Historycaster: I bounce back and forth between the Venetians and the Burgundians as the most important European civilization that most educated people today don't have much exposure to.

Historycaster: I bounce back and forth between the Venetians and the Burgundians as the most important European civilization that most educated people today don't have much exposure to.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burgundy

I'm familiar with Burgundy superficially, but what's the case for them being more significant than Venice?