Mediterranean Defense

Mediterranean Defense was the name given to the apprentice contracts in Constantinople during the Renaissance.

History
During the early 16th century, the Mentor of the Italian Assassins, Ezio Auditore da Firenze, could send his apprentices to Templar-controlled cities. The apprentices gained experience from these missions, and the Assassin Order as a whole gained money and other rewards for the mission as well. Cities could also be liberated from Templar control and subsequently improved using further missions. Specific cities also including special contracts that adds new bomb ingredients for purchase at Piri Reis.

After a city is reclaimed by the Assassins, it will contain new contracts to improve daily income and recruit new Assassins. Note that contracts must be completely regularly to maintain the Assassins' control in the city, should the control be too low, Templars will try to retake the city and you will have to complete a contract named defending the city in order to gain back its full access.

The cities to which Ezio was able to send his recruits were:
 * Marseille
 * Damascus
 * Jerusalem
 * Madrid
 * Lisbon
 * Genoa
 * Tunis
 * Tripoli
 * Algiers
 * Alexandria
 * Bursa
 * Athens
 * Rhodes

Trivia

 * There is an achievement in Assassin's Creed: Revelations for controlling all of the cities simultaneously except Rhodes.
 * Managing Assassin Guilds in reclaimed cities is the easiest method of removing Assassins should you wish to recruit more apprentices.