Complete the sentence about Byzantine Cyprus with the correct year: Storms plaguing the Third Crusade wrecked two ships of Richard I of England's fleet off Cyprus in ______.

Answer and explanation

Correct answer: C. 1187

Byzantine Cyprus was the island's period as a province of the empire. In 1187 storms hit the Third Crusade and wrecked two ships of Richard I of England's fleet off Cyprus. A third ship, carrying his sister Joan and his betrothed Berengaria, reached Limassol but was kept waiting at anchor by Isaac and his hostility to the Franks.

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