Importance+of+Cyprus+in+16th+Century

=Importance in the 16th Century: =
 *  **Turkish – Venetian War (1570 – 1573) - (Wikipedia/History)**
 *  Cyprus was initially under the rule of the Republic of Venice
 * Venice annexed it in 1498
 *  Turks had been raiding Cyprus’s coast on and off
 *  July 2, 1570 - first real fight occurred: Turks sent 60,000 troops to Lissamol
 *  Nicosia was the first major city in Cyrus to fall (Domino Effect)
 *  Nicosia’s fall = Cyprus Massacre
 * Kyrenia fell next (no shots fired because of Massacre)
 * Followed by Famagusta (all key cities of Cyprus)
 *  The Fall of Famagusta marked the beginning of Turkish Rule in Cyprus
 * Cyprus remained under Ottoman rule for three centuries after defeat
 *  **Cyprus Massacre (Ottoman rise to power) - (Wikipedia)**
 *   Occurred on September 9, 1570 because of the Turkish – Venetian War
 *  A massacre of an unknown amount (20,000) of Christians in Cyprus
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;">Massacre allowed Turks to conquer Kyrenia easily
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;">** Ottoman Rule in Cyprus - (Wikipedia/History)**
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;"> 1570, the Turks took over Cyprus
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;"> Lala Mustafa Pasha became the first Turk governor in Cyprus
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;"> Original Cyprus inhabitants looked to Europe for help to over thrown the Turks
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;"> Between 1572 and 1668, 28 uprisings to over thrown the Ottoman Empire occurred
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;">All failed