 Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Mushure mekurasikirwa kweCyprus kune maOttomans muhondo yechina yeOttoman-Venetian 1570-1573, chitsuwa cheKrete Humambo hweCandia ndicho chaiva chinhu chikuru chekupedzisira cheVenetian chaiva mhiri kwemakungwa. Nzvimbo yaro inokosha yakaita kuti ive chinangwa chakajeka chokuwedzera kweOttoman munguva yemberi, nepo ukuru hwayo nenzvimbo yakaorera, pamwe chete nemamiriro akaipa enhare dzayo, zvakaita kuti ive mubairo unonyengera kupfuura Malta. Kurutivi rweVenetian, Serenissima, ine mauto ayo asina simba uye kutsamira kukuru pakutengeserana kusingadzorwi, yakanga ichishushikana kusatsamwisa vaOttoman. Nokudaro Venice yakachengeta nokungwarira mashoko echibvumirano chayo navaOttoman, ichivimbisa makore anopfuura makumi matanhatu orugare. Uyezve, pakazosvika kutanga kwezana remakore rechi17, simba reVenetian rakanga radzikira zvikuru. Hupfumi hwaro, hwakambobudirira pamusana pokudzora kwahwakaita kutengeserana kwezvinonhuhwirira zvokuMabvazuva, hwakanga hwava kutambura pamusana pokuvhurwa kwenzira itsva dzokutengeserana dzeAtlantic, uye kurasikirwa nemusika unokosha weGermany pamusana peHondo Yamakore Makumi Matatu. Mukuwedzera, Republic yakanga yapinda muhondo dzakawanda kuchamhembe kweItaly seHondo yeMantua uye yakaderedzwazve nekuputika kwechirwere muna 1629-1631. 