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To: Mount Athos
Two separate failed sieges of Vienna checked Turkish expanson: 1539 and 1683. The last one was the signal of the end of the Ottoman menace to eastern Europe. The encircling army was surprised by a relieving force. A sally by the city's defenders complicated the problem and the beseiging force disintegrated.

Within a few decades, Peter the Great was expanding against Turkey and western powers like England were trying to find ways to prop them up as a buffer against Russia.

121 posted on 10/07/2005 5:54:40 PM PDT by VadeRetro (I'll have a few sleepless nights after I send you over, sure! But it'll pass.)
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1539

Typo. 1529.

123 posted on 10/07/2005 5:58:00 PM PDT by VadeRetro (I'll have a few sleepless nights after I send you over, sure! But it'll pass.)
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