74LB wrote:Get Real! wrote:74LB wrote:Get Real! wrote:74LB wrote:Same old story.....I think you'll need to re-read your history to see when the first seeds of destruction were sown.
Are you SURE you want to go back to when the first seeds of destruction were sown?
“Throughout the period of Venetian rule, Ottoman Turks raided and attacked at will. In 1489, the first year of Venetian control, Turks attacked the Karpas Peninsula, pillaging and taking captives to be sold into slavery. In 1539 the Turkish fleet attacked and destroyed Limassol. Fearing the ever-expanding Ottoman Empire, the Venetians had fortified Famagusta, Nicosia, and Kyrenia, but most other cities were easy prey.
In the summer of 1570, the Turks struck again, but this time with a full-scale invasion rather than a raid. About 60,000 troops, including cavalry and artillery, under the command of Lala Mustafa Pasha landed unopposed near Limassol on July 2, 1570, and laid siege to Nicosia. In an orgy of victory on the day that the city fell--September 9, 1570--20,000 Nicosians were put to death, and every church, public building, and palace was looted. Word of the massacre spread, and a few days later Mustafa took Kyrenia without having to fire a shot. Famagusta, however, resisted and put up a heroic defense that lasted from September 1570 until August 1571.”
http://lcweb2.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/r?f ... CID+cy0017)
Didn't Piratis put a copywright on the above ?
If this is the best you can come up with you might want to consider keeping a low profile. Btw, I don't borrow other people's work...
http://www.cyprus-forum.com/viewtopic.php?t=12489
But some would say that after the initial invading there were " four centuries of peaceful coexistence in mixed villages, towns and places of work " ?
and the choice was?
... something no other nation would do .... when they have destroyed the RoC at the first lame-excuse opportunity.
