maritime republics
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group of city-states, mostly in Italy, prosperous in the Middle ages
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Encyclopedic overview
A map with the locations and coats of arms of the maritime republics of medieval Italy: Venice, Genoa, Amalfi, Pisa, Noli, Ancona, Ragusa, Gaeta.
Medieval
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “maritime republics” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.