As a result of the wars the Ottoman Empire greatly expanded Expansion its territory on the Balkan peninsula , stretching Expansion from Danube to the Aegean Sea .

In 1344 , Momchil , the independent Bulgarian ruler of the Rhodope and Aegean regions , whose army grew Expansion to 2,000 men , took Creating an important role in the Byzantine civil war .

The threat of Turkish piracy in the Aegean Sea had induced Convincing Clement 's predecessors , John XXII and Benedict XII , to maintain Statement a fleet of four galleys there to defend Defending Christian shipping but starting Process_start in the 1340s Clement endeavoured Self_motion with Venetian aid to expand Expansion this effort into a full military expedition .

He commissioned Request Henry of Asti , the Catholic patriarch of Constantinople , to organise Arranging a league against the Turks , who had increased Cause_change_of_position_on_a_scale their piracy in the Aegean in recent years .

The Seljuq campaigns Military_operation in the Aegean refer Name_conferral to the ground and naval actions conducted Action by the Seljuk Turks , chiefly under the leadership of Tzachas of Smyrna against the Byzantine Empire .

A fierce opponent , Tzachas constructed Building the first Turkish navy and captured Conquering a few Aegean islands , supplemented Supply by the conquest Conquering of Smyrna and Abydos .

His capital , Smyrna , and most of the Aegean coastline were recovered Recovering by Doukas in 1097 , ending Process_end the Turks ' direct access Having_or_lacking_access to the Aegean .

His capital , Smyrna , and most of the Aegean coastline were recovered Recovering by Doukas in 1097 , ending Process_end the Turks ' direct access Having_or_lacking_access to the Aegean .

Not until the demise Destroying of the Comnenian dynasty would the Turks capture Conquering a port and it was Umur of Aydın in c. 14th century that constituted the first Turkish threat to Christian shipping in the Aegean since the 11th century .

In 490 BC , he sent Sending a naval task force under Datis and Artaphernes across the Aegean , to subjugate the Cyclades , and then to make punitive attacks Attack on Athens and Eretria .

Reaching Euboea in mid-summer after a successful campaign in the Aegean , the Persians proceeded to besiege Besieging and capture Conquering Eretria .

By the 16th century , the Ottomans had become Becoming a serious threat to the European powers , with Ottoman ships sweeping away Venetian possessions in the Aegean and Ionian seas and Ottoman-supported Barbary pirates seizing Spanish possessions in the Maghreb .

The final victory of the western-allied government forces led to Causation Greece 's membership in NATO ( 1952 ) and helped Assistance to define the ideological balance of power in the Aegean Sea for the entire Cold War .

The assault troops , mostly from the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps ( ANZAC ) , landed Self_motion at night on the western ( Aegean Sea ) side of the peninsula .

In this phase , Sparta , now receiving support from the Achaemenid Empire , supported Supporting rebellions in Athens 's subject states in the Aegean Sea and Ionia , undermining Athens 's empire , and , eventually , depriving the city of naval supremacy .

Philip had brought Bringing peace to a war-torn Greece in 346 BC , by ending Process_end the Third Sacred War Hostile_encounter , and concluding Process_end his ten-year conflict Hostile_encounter with Athens for supremacy in the north Aegean , by making Manufacturing a separate peace .