The chief ambition of the Venetian city-state in the fourteenth century was
A) financial control of the Holy Roman Empire.
B) inducing the bankruptcy of the papacy.
C) to create a maritime commercial empire throughout the Mediterranean and Black seas.
D) monopolizing the shipping of English wool to Flanders.
E) to wage a crusade against the Turks in order to gain access to the Holy Land.

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Venice's main goal in the fourteenth century was to establish itself as a dominant maritime power and create a vast commercial empire throughout the Mediterranean and Black seas. This was achieved through the development of a powerful navy and a network of trading posts and colonies throughout the region. While Venice did engage in some military expeditions against the Turks, this was not its primary ambition. Similarly, Venice did have a significant role in the wool trade, but it did not seek to monopolize it, and this was not its chief ambition.

The Chief Ambition of the Venetian City-State in the Fourteenth