controlled
... that the Italian Republic of Genoa controlled the Greek island of Rhodes for two years, from 1248 to 1250?
... that the Italian <a href="./Republic_of_Genoa" id="mwEH8" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Republic of Genoa">Republic of Genoa</a> <b id="mwEIA"><a href="./Genoese_occupation_of_Rhodes" id="mwEIE" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Genoese occupation of Rhodes">controlled</a></b> the Greek island of <a href="./Rhodes" id="mwEII" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Rhodes">Rhodes</a> for two years, from 1248 to 1250?