The Great Siege: Malta 1565 Dodaro

The Great Siege: Malta 1565 DodaroIn the first half of the sixteenth century, the Ottoman Empire was thought to be invincible. Suleiman the Magnificent, the Ottoman sultan, had expanded his empire from western Asia to southeastern Europe and North Africa. To secure control of the Mediterranean between these territories and launch an offensive into western Europe, Suleiman needed the small but strategically crucial island of Malta. But Suleimans attempt to take the island from the Holy

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