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Fall of Venice

The decline of Venice can be attributed to several interconnected factors. The discovery of new sea routes by European nations undermined Venice's monopoly on the spice trade, significantly reducing its profits.

Fall of Venice

Fall of Venice

Political challenges

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Social challenges

Maritime competition

New trade rivals
Protectionist policy made trading with Venetians to be unattrative and they lost trade partners
Less successful in negotiating for favourable trading rights in new ports
Venetians imitated better-designed ships of Dutch and British but lack the skills in operating them
English East India Company brought cotton and pepper from India, tea and porcelain from China
Dutch East India Company bypassed Venetians to get supplies from East
Discovery of new sea routes
Original route was shorter but time consuming and unsafe eg. robbers and plunderers hiding
New sea routes destroyed Venice's monopoly of the lucrative spice trade and greatly reduced large profits

Foreign threats

League Of Cambrai
Cost of war drained and weakened Venice's resources
Aim to reduce the power of Venice and divide its territories
Consisted of most major powers in Europe eg. Spain, Hungary, France
Ottoman Empire
Europeans neighbours developed deep hostility for Venice eg. Venice was left to fight on their own against Ottomans
But later seek military aid from other Europeans states to fight Ottomans
Venetians willing to give concessions to Ottomans whenever it suited their commercial interests
Wars drained Venice resources and manpower, and disrupted trade
Venice had to use its galleys to fight off attacks by Ottomans which disrupted its use for trading purposes
Venice forced to give up some less important territories to avoid further losses
Ottoman replaced Genoa as Venice's greatest competitor for maritime control
Involvement in the mainland
Had to equip themselves with a strong army by recruiting mecenaries
Act of switching alliances led to fragile relations and put Venice at high risk eg. overland trade route is unsafe
Taking advantage of rivalry among the mainland states to achieve balance of power eg. created alliances
Needed to secure and maintain supply of resources for city's growing population and expanding industries
Political developments in Europe turned attention to controlling nearby mainland territories