Significant1453 – 1522 · 69 years

Ottoman Expansion in Aegean

Name: War Atlas: Named Conflicts and Empire Borders, 3000 BCE – Present
Creator: War Atlas
Keywords: wars, military history, conflicts, empires, historical atlas, casualties

Aegean Sea · Greek islands · Crete

Estimated casualties

200Ksingle estimate · no range published

Ottoman forces conquered the Aegean islands from Venetian and Genoese traders, extending Ottoman dominance throughout the Mediterranean. This conquest isolated Venice and gave Ottomans control of key maritime trade routes.

Belligerents3

Ottoman Empire
Venice
Genoa

ON THE MAPOttoman EmpireVenetian RepublicRepublic of Genoa

Sources

Wikipedia — text reused under CC BY-SA 4.0

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Cite as: Ottoman Expansion in Aegean (1453 – 1522). War Atlas. https://waratlas.org/c/ottoman-conquest-crete-1453 · Sources & methodology