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I was cleaning up the syntax and style of the "History" section and noticed factual discrepancies between the information given by the original author and the information in the main source that he cites. Specifically (as an example): the wikipedia author says that Peter I learned of an imminent Egyptian attack on Cyprus, and so launched a preemptive war--whereas the article's author writes that Peter was financing and recruiting for the express purpose of attacking Alexandria, Egypt.
It's unlikely that the Egyptians had designs on Cyprus. Peter was financed by the Venetians. The mercantile machine there had markets for slaves, designs on the silk and spice trade and mercenaries looking for busy work. A good occasion for a raid on the chief rivals. Peter must have been suckered in with promises. Probably the article should be corrected, but then again, it does point to the contemporary cover-up of what was a real nasty post-holy war sting.Klasovsky (talk) 16:14, 14 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]
