Siege of Rhodes
At a glance:
- Series: Magill’s Guide to Military History
- Categories: Military History
- Subcategories: Empires, Dynasties, Invasions, Raids, Conquests, Sieges, Ottoman Empire, Knights, Knighthood
- Curriculum: Renaissance History, Eastern European History, Middle Eastern History
- Geographical Location: Turkey, Asia Minor, Greece (ancient)
- Date: July 28-December 21, 1522
Article abstract: Type of action: Land and sea battle in the Turkish Wars of European Expansion. Result: The Knights’ surrender confirmed Turkish control of the Eastern Mediterranean.
Süleyman I continued the Mediterranean policy of his predecessor Selim I, who had taken Syria (1516), Palestine (1516), and Egypt (1517). Only Rhodes, the largest and most eastern of the Dodecanese Islands, remained. The Knights of St. John (Hospitalers) had occupied Rhodes since 1309, fortifying the harbor and thirty hilltops, patrolling the Eastern Mediterranean in their great...
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