In the 7th century, Nice joined the Genoese League formed by the towns of Liguria.

Cilicia Trachea (" rugged Cilicia "— Greek: Κιλικία Τραχεία ; the Assyrian Khilakku or Khilikku, also sometimes transcribed as Hilakku or Hilikku, classical " Cilicia ") is a rugged mountain district formed by the spurs of Taurus, which often terminate in rocky headlands with small sheltered harbors, a feature which, in classical times, made the coast a string of havens for pirates, but which in the Middle Ages led to its occupation by Genoese and Venetian traders.

Especially strong trade ties with the Genoese formed during this period.

The region fell under Genoese control in the 14th century and formed part of the protectorate of Gazaria, based at Kaffa.

The Principality of Gothia or Theodoro formed after the Fourth Crusade out of parts of the Byzantine thema of Klimata which were not occupied by the Genoese.

A group of Genoese sailors shiprecked near the coast of Tunisia, mostly coming from the islet off Tunisian Tabarka, were rescued and settled here.

When the Pisans subsequently ousted the Genoese from Sardinia, a new conflict and rivalry was born between these mighty marine republics.

The Genoese architect Renzo Piano redeveloped the area for public access, restoring the historical buildings ( like the Cotton warehouses ) and creating new landmarks like the Aquarium, the Bigo and recently the " Bolla " ( the Sphere ).

Thus, the Khan signed a new trade treaty with the Genoese in 1339 and allowed them to rebuild the walls of Kaffa.

In 1273 the Genoese destroyed it, and a new fortification, along with a new line of walls, was erected by the podesteria of La Spezia from 1371.

In 1348 the Genoese built a new tower nearby which they called Christea Turris ( Tower of Christ ), now called Galata Tower.

For this new way of underwater diving, the Italian frogmen trained in La Spezia, Liguria, using the local Genoese newly diffused spearfishing free diving equipment ( diving mask, snorkel, swimfins, wetsuit ), the first specially made diving watch ( the luminescent Panerai ), and the new scuba unit.

Under that agreement, the Genoese had new privileges for commercial activities.

Under that agreement, Genoese had new privileges for commercial activities.

Genoese bankers also profited from loans to the new nobility of Sicily.

In 1171, a new Genoese settlement in the area was attacked and nearly destroyed.

He attempted a coordinated military operation in 1299 / 1300 with Ghazan, the Mongol ilkhan of Persia, when Ghazan invaded Mameluk territory in 1299 ( see Franco-Mongol alliance ); he tried to stop Genoese ships from trading with the Mameluks, hoping to weaken them economically ; and he twice wrote to Pope Clement V asking for a new crusade.

Khan Öz Beg signed a new trade treaty with the Genoese in 1339 and allowed them to rebuild the walls of Kaffa.

The staff of the Arsenal also developed new firearms at an early date, beginning with bombards in the 1370s and numerous small arms for use against the Genoese a few years later.

Following the Crusades, however, the Franks, Venetians and Genoese dominated the island and introduced new instruments and genres and in particular the three-stringed lira da braccio.

It has therefore been suggested also that the picture is a coded reference to the attainments of Vincenzo Giustiniani: his Genoese family ruled Chios ( until the island's capture by the Turks ) in 1622, hence the coronet ; the cultivated Marchese also wrote about music and painting ( pen, manuscript and musical instruments ), was constructing an imposing new palazzo ( geometrical instruments ), studied astronomy ( astral sphere ), and was praised for his military prowess ( armour ).

In the reformed Republic of Genoa of 1576 the Genoese libro d ' oro, which had been closed in 1528, was reopened to admit new blood.

Usodimare's letter, written in garbled Latin, was discovered around 1800 in a manuscript by Giacomo ( Jacob ) Gråberg, a Swedish merchant resident in Genoa, in the archives of the city, as part of one of three documents assembled by a 15th C. Genoese cartographer ( possibly Barthelemi Pareto ) as elements to guide the construction of a new portolan map.

After the fall of the Byzantine Empire to the Fourth Crusade in 1204, the native noble Leo Gabalas took control of the island, but after his death and succession by his brother John, the island was briefly occupied by the Genoese before being returned to the Emperor of Nicaea, though ushering in a new, but short-lived, Byzantine period.

At the end, the population which had not been able to escape, was deported to Edirne, Bursa and other Ottoman cities, leaving the city deserted except for the Jews of Balat and the Genoese of Pera.

The civilian population comprised mainly Genoese and Jews.

Genoese constituted about one-third of the civilian population ( a large number of immigrants had arrived from Genoa at the beginning of the century ).

Nowadays, people with Genoese / Italian last names represent about 20 % of the population.

A small proportion of people in Alghero speak a Catalan dialect, introduced when Catalan invaders repopulated the town after capturing the city from the Genoese in 1353 and subsequently expelling the indigenous population.

