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Topic: Morean War, the (Venetian-Turkish War of 1684-99)
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Morean War, the (Venetian-Turkish War of 1684-99)

Years: 1684 - 1699

The Morean War is a campaign fought during the Great Turkish War between the Republic of Venice and the Ottoman Empire in the Peloponnese (Morea) and the Aegean Sea between 1684-1699 (in effect, together with Venetian operations in Dalmatia, it comprises the seventh Turkish-Venetian War).

The war, Venice's last major expansionist campaign, is ended by the Treaty of Karlowitz, whereby the Morea and parts of Dalmatia are ceded to Venice.

“Let us study things that are no more. It is necessary to know them, if only to avoid them. The counterfeits of the past assume false names, and gladly call themselves the future. Let us inform ourselves of the trap. Let us be on our guard. The past has a visage, superstition, and a mask, hypocrisy. Let us denounce the visage and let us tear off the mask."

― Victor Hugo, Les Misérables (1862)