Byzantine-Ottoman Wars
At a glance:
- Series: Magill’s Guide to Military History
- Categories: Military History, Land Acquisition and Expansion, Territory Redistribution
- Subcategories: Wars, Battles, Empires, Dynasties, Ottoman Empire, Byzantine Empire
- Curriculum: Medieval History/Middle Ages, Eastern European History, Middle Eastern History
- Geographical Location: Turkey, Asia Minor
- Date: 1302-1461
Article abstract: At issue: Whether the reduced Byzantine Empire could hold out against surging Ottoman strength. Result: Ottoman domination of Balkans and Near East.
Background
By 1328, when Andronicus III ascended the Byzantine throne, the restored Byzantine Empire ruled by Michael VIII Palaeologus’s descendants did not appear weak. The only powers believed capable of dislodging the remnants of Byzantine glory were Western naval powers such as Venice or Genoa or the Orthodox Slavic states of the Balkans such as Bulgaria and Serbia. The small domain...
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