Tana

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Tana was a medieval Genoese trading colony and port on the Sea of Azov that served as a key hub for commerce between Europe and Asia.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Genoese colony
medieval trading colony
port city
connectedTo Silk Road routes
surface form: Silk Road trade routes

overland caravan routes to Central Asia
trade routes to Persia
trade routes to the Golden Horde
controlledBy Genoese merchants
Republic of Genoa
declinedDueTo changing trade routes
regional conflicts
flourishedInPeriod 13th century
14th century
early 15th century
function entrepôt for long-distance trade
key hub for commerce between Europe and Asia
governedAs Genoese consular colony
hasFacility customs houses
merchant fondaci
warehouses
historicalRole contact zone between Latin Europe and steppe powers
major node in late medieval Eurasian trade
inhabitedBy Armenian merchants
Greek merchants
Italian merchants
Jewish merchants
languageOfAdministration Latin
languageOfCommerce Italian
locatedIn mouth of the Don River
locatedInHistoricalRegion Sea of Azov region
surface form: Azov region
locatedInPresentDay Russia
locatedOn Sea of Azov
partOf Genoese maritime trading network
surface form: Genoese Black Sea trading network

Genoese colonies in Crimea
surface form: Genoese colonies in the Black Sea
religionPresent Eastern Orthodox Christianity
surface form: Eastern Orthodoxy

Roman Catholicism
strategicImportance access point to inland Eurasian markets
link between Black Sea and Asian caravan routes
tradedGood furs
grain
metals
silk
slaves
spices
textiles
wax
underInfluenceOf Golden Horde
Chagatai Khanate
surface form: Mongol Empire successor states

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