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History of the Black Sea

  • Republic of GenoaIn 1097, twelve galleys and one ship carrying 1,200 soldiers set sail from Genoa to join the First Crusade. The Genoese fleet blockaded Antioch in May of…
  • Bosporan KingdomThe year 540 BC marks the founding of Phanagoria, a colony established by settlers from Teos on the eastern shore of the Cimmerian Bosporus.