Siege of Bursa
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siege-of-bursa-170-1243620
title:
Siege of Bursa
text:
The siege of Bursa occurred from 1317 until the capture on 6 April 1326, when the Ottomans deployed a bold plan to seize Prusa. The Ottomans had not captured a city before; the lack of expertise and adequate siege equipment at this stage of the war meant that the city fell only after six or nine years. The historian, Laonikos Chalkokondyles, notes that the Ottomans took advantage of the Byzantine civil war of 1321–1328 to capture the city: "Andronikos decided that he should hold the throne himse
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description:
1317–1326 capture of the Byzantine city of Prusa by the Ottoman Empire
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siege_of_Bursa
date created:
2007-01-18T16:00:24Z
date modified:
2024-08-31T20:15:21Z
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