Fernand Braudel cited this city’s archives, which contain collections like the Diversa Cancellare and the Diversa Notaria, as “the most valuable for our knowledge” of its region. After this city suffered a devastating earthquake in 1677, many of its buildings were repaired with money from the Bona and Kaboga families, who dominated this city’s politics. This city reached its zenith after it received territory in 1358 from the Patriarchate of (*) Aquileia. The nobles of this city elected its leaders to a position known as either Rector or knez (“k’nez”). Beginning in the 14th century, this city enforced the first state-mandated quarantines for travelers. Though beginning a period of functional independence, this state was taken from Venetian control and placed under the de jure control of Hungary per the Treaty of Zadar. For 10 points, name this state on the Adriatic Sea that controlled most of Dalmatia until the early 19th century. ■END■
ANSWER: Ragusa [or Dubrovnik] (The work mentioned in the first clue is The Mediterranean and the Mediterranean World in the Age of Philip II.)
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