Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Kuwedzera pakutsigira hondo muNyika Tsvene, mauto ehondo akaita basa rinokosha mukukwikwidzana kweGenoa neRepublic yePisa yaiva pedyo, iyo yaikwikwidzana neGenoa nokuda kwesimba muCorsica neSardinia. Zvaiva zvakajairika kuti nyika dzomugungwa dzeItaly dzitambudze ngarava dzevatengesi dzomukwikwidzi wadzo, uye uto rehondo reGenoa raizivikanwa nokudzvinyirira uye kuitawo tsika iyi. Muna 1119 boka revarwi revaGenoese rakapamba ngoro yevatengesi yePisa, zvichitanga hondo yokutanga yeGenoese-Pisa. Hondo yokutanga yakapera pasina mhedziso, asi yakaguma nezana ramakore rokupamba nokupamba sezvo maguta maviri akarwira Corsica neSardinia. Muna 1230 hondo yechipiri, isina kuziviswa yakatanga pakati peGenoa nePisa sechikamu chehondo yakakura yeGuelphs-Ghibellines. Mambo Mutsvene weRoma akatsigira Pisa pakatanga hondo, zvichiita kuti Genoa iwane shamwari kune dzimwe nyika. Republic yacho yakatsigira Papa (uyo panguva iyoyo akanga achinetsana naMambo Mutsvene weRoma), uye yakatumira ngarava kuti dziendese uto reGuelph kuRoma kuratidza kutsigira kwayaiita papa. VaGhibelline vakawana gadziriro yacho, uye, pamwe chete neboka rengarava rePisans, vakabata ngarava dzehondo dzeGenoa pamhenderekedzo
Hondo yeGiglio muna 1241. Vachiremerwa nevatakurwi nemikwende, uto rehondo reGenoa rakarasikirwa nengarava 3 dzakanyura uye 27 dzakatorwa. Hondo yechipiri nePisa yakaguma norugare rwevachena muna 1243.