Abstract
The success of the city of Venice was based on maritime trade: goods from the Levant and the Far East arrived on the Rialto market, whence they were exported to other European countries. Venetian communities in foreign lands were under a strict control of the central government which appointed bailos and consuls to rule them. Venetian merchants were defended and helped by the central government. This chapter illustrates how the Venetian trade network functioned by means of information dispatched by sailors, consuls, vice-consuls, agents, interpreters and merchants in foreign countries and governors and officials of Venetian lands. After the battle of Raydaniyya, Selim abolished the system of forced purchases of pepper and Venetians were free to buy goods, just like other merchants. After the Ottoman conquest of Egypt the importance of Alexandria, Cairo and Damascus decreased together with the crisis of those markets caused by the Portuguese. Keywords:age of Selīm I; Levant; Ottoman conquest of Egypt; Venetian trade; Venetians
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