Cretan War
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The Cretan War was a 17th-century conflict between the Ottoman Empire and the Republic of Venice, primarily over control of the island of Crete.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Cretan War canonical | 2 |
| Cretan War (1645–1669) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10149894 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
Target entity: Cretan War Context triple: [Mehmed IV, notableEvent, Cretan War]
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Corinthian War
The Corinthian War was a major conflict in ancient Greece (395–387 BC) in which a coalition of city-states, including Athens, Thebes, Corinth, and Argos, fought against Spartan dominance, reshaping the balance of power in the Greek world.
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Lelantine War
The Lelantine War was an early ancient Greek conflict, traditionally dated to the 8th–7th centuries BCE, fought primarily between the city-states of Chalcis and Eretria over control of the fertile Lelantine Plain on Euboea.
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Chremonidean War
The Chremonidean War was a Hellenistic conflict (267–261 BC) in which a coalition led by Athens and Sparta, backed by Ptolemaic Egypt, fought unsuccessfully to resist the expansion of Antigonid Macedonian power in Greece.
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Corinth–Corcyra War
The Corinth–Corcyra War was a late 5th-century BCE conflict between the Greek city-states of Corinth and its colony Corcyra, whose tensions and alliances helped set the stage for the Peloponnesian War.
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Second Messenian War
The Second Messenian War was an early 7th-century BCE conflict in ancient Greece in which the Messenians, led by the hero Aristomenes, mounted a major but ultimately unsuccessful revolt against Spartan domination.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Cretan War Target entity description: The Cretan War was a 17th-century conflict between the Ottoman Empire and the Republic of Venice, primarily over control of the island of Crete.
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A.
Corinthian War
The Corinthian War was a major conflict in ancient Greece (395–387 BC) in which a coalition of city-states, including Athens, Thebes, Corinth, and Argos, fought against Spartan dominance, reshaping the balance of power in the Greek world.
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B.
Lelantine War
The Lelantine War was an early ancient Greek conflict, traditionally dated to the 8th–7th centuries BCE, fought primarily between the city-states of Chalcis and Eretria over control of the fertile Lelantine Plain on Euboea.
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C.
Chremonidean War
The Chremonidean War was a Hellenistic conflict (267–261 BC) in which a coalition led by Athens and Sparta, backed by Ptolemaic Egypt, fought unsuccessfully to resist the expansion of Antigonid Macedonian power in Greece.
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D.
Corinth–Corcyra War
The Corinth–Corcyra War was a late 5th-century BCE conflict between the Greek city-states of Corinth and its colony Corcyra, whose tensions and alliances helped set the stage for the Peloponnesian War.
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E.
Second Messenian War
The Second Messenian War was an early 7th-century BCE conflict in ancient Greece in which the Messenians, led by the hero Aristomenes, mounted a major but ultimately unsuccessful revolt against Spartan domination.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (51)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
17th-century conflict
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Ottoman grand vizier ⓘ Venetian admiral ⓘ peace treaty ⓘ siege ⓘ war ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | War of Candia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| belligerent |
Duchy of Savoy
NERFINISHED
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France ⓘ Greek Cretan forces NERFINISHED ⓘ Knights of Malta NERFINISHED ⓘ Ottoman Empire ⓘ Papal States NERFINISHED ⓘ Ragusa NERFINISHED ⓘ Republic of Venice NERFINISHED ⓘ Tuscany NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| cause | Ottoman attempt to seize Crete from Venice ⓘ |
| commandedBy |
Francesco Morosini
NERFINISHED
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Köprülü Fazıl Ahmed Pasha NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| concluded | 1669 ⓘ |
| conflictBetween |
Ottoman Empire
NERFINISHED
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Republic of Venice NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| conflictOver |
Crete
NERFINISHED
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Kingdom of Candia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryInvolved |
Ottoman Empire
NERFINISHED
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Republic of Venice NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| endedConflict | Cretan War NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| endTime |
1669
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1669 ⓘ |
| follows | Sixth Ottoman–Venetian War NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasPart |
Siege of Candia
NERFINISHED
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land campaigns on Crete ⓘ naval battles in the Aegean Sea ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod |
Early Modern period
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surface form:
Early modern period
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| location |
Aegean Sea
NERFINISHED
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Candia NERFINISHED ⓘ Crete NERFINISHED ⓘ Eastern Mediterranean NERFINISHED ⓘ Heraklion NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mainTheater | Crete NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| participantIn |
Cretan War
NERFINISHED
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Cretan War NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf |
Cretan War
NERFINISHED
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Ottoman–Venetian Wars NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| peaceTreaty | Treaty of Candia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| result |
Ottoman conquest of most of Crete
NERFINISHED
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Ottoman victory ⓘ Venetian loss of Candia ⓘ |
| significantEvent | longest siege of Candia ⓘ |
| startTime |
1645
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1648 ⓘ |
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Subject: Cretan War Description of subject: The Cretan War was a 17th-century conflict between the Ottoman Empire and the Republic of Venice, primarily over control of the island of Crete.
Referenced by (3)
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