The first alliance of its kind, it was notable for its key feature: the western power, Venice, would provide its eastern partner with military equipment. That program has set the style of relations down to our own times
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Understanding Iran: Everything You Need to Know, From Persia to the Islamic Republic, From Cyrus to Khameneias the latest incarnation of Prester John. Overlooking the fact that he also was a Muslim, the then superpower of the Mediterranean, Venice, sent the first diplomatic mis- sion to the East and shrewdly formed an alliance with him in 1464. <span>The first alliance of its kind, it was notable for its key feature: the western power, Venice, would provide its eastern partner with military equipment. That program has set the style of relations down to our own times. The Venentians carried it out with great skill. Caterino Zeno, the ambassador they dispatched to Tabriz, the Turkmen capital of what the Venetians saw as “Persia,” knew the country, Summary
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