The Battle of Curzola was fought in September 9, 1298, between the fleets of Genoa and Venice. It was one of the many battles fought in the 13th and 14th century between Pisa, Genoa and Venice, in a long series of wars for the control of Mediterranean and Levant trade. September 9 is the 252nd day of the year (253rd in leap years). ... Events July 2 - The Battle of Göllheim is fought between Albert I of Habsburg and Adolf of Nassau-Weilburg. ... Korčula (Italian Curzola, Latin Corcyra Nigra, Greek Korkyra Melaina) is an island in the Adriatic Sea, in the Dubrovnik-Neretva county of Croatia. ... The Republic of Genoa, in full the Most Serene Republic of Genoa (known as the Ligurian Republic from 1798 to 1805) was an independent state in Liguria on the northwestern Italian coast from ca. ... The Most Serene Republic of Venice was a city-state in Venetia in Northeastern Italy, based around the city of Venice. ... Doria, originally de Auria, from de filiis Auriae, the sons of Auria, and then de Oria or dOria, is the name of an old Genoese family whose history is indistiguishable from that of the Republic of Genoa from the 12th century to the 16th century. ... September 9 is the 252nd day of the year (253rd in leap years). ... Events July 2 - The Battle of Göllheim is fought between Albert I of Habsburg and Adolf of Nassau-Weilburg. ... The Republic of Genoa, in full the Most Serene Republic of Genoa (known as the Ligurian Republic from 1798 to 1805) was an independent state in Liguria on the northwestern Italian coast from ca. ... The Most Serene Republic of Venice was a city-state in Venetia in Northeastern Italy, based around the city of Venice. ... (12th century - 13th century - 14th century - other centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 13th century was that century which lasted from 1201 to 1300. ... This 14th-century statue from south India depicts the gods Shiva (on the left) and Uma (on the right}. It is housed in the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C. As a means of recording the passage of time, the 14th century was that century which lasted from 1301 to... Pisas coat of arms This article is about Pisa in Italy. ... Satellite image The Mediterranean Sea is a part of the Atlantic Ocean almost completely enclosed by land, on the north by Europe, on the south by Africa, and on the east by Asia. ... The Levant The Levant or ash-Shām (Arabic root word related to the term Semite)—also known as Greater Syria—is an approximate historical geographical term referring to a large area in Southwest Asia south of the Taurus Mountains, bounded by the Mediterranean Sea in the west, and the...

The Venetians were led by Admiral Andrea Dandolo, son of Doge Giovanni Dandolo, and the Genoese by Lamba Doria. The Genoese were victorious, and Andrea Dandolo was killed in the fighting. Admiral is a word from the Arabic term Amir-al-bahr (Lord of the bay). ... Doria, originally de Auria, from de filiis Auriae, the sons of Auria, and then de Oria or dOria, is the name of an old Genoese family whose history is indistiguishable from that of the Republic of Genoa from the 12th century to the 16th century. ...

Venice suffered heavy losses but the Republic managed to equip immediately another 100 galleys and to obtain reasonable peace conditions that did not hamper significatively its power and prosperity. A French galley and Dutch men-of-war off a port by Abraham Willaerts, painted 17th century. ...

According to a later tradition, Marco Polo was between the Venetian prisoners and he dictated his famous book during the few months of his imprisonment; but whether he was caught at this battle or at a previous minor engagement near Laiazzo is unclear. Marco Polo (September 15, 1254, Venice, Italy; or Curzola, Venetian Dalmatia - now Korčula, Croatia — January 8, 1324, Venice) was a Venetian trader and explorer who, together with his father Niccolò and his uncle Maffeo, was one of the first Westerners to travel the Silk Road to China (which he... A page of The Travels of Marco Polo The Travels of Marco Polo is the usual English title of Marco Polos travel book, Il Milione (The Milione, short for Polo familys nickname Emilione; or it was called the Million Lies and Marco earned the nickname of Marco Milione... Ayas (now Yumurtalik, Turkey) was an important harbour-city of the Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia. ...