<prompt> Translate the following text to EnglishHata hivyo, katika karne hii, kisiwa hicho kimepatwa na matatizo mengi ambayo, hadi hivi karibuni, yalisababisha kisiwa hicho kiwe sehemu ya nyuma ya Bahari ya Aegea.  <response>: Yet, in this century, the island has suffered a number of severe setbacks that, until recently, made it a backwater of the Aegean. 