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The passage of Peter the Great and his troops through Prouthos in the summer of 1711, along with the Russian-Turkish conflict, did not bring about significant changes in the northern parts of the Ottoman Empire. The sultan won back the Azov and made territorial gains in the Persian Empire; this territorial position was finalized thirteen years later following an agreement between the Ottoman Empire and Russia. An expedition to reoccupy Venetian fortifications in the Peloponnese was launched in 1715. The battles in Akrokorithos, Nafplio, Methoni and Monemvasia, were easily won by the Ottoman army, which forced its power on the mercenary soldiers of Venice. Limnos, Tenedos and Tinos fell to the hands of the Ottomans along with castles and towns in the Pelopponese.
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Methoni, 1688
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While the Ottoman troops were engaged in battles to the south, the Habsburg Monarchy was at war on the northeastern front. In 1716, the Habsburg Monarchy beat the Ottomans at Petervant and a year later occupied Belgrade, Vanato and Oltenia. Britain's intervention counterbalanced the losses and unleashed suppressed hostility. The Treaty of Passarowitz deprived the Ottomans of Vanato (Timisoara in Roumania) but not of their grounds in the Greek peninsula and the Aegean. Until the end of the reign of
Ahmed III (1730), no significant conflicts or territorial changes were reported.
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Limnos, 1683
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