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This polity benefitted from Andronikos II granting a hereditary “lordship” around alum mines in Phocaea. This polity controlled exports of mastic gum from the island of Chios through the maona system of tax farming. After a formal admiral was made “perpetual censor,” the number of this city’s aristocratic (15[1])“Alberghi” families was restricted to 28. This city consolidated (15[2])its war debt by founding the (*) Bank of Saint George. (10[1])By the Treaty of Nymphaeum, this city gained exclusive trading rights to the Black Sea, leading it to establish colonies (10[1])like Caffa, a possible entry point of the Black Death into Europe. (-5[1])This city’s doges were (-5[1])limited to two year terms by the reforms of Andrea Doria, and had much earlier been defeated by its primary rival in the War of Chioggia (“KYOH-jah”). For 10 points, name this Italian city-state and rival of Venice, (10[1])where Christopher Columbus was born. ■END■ (10[1])

ANSWER: Genoa [Republic of Genoa]
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