GENERAL KNOWLEDGE

GK

WORLD HISTORY

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Venice is an important city because
A
They did a lot of banking
B
They had a large army
C
They had many traders
D
They started the Black Death
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Venice played an important role in Byzantine trade, as a commercial outlet and a supply center to the empire. Byzantine exports, such as luxury silk cloth, spices, precious metals-went through Venice, and from Venice, slaves, salt, and wood were shipped towards Byzantium and the Muslim Levant.

Detailed explanation-2: -Throughout the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries, the Venetian and Ottoman empires were trading partners-a mutually beneficial relationship providing each with access to key ports and valuable goods (fig.

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