Genoa ( ; Genoese and Ligurian Zena ; Latin and, archaically, English Genua ) is the capital of Liguria and the sixth largest city in Italy, with a population of 608, 676 within its administrative limits on a land area of.

The Genoese uprising against the House of Savoy in 1821, which was put down with great bloodshed, aroused the population ’ s national sentiments.

Strictly speaking, the Guanches were the indigenous peoples of Tenerife, where the population seems to have lived in relative isolation up to the time of the Castilian conquest, around the 14th century ( though Genoese, Portuguese, and Castilians may have visited there from the second half of the 8th century onwards ).

In favor of a Pre-Indo-European origin thesis were Henri d ' Arbois de Jubainville, 19th-century French historian, who argued that the Ligurians, together with the Iberians, constituted the remains of the native population that had spread in Western Europe with the Cardium Pottery culture cardial ceramic, or related to the Bell Beakerfolk and Arturo Issel, a Genoese geologist and paleontologist, who considered them direct descendants of the Cro-Magnon men that lived throughout Gaul from the Mesolithic.

In Gibraltar, where a significant portion of its population is of Genoese origin, it is known as calentita when it is baked or panissa when it is fried.

The Genoese intended a colonia, or replacement of the population, but malaria soon assassinated most of the Genoese settlers.

Part of the population was moved to the Sardinian island of San Pietro and the town of Calasetta on the adjacent Island of Sant ' Antioco, whose population still speaks a variant of Genoese dialect originating from Tabarka.

Genoese came during the 18th and 19th centuries, especially from the poorer parts of Liguria, some of them annually following fishing shoals, as repairmen for the British navy, or as successful traders and merchants ; many others came during the Napoleonic period to avoid obligatory conscription to the French Army.

Gibraltarians of Genoese origin came to The Rock in the 18th century, with the Maltese and Portuguese following in the 19th century, coming to work and trade in the British military base.

The building houses the icon of Santa Ana, carved by the Genoese Domingo Giscardi in the 18th century.

The family later separated into two branches: Buonaparte-Sarzana, Nobili di Sarzana had been compelled to leave Florence due to the defeat of the Ghibellines and later when Francesco Buonaparte came to Corsica in 16th century and the island was in Genoese possession.

In the village of Fyta stands a watchtower dating back to the late 16th century, the time of the Genoese occupation.

A Republic of Genoa | Genoese map of Chios, 16th century

It was partly under Genoese hands before, in the early 15th century, it was conquered by the Aragonese.

The kingdom eventually came to be dominated more and more in the 14th century by the Genoese merchants.

In the 10th century the city, now part of the Marca Januensis (" Genoese March ") was under the Obertenghi family, whose first member was Obertus I. Genoa was one of the first cities in Italy to have some citizenship rights granted by local feudatories.

Although the Genoese revolted against France in 1814 and liberated the city on their own, delegates at the Congress of Vienna sanctioned its incorporation into Piedmont ( Kingdom of Sardinia ), thus ending the three century old struggle by the House of Savoy to acquire the city.

Between the 11th century ( when the Genoese ships played a major role in the first crusade, carrying knights and troops to the Middle-East for a fee ) and the 15th century, the Republic of Genoa experienced an extraordinary political and commercial success ( mainly spice trades with the Orient ).

By the late 13th century, with the Treaty of Nymphaeum of 1261, the offensive-defensive alliance between Michael VIII Palaeologus and Genoa that opened up the Black Sea to Genoese commerce, Varna had turned into a thriving commercial port city frequented by Genoese and later also by Venetian and Ragusan merchant ships.

The Genoese flag was adopted from the personal flag of St. Ambrose, the 4th century Bishop of Milan who was a key figure in the development of Christianity in the West.

In the 14th century, the Genoese established a trading factory, which proved to be short-lived.

It became part of a network of Genoese trading colonies on the Crimean coast in the 14th century, when it was known as Etalita or Galita.

He gave the port of Jubail to a Genoese admiral, Guglielmo Embriaco, whose descendants remained vassals of the Count until the late 13th century.

The kingdom eventually came to be dominated more and more in the 14th century by the Genoese merchants.

In the 16th century the Italian Republic of Genoa was in practical terms a protected state of the Spanish Empire ; the Genoese were the bankers of the Spanish monarchy and had control of its finances.

By the end of the 13th century, flourishing communities of Genoese merchants had settled in the towns of Vicina, Chilia and Licostomo.

In the 13th century, with the Fourth Crusade, Italians began invading portions of the Dodecanese, which had remained under the nominal power of the Empire of Nicea ; Venetians ( Querini, Cornaro ) and Genoese families ( Vignoli ) each held some islands for brief periods, while Basilian monks ruled on Patmos and Leros.