The Muslim emirate on the Mediterranean island of Crete was destroyed on this day in 961. Crete was under ...
The Muslim emirate on the Mediterranean island of Crete was destroyed on this day in 961. Crete was under Muslim rule almost the entire previous century-and-a-half. Namely, the island had been occupie ...
This day marked the end of the longest siege in the history of the world, when the Venetians surrendered ...
This day marked the end of the longest siege in the history of the world, when the Venetians surrendered their last stronghold on the island of Crete to the Ottoman Turks. The last fort was the famous ...