And that worked because both Venice and the Ottomans added value to each other. Healthy relationships, listen up, me from the past, aren't about extracting value. They have to be mutually beneficial to work. And boy, was that a mutually beneficial relationship. For instance, Venice became super rich. And being super rich was a prerequisite for the European Renaissance, because all that art and learning required money. Which is why Venice was a leading city at the beginning of the European Renaissance, before being eclipsed by Florence, Rome, and, I don't know, say, Rotterdam.