HIST-308 Lecture 4: The Empire
15 Nov 2020
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Turning for help to the latins only led to pain in the past. Economically, the byzantines were out of the eastern trade routes. The venetians and various turkish sultanates dominated mediterranean trade: osman. One turkish group was the house of osman. They rose to power in the region in the mid 14th century. Osman i built his sultanate in north west asia minor. They lacked power to crack its defenses: murad i. Ottomans attained a new level of strength under him. The ottoman sultans began to claim the title of caliph. Ottomans conquered much of the territory in the balkans. This was by the end of his reign. They were circling the byzantine capital on all sides. Latin christian leaders felt the need for a military response. It was unclear which leader should lead an anti-ottoman war: sigismund i. He would later oversee the controversial council of constance in 1414.
