> venice was the banker to both the sultan and the khans. east-west trade had virtually become a venetian merchants' monopoly, through mongol and templar destruction of their competitors the family of the first jewish prime minister of the british empire was from venice. > while disraeli was born in 1804 into the emigr jewish community in london, his family's roots were in venice, italy. his grandfather, benjamin d'israeli, was sent from italy in the mid-18th century to find work in the venetian community of london. his second marriage was to sarah shiprut de gabai, daughter of a prominent business family and kin of the chief rabbi of venice. sarah was described as a virago a turbulent, quarrelsome woman  and she be- came the model for a character in george eliot's book daniel deronda. benjamin d'israeli became a prominent stock - brocker in london and, upon retirement, joined the committee that erected the new stock exchange in london the warburg family, who created the us federal reserve, also came from venice. > the warburg family is thought to have originated from venice, at which point they bore the surname del-banco. the historical documents describe anselmo del banco as jewish and as having been one of the wealthiest residents of venice in the early 16th century. in 1513, del banco was granted a charter by the venetian government permitting the lending of money with interest. del banco left with his family after new restrictions were placed upon the jewish community coinciding with the establishment of the venetian ghetto. the family settled in bologna, and from there to the german town of warburg, and adopted that town's name as their own surname, after having moved to hamburg after the thirty years' war
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