Venice was the precursory of modern Western states. It had invented many things that we take for granted now. Read "Inventing the World: Venice and the Transfor

Venice was the precursory of modern Western states. It had invented many things that we take for granted now. Read "Inventing the World: Venice and the Transformation of Western Civilization" [1] > Whether it was boats or money, medicine or face cream, opera, semicolons, tiramisu or child-labor laws, these all originated in Venice and have shaped contemporary notions of institutions and conventions ever since. The foundation of how we now think about community, health care, money, consumerism, and globalization all sprung forth from the Laguna Veneta. And Venetian Council of Ten and its spies had been known and feared by many visitors to Venice in XVIII century when Venice ceased being an empire and became a must visit place for guest from all over Europe. [1] - https://www.amazon.com/dp/B084JMFGS9/?coliid=IAFJVQ9O6WTHR&colid=36Y6KIRO4X94U&psc=0&ref_=list_c_wl_lv_ov_lig_dp_it https://www.amazon.com/dp/B084JMFGS9/?coliid=IAFJVQ9O6WTHR&c...