Eastern Adriatic cities and their role in Venetian (long distance) commercial activities during the 13th and the first half of the 14th century

The main strategy was to maintain the sea route from northernmost point of Adriatic Levant, and introduce necessary legal, commercial, administrative practices modelled upon its own. During 13th 14th centuries Venice worked on gaining military economic control over Eastern “prepared ground” for later long dominance in that area. In this period, Venetian perspective, cities were primarily strategic exchange points – increasingly perceived as natural hub connections between Mediterranean Central Europe or West Levant. infrastructures supported long-distance trade related security, equipment, possibility transit, well supplying enough manpower way.