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To: Nikas777

The Venetians paid for their indifference on Malta 10 years later, when the Turks attacked and took Cyprus, Venice’s main trading possession in the Meditteranean. Turkey held Cyprus until 1878.


4 posted on 09/03/2009 7:09:42 AM PDT by PGR88
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To: PGR88

The Turks retook parts of Cyrus.


5 posted on 09/03/2009 7:14:13 AM PDT by Nikas777 (En touto nika, "In this, be victorious")
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