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Siege of Rhodes (1522)

High school (ages 12+)
History & Culture

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Step 1 · Read the article

Open the article and read it at the level above. Then answer the questions below in your own words.

https://smallwhale.org/articles/siege-of-rhodes-1522

Step 2 · Questions

  1. 1. What is the event?

  2. 2. What is the date?

  3. 3. What was the Siege of Rhodes in 1522?

  4. 4. Why did the Ottoman Empire want to capture Rhodes?

Step 3 · Words to know

Write what each word means, using the article.

  • Ottoman Hegemony

  • Bombards

  • Geopolitics

Step 4 · Two facts in your own words

Do not copy the article. Write two things you learned, the way you would explain them to a friend.

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