After the conquest of Istanbul, Venice had entered a
period of economical decline. They left the Crusade Union after Mehmet the Conqueror gave
them capitulation. They began to agitate the people of island of Morea as they always
followed an anti-Ottoman policy. Sultan Beyazid II had decided to solve this problem by a
war.
In 1499, Inebahtý, Moron, Koron and Navarino were
captured. Afterwards, the Ottomans began to invade the Aegean Islands. The Venetians
realised that it is impossible to defeat the Ottoman army and navy and they requested an
agreement. The agreement was signed and lands captured by the Ottomans were given back to
the Venetians.
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