Ottoman capture of Nicomedia

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The Ottoman capture of Nicomedia was a key early 14th-century conquest in northwestern Anatolia that helped establish Ottoman control over former Byzantine territories and paved the way for their expansion into Europe.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf military conflict ⓘ
siege ⓘ
attacker Ottoman Beylik ⓘ
belligerent Byzantines ⓘ
linked to: Byzantium

Ottoman Turks ⓘ
linked to: Ottoman Turk
chronologyWithinCentury after the Battle of Bapheus ⓘ
conflictType Ottoman–Byzantine conflict ⓘ
consequence consolidation of Ottoman control in northwestern Anatolia ⓘ
weakening of Byzantine territorial control in Bithynia ⓘ
defender Byzantine Empire ⓘ
followedBy further Ottoman expansion into former Byzantine territories in Europe ⓘ
increased Ottoman pressure on Constantinople ⓘ
geographicalContext Sea of Marmara region ⓘ
linked to: Marmara Region
hasParticipant Byzantine Empire ⓘ
Ottoman Beylik ⓘ
historicalContext decline of Byzantine power in Anatolia ⓘ
historicalEra Late Middle Ages ⓘ
historicalRegion Bithynia ⓘ
impactOnByzantines loss of a key fortified city in Asia Minor ⓘ
impactOnOttomans strengthening of Ottoman frontier position against Byzantium ⓘ
involvedTerritorialChange transfer of Nicomedia from Byzantine to Ottoman control ⓘ
locatedInPresentDay Turkey ⓘ
İzmit ⓘ
location Nicomedia ⓘ
northwestern Anatolia ⓘ
longTermEffect contributed to isolation of Constantinople from its Anatolian hinterland ⓘ
facilitated later Ottoman campaigns in the Balkans ⓘ
militaryTheater Anatolia ⓘ
opponent Byzantine garrison of Nicomedia ⓘ
partOf Ottoman–Byzantine wars ⓘ
early Ottoman expansion in Anatolia ⓘ
transition of power from Byzantine to Ottoman rule in northwestern Anatolia ⓘ
pointInTime early 14th century ⓘ
precondition Ottoman military pressure on Byzantine strongholds in Bithynia ⓘ
relatedTo Battle of Bapheus ⓘ
Ottoman capture of Nicaea ⓘ
Ottoman conquest of Bursa ⓘ
result Ottoman capture of Nicomedia from the Byzantine Empire ⓘ
Ottoman victory ⓘ
significance key early conquest in the rise of the Ottoman state ⓘ
paved the way for Ottoman expansion into Europe ⓘ
strategicImportance control of a major city on the Sea of Marmara ⓘ
control of approaches to Constantinople ⓘ
control of routes between Asia Minor and Europe ⓘ

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Siege of Nicomedia → outcome → