The Republic of Venice was a major financial and maritime power during the Middle Ages and Renaissance, and a staging area for the Crusades and the Battle of Lepanto, as well as a very important centre of commerce (especially silk, grain, and spice) and art in the 13th century up to the end of the 17th century.
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objection to the inability of the government to respond to economic crisis
The Duma is an elected legislature in Russia and some other republics of the former Soviet Union.