Kingdom of the Morea

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The Kingdom of the Morea, or Realm of the Morea (Italian: Regno di Morea; Venetian: Regno de Morea; Greek: Βασίλειον του Μορέως, romanized: Vasíleion tou Moréos), was the official name the Republic of Venice gave to the Peloponnese peninsula in southern Greece (more widely known as the Morea until the 19th century) after it was conquered from the Ottoman Empire during the Morean War of 1684–99. The Venetians, with considerable success, attempted to repopulate the region and reinvigorate its agriculture and economy but failed to win the allegiance of most of the population or to secure the territory militarily. Consequently, it was retaken by the Ottomans during a brief campaign from June to September 1715.

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