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    What was the longest military siege in all of history and how long did it last?

    Question #19287. Asked by boyscout. (May 21 02 7:41 PM)


    Fosse4

    		Guinness Book of Records (old one whgenit was a book of records)

    Siege of Centa , 26 years 1674 to 1700.

    May 21 02, 8:09 PM
    Siskin

    		In 1669,the Turks,after a 21 year long siege - the longest in world history - will capture Candia and sink Crete into a dark, violent period that will terminate any process of development - political, social and cultural - for at least 200 years.

    www.island-of-crete.net/3culture/history.html

    May 21 02, 8:24 PM

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