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Archways is a podcast for learning history! We offer a classical perspective to history, believing that Western Civilization's future success hinges on helping everyone understand our Judeo-Christian heritage: the events, ideas, and people who worked to build it and ensure its success. But we will also be seeing what we can learn from other parts of the world as well.
History of Genoa: Jeans, Salami, Columbus, and Crossbows (AD 900-1700)
Archways: Western Civilization History Podcast
18 minutes 11 seconds
2 years ago
History of Genoa: Jeans, Salami, Columbus, and Crossbows (AD 900-1700)
In this fourth episode in our series on the Italian City States of the high middle ages and Renaissance, we learn about Genoa. Genoa was a major maritime republic in the northwest of Italy that ran an empire from the 10th century to the 17th century that included territories across the Crimean coast, Anatolia, the Aegean sea, Corsica, Sardinia, and even Panama.
In this episode you'll learn about Genoa's contributions to western civilization including helping win the first crusade, creating the best crossbowmen on the continent, restoring Constantinople to the Byzantines, giving birth to Columbus, inventing jeans, and connecting the trade of the Levant to the markets of Europe. Learn about Genoa's fierce rivalries with Pisa and Venice, as well as its ruinous business partnerships with France and Spain.
Sources for this episode:
https://www.britannica.com/place/Genoa-Italy
https://www.historicmysteries.com/sacro-catino/
https://www.travelplan.it/genoa_guide_historical_buildings_monuments.htm
https://ageofempires.fandom.com/wiki/Genoese_Crossbowman
https://www.tasteatlas.com/genoa-salami
Archways: Western Civilization History Podcast
Archways is a podcast for learning history! We offer a classical perspective to history, believing that Western Civilization's future success hinges on helping everyone understand our Judeo-Christian heritage: the events, ideas, and people who worked to build it and ensure its success. But we will also be seeing what we can learn from other parts of the world as well.
