UNC Press - Genoa and the Genoese, 958-1528, by Steven A. Epstein. Preface. - 0 views
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International School of Central Switzerland on 27 Sep 11The rise of Islam was fundamental to Genoa's own rise. Muslims served as victims of Genoese piracy and eventually as customers of its trade. The Crusades helped to make Genoa as the city sharpened its own piety and identity in centuries of religious warfare against the Muslims. Islam also provides the Mediterranean scope of Genoese history.
