 Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - The Order of the Hospital Knights Hospitaller yakavambwa muJerusarema muna 1070. Yakava imwe yemirairo yechiuto inokosha zvikurusa. Muna 1291, Kuwa kweAcre kwakamanikidza Mutemo kutamisa muzinda wawo kubva kuNyika Tsvene kuenda kuLimassol muCyprus. Kupro yakapa mikana shoma yezvehupfumi, zvichiita kuti Order ivimbe nezvipo kubva kuWestern Europe uye yakavabatanidza mukukakavadzana naMambo Henry II weCyprus, nepo kurasikirwa kweAcre neNyika Tsvene kwakatungamira kumubvunzo wakapararira nezvechinangwa chemamongi emamongi, uye mazano ekutora zvinhu zvavo. Foulques de Villaret akasarudzwa saMukuru Mukuru weKnights Hospitaller muna 1305, pakarepo achitanga kugadzirira kukunda Rhodes, izvo zvaizomuvimbisa rusununguko rwokuita zvaakanga asingagoni kuva nazvo chero bedzi Hurongwa hwakaramba huri paKupro, uye hwaizogovera hwaro hutsva hwehondo kurwisa vaTurkey. 