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Hondo yeMeloria muna 1284, uye nekukunda kwechinguva pamusoro pemukwikwidzi wayo, Venice, paHondo yegungwa yeCurzola muna 1298 panguva yeVenetian-Genoese Hondo. Mauto omumvura eGenoa akanga akaenzana neaVenetian uye maguta ose ari maviri aiva nesimba rokutonga gungwa. Kurwisana kunoshamisa pakati pevaByzantine nevaGenoese kwaiva kubatwa kweRhodes nevaGenoese uye Hondo yeByzantine neGenoese.