Arsenal of Venice: World’s First Weapons Factory

Venice’s maritime power arose from a shipyard that with mass-production techniques, superb organization and skilled workers could launch two new ships a day. In 1202, at the outset of the Fourth Crusade, the city-state of Venice accepted a contract from Italian count Boniface of Montferrat to transport 4,500 knights, their horses, 9,000 squires and 20,000 …

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