Genoese and Venetian Middlemen

Who played a crucial role in bringing experience of the new world to the Iberian Peninsula?

Christopher Columbus, Mariners, merchants, and financiers from Venice and Genoa

Where did the Genoa exploration in 1291 search for?

Expedition into the Atlantic in search of India

In 1304, what did Venice establish that opened operation in Cairo?

Formal relations with the sultan of Mamluk Egypt

Where did the Genoese focus shift to after Venice claimed victory in the spice trade?

From trade to finance. Finance from the Black Sea and Western Mediterranean

Who dominated the northern route to asia through the black sea? (Trade Route)

Genoa

What pushed European expansion to new heights?

Italian experience, administration, slaving, and international trade modled the Iberian states

Where did Venetian merchants get their goods?

Middlemen in eastern Mediterranean and Asia Minor

What did Venetian merchants trade the eastern goods for in Europe?

Products they could trade abroad

What was a major element of Italian trade?

Slaves

What led the Genoese to taking the Guanches, Muslim prisoners, and Jewish refugees from Spain as slaves?

The loss of the Black sea meant the loss of slaves for Genea

Why did Europeans have a small role in the Indian Ocean trading world?

They did not produce many products desired by Eastern elites

What city states controlled the European luxury trade?

Venice and Genoa during the late Middle Ages