 Ramba uchinyora ndima iyi - Guta reGenoa, raimbova muzinda wokutengeserana kubvira kare, raivimba zvikuru nemari yaibva mukutakura zvinhu zvokutengesa. Nokudaro, ugororo hwaityisidzira zvikuru vatengesi veguta racho, avo vaimanikidzwa kubhadhara mari yokudzivirira ngarava dzavo. Guta racho raigonawo kurwiswa, chokwadi chakava pachena apo muna 935 ngarava dzehondo dzaitungamirirwa naYaqub ibn Ishaq al-Tamimi weFatimids dzakapamba guta racho. Kupinda kwevaMuslim kwakakurudzira guta racho kuvaka dziviriro dzakasimba dzechiteshi chengarava, uye kwakavandudza fariro muzvikepe zvengarava zvengarava zvombo kuti zvifambe mugungwa reLigurian. Muna 1005 Republic of Genoa yakagadzwa; hurumende itsva yakatungamirirwa nekonsula uyo aizosarudzwa makore mashomanana oga oga nevatengesi vakapfuma zvikuru uye varidzi venyika muguta. Republic duku rakanga richidzorwa nezvinodikanwa nezvishuvo zveimba dzokutengeserana, uye uto rehondo rakapiwa nzvimbo inokosha zvikuru mu thalassocracy itsva. Mukuru-mukuru wemauto akagadzwa, uye nehurumende ichibatanidza uto rehondo, vatengesi nevatengesi vokuGenoa vakatanga kutonga Gungwa reLiguria muzana remakore rechi11. Guta-nyika rairangarirwa seimwe yeRepubbliche Marinare ina muItaly pamwe chete neVenice, Pisa, uye Amalfi. Zvisinei, ngarava dzokutanga dzaiumbwa nengarava dzaiunganidzwa kubva kuvatengesi voga, vabati vehove, uye dzaishayiwa ngarava dzehondo dzakatsaurirwa. Nokudaro, ngarava dzomuzana remakore rechi11 dzakanzi dzidzivirire kutengeserana kwemisha mikuru yevatengesi yeGenoa, iyo yakaramba ichidzora zvematongerwe enyika nemari yehurumende. Kuedza kudzvinyirira ugororo, ngarava dzacho dzaiwanzoshandiswa kurwisa vaMuslim vaibva kuAghlabid kuNorth Africa. Pashure pamakumi amakore okusagadzikana kwakaparirwa nokukunda kweNorman kumaodzanyemba kweItaly, uto rehondo reGenoa rakabetsera mukutorareguta reMahdia muna 1087. 