Caffa

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Genoese colony historical city port city

Caffa is the historical name of the Crimean port city now known as Feodosia, which was a major Genoese trading colony and a key Black Sea commercial hub in the Middle Ages.

Aliases (1)

Kaffa ×1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Genoese colony → historical city → port city →
controlledBy	Golden Horde → Ottoman Empire → Republic of Genoa →
countryDuringMiddleAges	Republic of Genoa →
ethnicCommunities	Armenians → Genoese → Greeks → Tatars →
flourishedInCentury	14th century → 15th century →
flourishedInPeriod	Middle Ages →
hasFortifications	citadel → city walls →
hasHarborType	natural harbor →
historicalNameOf	Feodosia →
knownFor	cosmopolitan population → intensive maritime commerce → large fortified port →
languageUsed	Armenian → Crimean Tatar → Greek → Italian (Liguro-Genoese) → Latin →
linkedTo	Constantinople → Mediterranean trade routes → Trebizond →
locatedIn	Crimea →
locatedOn	Black Sea →
modernCountry	Ukraine →
modernName	Feodosia →
partOf	Genoese colonies in the Black Sea → Genoese maritime empire →
region	Black Sea region → Crimean Peninsula →
religionPresent	Armenian Apostolic Church → Eastern Orthodoxy → Roman Catholicism →
significance	key node in Mediterranean–Black Sea trade → major Black Sea commercial hub →
usedFor	fur trade → grain trade → long-distance trade → silk trade → slave trade → spice trade →

Referenced by (6)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Feodosia → Feodosia ("Kaffa") →	historicalName
Genoese colonies in Crimea →	hasCapital
Genoese colonies in Crimea →	hasPart
Genoese colonies in Crimea →	mainPort
Republic of Genoa →	notableColony