Alternate Merchant states

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Is there any other plausible 'merchant' states that can develop and flourish in the Middle Ages like Genoa, Novgorod or Venice? Whats necessary for a development of mercantile state?

Doesn't have to be in Europe.
 

katchen

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I've always wondered if a Venice type merchant state could have developed near Tulcea on the Danube Delta. It would be directly on the Danube and the Silk Route and protected by marshes from steppe nomads. And it's terra firma would be in very fertile soil.
 
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