Byzantium And The Crusades

The Fall of Constantinople Episode 2 "Seljuks and Ottomans"

September 18, 2021 Nick Holmes Season 12 Episode 2
Byzantium And The Crusades
The Fall of Constantinople Episode 2 "Seljuks and Ottomans"
Show Notes

In the thirteenth century, the Mongols destroyed the Seljuk Sultanate of Rum in Anatolia. But after the Mongols left, a new Turkish dynasty began to rise to power in western Anatolia. This dynasty was that of the Ottomans.