After the Mongol invasion of 1241, the rebuilt coastal cities of Budjak (Maurocastron and Licostomo), came under the domination of Genoese traders.
During the reign of Mengu-Timur, the Genoese traders purchased Caffa from the Mongols.
The busy square has been a marketplace since the days of Venetian and Genoese traders, and at one time, corn was sold there.
The king fined the Genoese traders in England £6,000 in damages, and imprisoned them and seized their assets until the fine should be paid.
Vicina - Genoese name of a port built by Genoese traders as an outpost of the Byzantine Empire.
During the Middle Ages, the bay was of some mercantile importance to the Genoese traders who referred to the seaside village as Maurolaca.
-1450) was a Genoese trader, known for traveling to Africa on behalf of the Centurione Bank in 1447.
The Genoese traders fled, transferring the plague via their ships into the south of Europe, whence it rapidly spread.
In 1279, Muhammad II signed an economic and trade agreement with the Republic of Genoa, and Genoese traders obtained a privileged position in the port.
The Genoese traders fled, taking the plague by ship into Sicily and the south of Europe, whence it spread north.