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People: Archibald Menzies
Topic: Rhodes, Siege of
Location: Patna West Bengal India

Rhodes, Siege of

Years: 1522 - 1523

The Siege of Rhodes of 1522 is the second and ultimately successful attempt by the Ottoman Empire to expel the Knights of Rhodes from their island stronghold and thereby secure Ottoman control of the Eastern Mediterranean.

The first siege in 1480, had been unsuccessful.

"Remember that the people you are following didn’t know the end of their own story. So they were going forward day by day, pushed and jostled by circumstances, doing the best they could, but walking in the dark, essentially."

—Hilary Mantel, AP interview (2009)