Ottoman Empire Establishes Foothold in Rumelia
At a glance:
- Series: Chronology of European History
- Categories: Military History, Land Acquisition and Expansion, Territory Redistribution
- Subcategories: Empires, Dynasties, Ottoman Empire
- Curriculum: Medieval History/Middle Ages, Eastern European History, Middle Eastern History
- Geographical Location: Middle East, Balkans, Turkey, Asia Minor, Thrace, Asia
- Date: 1353
Article abstract: The Ottoman Empire establishes a foothold in Rumelia, pushing aside the Byzantines and heralding the beginning of the Ottoman advance into Europe.
Summary of Event
Ottoman rule in Anatolia (modern Turkey) expanded more or less continuously at the expense of both the Byzantine Empire and other Anatolian Turkoman states during the thirteenth century. By 1330, the Ottomans had made the city of Brusa (Bursa), located about sixty miles south of Constantinople across the Sea of Marmora, their capitol. By 1345, they controlled the entire...
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