The finance system used by merchants from this city predominated in the fairs at Besançon ["be-zanSOHN"] where they settled most transactions. This city ceded its largest overseas possession to Alfonso V of Aragon, after which it became a duchy under French rule for half a century. This city was ruled by (*) consuls who were elected by popular vote, and its crossbowmen and powerful navy were frequently hired as mercenaries. Corsica was controlled
The finance system used by merchants from this city predominated in the fairs at Besançon ["be-zanSOHN"] where they settled most transactions. This city ceded its largest overseas possession to Alfonso V of Aragon, after which it became a duchy under French rule for half a century. This city was ruled by (*) consuls who were elected by popular vote, and its crossbowmen and powerful navy were frequently hired as mercenaries. Corsica was controlled by - for 10 points - what Ligurian city where Christopher Columbus was born?
The finance system used by merchants from this city predominated in the fairs at Besançon ["be-zanSOHN"] where they settled most transactions.