Yeah, I married her. So shut up and listen. [♪ INTRO MUSIC ♪ Ten minutes from now, I'm hoping you'll understand how one mutually beneficial relationship between the Venetians and the Ottomans led to two really big deals, the European Renaissance and Christopher Columbus. Not like his birth. I mean, he wasn't like a half Ottoman, half Venetian baby. His travels! So Venice is a city made up of hundreds of islands at the northern tip of the Adriatic Sea, but walking around it, you can't help but feel that the city is essentially a collection of floating buildings tied together by some canals.