Word: mussulman
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Roman Catholic order which fought in the Crusades, later defended the island of Rhodes (off the mainland of Turkey) against Mussulman pirates. In 1530 Holy Roman Emperor Charles V gave the Knights sovereign control of the island of Malta, which they made one of the ramparts of Christendom. In 1814 the Knights lost Malta to the British, retired to Rome. Today their 5,500 members (including 280 Americans) run 200 hospitals and boys' towns in Europe and Latin America...