<prompt> Translate the following text to EnglishPia, iliondoa Pisa katika Bahari ya Mediterania ya Magharibi, ikapunguza mamlaka ya Venice katika bandari za mashariki, na kuanzisha makoloni katika Bahari Nyeusi kwa ajili ya biashara na Urusi na Cathay ya mbali.  <response>: It dislodged Pisa in the western Mediterranean, whittled away at Venices hold on eastern ports, and set up colonies on the Black Sea for trade with Russia and faraway Cathay. 