Genoa

Italian City-States Essay Florence, Venice and Genoa were the three most successful city-states during the Renaissance period. The Renaissance was a rebirth that occurred throughout most of Europe. However , the changes that we associate with the Renaissance first transpired in the city-state of Florence. The city’s strategic location, climate and leadership all made Florence a model of the Renaissance culture. These factors are what led me to my decision, that Florence was the most…

Leaving Marburn and going to a Public school was hard because I was used to the Marburn life and did not want to leave. Genoa was hard for me in the beginning but towards the end of middle school it got better. At first, Genoa was difficult and the bullies came back. I still had issues with learning but I used the tools that Marburn gave me and was able to be successful at Genoa. In fact Seventh grade year is when things changed. Something clicked and I was able to figure out certain…

of Italy during the early 14th century and gradually spread its’ roots over Western Europe in 15th and 16th century. The origin of il Rinascimento, literally meaning ‘The Renaissance’ can traced back to the well-known and wealthy Italian cities of Genoa, Florence, and Venice. Since much of the inspiration behind the cultural changes during this era was drawn from the legacies of classical European societies such as Ancient Rome, and since Italy was at the very heart of the Roman Empire, it…

Christopher Columbus was born in Genoa, Italy in 1451. His father was a weaver. He got inspired to explore by reading a book by Marco Polo. He went on his first voyages as a teenager on trading expeditions. On his very first voyage he almost died when enemy pirates attacked his ship. He escaped by swimming to the Portuguese shore. In Portugal, he married a woman named Felipa Perestrello and they had a son named Diego. Felipa died shortly after the baby was born and Columbus moved to Spain. Many…

Christopher Columbus was the first person to discover what we now know as South America. He was born in Genoa in 1451. Christopher was a seaman, who traveled around the Mediterranean Sea countless times. He worked with sailors who strongly believed the world was flat. He was curious, and wanted to find out for himself. Christopher Columbus was a strong Christian, who loved the LORD and put Him first. It was his faith in God and his deeply held belief that the earth was indeed round that kept him…

The Tyranny of Experts raises credible concerns of how supporting autocratic regimes undermines individual rights. Easterly bring up four different argument of why individual rights are being diminished in autocracies. The question I will attempt to answer is whether it is correct to support autocrats who will supposedly implement technology into their countries, or if countries like the United States should abstain from such support to protect human rights. I will first comment on each of the…

Giovanni Caboto, more commonly known as John Cabot, was born in Genoa, Italy in approximately 1450. He lived with his father and brother, Giulio and Pierro Caboto. His father being a spice merchant, they were a fairly wealthy family. John helped his father trade spices n Genoa for most of his childhood, but it was when he moved to Venice, around 1461, at eleven years old, that he began to form into the famous explorer that he was. When Caboto arrived in Venice, he began learning from local…

Frankopan (2015, p. 221) note that Italian cities, such as Venice and Genoa, would monopolise the distribution of the goods arriving in the Black Sea and Eastern Mediterranean ports to the rest of Europe. They note that this monopolised trade was highly profitable, which Portugal at the time also recognised. This therefore too was one of the stimuli for Portugal to start searching for a direct route to the East. The role of Genoa will be further elaborated on in the next…

deadly the plague was an Italian writer and philosopher named Boccaccio said that “Victims would often eat lunch with their friends and dinner with their ancestors in paradise.” A famous incident happened during a battle between the Tatars (Turks) and Genoa (Italy). During the battle, the…

conceal. However, he boasted cryptically about his connection with King David and had a penchant for Jewish and Marrano society. Spanish scholars have attempted to explain the fact that this great hero of Spanish history was almost certainly born in Genoa, Italy, by the assumption that his parents were Jewish or ex-Jewish refugees from Spain. In fact, the name Colon (or Colombo) was not uncommon among Italian Jews of the late medieval period. A document recently discovered suggests that Columbus…