Ottomans Ante-Suleiman

Category
Turkish
Capitals
Istanbul
Begin
1299
End
1520
Region
Middle East
Reference
Excerpts from Books and Wikipedia
"As the dynasty [Seljuk Empire] declined in the middle of the thirteenth century, the Mongols invaded Anatolia in the 1260s and divided it into small emirates called the Anatolian beyliks. Eventually one of these, the Ottoman, would rise to power and conquer the rest." [Wikipedia: Seljuk Empire]
"Osman I or Osman Gazi (...), sometimes transliterated archaically as Othman, was the leader of the Ottoman Turks and the founder of the Ottoman dynasty. He and the dynasty bearing his name later established and ruled the nascent Ottoman Empire (then known as the Ottoman Beylik or Emirate). The state, while only a small principality during Osman's lifetime, transformed into a world empire in the centuries after his death." [Wikipedia]

This period is linked to the following events

Event Name
Category
Date
Turks win Battle of Brusa--Osman becomes the first Sultan of the Ottoman Empire
War
1323
Serbs lose Battle of Kosovo to Ottoman Turks beginning 4 centuries of Turkish rule
War
1389
Battle of Nicopolis: Crusaders lose to Ottoman Turks in Bulgaria
War
1396
Bayezid I is captured by Tamerlane--interregnum of Ottoman Empire
War
1402
Last Christian Crusade against Turks fails as Murad II wins Battle of Varna
War
1444
Constantinople falls to Ottoman Sultan Mehmed II
War
1453
Mehmed II defeated at Belgrade by peasant crusaders and Hungarian knights
War
1456
Ottoman Empire conquers Khanate of Crimea and makes it a vassal state
War
1475
Selim I leads Ottoman Empire to double in size with capture Egypt, Mecca & Medina
War
1517

This period is linked to the following movies

Movie title
Genre
Released
Journey to Mecca: In the Footsteps of Ibn Battuta
Documentary
2009
Rise of Empires: Ottoman
Documentary
2020