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Cyprus is located in the eastern Mediterranean and is 1227.74 nautical miles away from Venice. (In other words, cyprus is located right above egypt and right below turkey.)

Cyprus was also a popular trade commerce for the surrounding countries because cyprus is surrounded by water. Because of this, cyprus became a competitor to venice because of it trade and productions. Which is why in the 15th century venice; due to it's imperialistic state; took cyprus into the republic of venice. During Caterina Cornaro, last queen of Cyprus, reign she was under strong Venetian pressure and was eventually persuaded to cede Cyprus to the Republic of Venice.

It remained a Venetian possession for 82 years, until its capture by the Ottomans. In February 1489, the island of [|Cyprus], previously a [|crusader state] (the [|Kingdom of Cyprus]), was annexed to Venice.

 The large and wealthy island of [|Cyprus] had been under Venetian rule since 1489.

Together with [|Crete], it was one of the major [|overseas possessions] of the Republic of Venice.

Its population in the mid-16th century is estimated at 160,000.

The island possessed a profitable production of cotton and sugar.

To safeguard their most distant colony, the Venetians paid an annual tribute of 8,000 ducats to the [|Mamluk] Sultans of [|Egypt].

Nevertheless, the island's strategic location in the Eastern Mediterranean, between the Ottoman heartland of [|Anatolia] and the newly won provinces of the [|Levant] and Egypt, made it a tempting target for future Ottoman expansion.

In addition, the protection offered by the local Venetian authorities to Christian corsairs who harassed Muslim shipping, including the [|pilgrims] to [|Mecca], rankled with the Ottoman leadership.

The **War of Cyprus** was fought in 1570-1573 between the [|Ottoman Empire] and the [|Republic of Venice].

The war, began when the Ottomans invaded the Venetian-held island of [|Cyprus]. The capital [|Nicosia] and several other towns fell quickly to the greatly superior Ottoman army, leaving only [|Famagusta] in Venetian hands. The Venetians quickly lost the war and Cyprus was lost to the Ottomans and paying a tribute of 300,000 ducats.

Cyprus is the Meditarians third largest island, and one of its most popular destinations.A lot of people are attaracted to its history and want to find out more about its past.The republic of Cyprus is one of the most advanced islands.The Cyprus island is surrounding waters.Turkey invaded the northern portion of the island. The turkish invasion led to displacement. 