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Since emerging as a settlement in the seventh century, Dubrovnik held a significant position beyond what could have been expected of this tiny city-state. Its merchants, trading throughout the huge Ottoman Empire, enjoyed privileges denied to other Western states. A politically skilled and commercially enterprising ruling class took every opportunity to maximise the Republic's wealth. Dubrovnik also faced the extreme dangers posed by Venetian aggressors, Ottoman plotters, a terrible earthquake in 1667 and, finally, the will of Napoleon. In 1991-92, the city survived the besieging Yugoslav army, which heavily damaged but did not destroy Dubrovnik's cultural heritage. This book is a comprehensive history of Dubrovnik's progress over twelve centuries of European development, encompassing arts, architecture, social and economic changes and the traumas of war and politics.

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Book category Books in English Humanities History Regional & national history

• Full title: Dubrovnik
• Author: Robin Harris
• Language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 504
• EAN: 9780863569593
• ISBN: 0863569595
• ID: 04174040
• Publisher: Saqi Books
• Weight: 994 g
• Dimensions: 164 × 235 × 29 mm
• Date of publishing: 31. January 2006

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