With the help of a map, can you guess all modern day countries that were at one point under Genoese rule from the 11th century (establishment of the Most Serene Republic of Genoa) to 1797?
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Includes trading posts/colonies.
Lines indicate Genoese trading routes in the 14th century.
Genoese Tabarqa is such an obscure little territory from history; I suppose that if they'd held onto it for another century, Italy might have used it as a basis to claim all of Tunisia, instead of it going to France. Fascinating stuff. Nominated, by the way!
spoken like a real Putin
(from a Frenchman, btw)