Although communism in theory differs significantly from fascism, in practice, the two ideologies are nearly identical. The many similarities include the pervasiveness of nationalism, statism, totalitarianism and militarism. Both communist and fascist governments have employed propaganda, military rule and execution of political dissidents
Venice jumped in and took control of most of the trading by storm. They made deals with Mamluks first and later with the Ottomans who controlled the region and since nobody would trade with them, Venice decided to and its wealth and power increased extremely fast and Venice became one of the strongest powers in Europe because of this.<span />
