The great port city of Genoa made the Mediterranean more or less safe for respectable traders, and the rest of the coast settled down to some quiet fishing, sailing, and harmless traffic in postcards and suntan lotion.
Genoa was the trading capital of the entire Mediterranean.
mnli hypothesis: Genoa was the trading capital of the entire Mediterranean. premise: The great port city of Genoa made the Mediterranean more or less safe for respectable traders, and the rest of the coast settled down to some quiet fishing, sailing, and harmless traffic in postcards and suntan lotion.