caravel" (2nd link) \n Santa Maria was a carrack (3rd link)
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For once, these seas have broken the Turkish fleet apart, as they once broke apart the Armada, defeated as much by the storms of Scotland and Ireland as by the wiliness of Sir Francis Drake. \n\nThe Turkish fleet was defeated partly due to the weather, and the storm passed after it was defeated.
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Well, he moved the Capital of Byzantine Empire to Constantinople in order to control trade routes and water ways. Check out the link, it has a lot more information and important events in detail.
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WEBSITES ON THE MIDDLE AGES/MEDIEVAL LIFE\n\nhttp://www.cumbavac.org/Middle_Ages.htm\n\nhttp://www.kyrene.k12.az.us/schools/brisas/sunda/ma/mahome.htm\n\nhttp://www.mnsu.edu/emuseum/history/middleages/contents.html\n\nGood luck.\n\nKevin, Liverpool, England.
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Apart from the riches brought from those far lands, there was a great contribute to science - geography, math, geometry, astronomy. etc - due to sailing. Kings became more poweful, and at the same time there was a development in the way of thinking - the Renaissance. Apart from the cultural developments, the social and economical areas also were stirred by the Discoveries. Spices and tea were as expensive as gold, gold itself came from overseas, as well as exquisite fabrics, china, and the worse part came along too: slavery.
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That would be the 13th century.They were very protective of their women.CRAZY WEREN'T THEY!
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Only one problem- no type of catapault has ever been found from the middle ages, so modern trebuchets, or for that matter, any catapault, is based on crude drawings of wars from that period. \n\nGo to this website:\n\nhttp://www.trebuchet.com\n\nThey have kits and plans you can buy.
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I think Before it was middle ages and after Renaissance.\nThat means (to me) that people just change from surviving (wars, hunger...) to enjoying (arts).
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hey, lots of people did it\nyou attack by sea, kill the old/unfit men, take the women, children and fit men back to your place to be slaves.\nbeing going on since there were raiding boats.\nthe vikings are a prime example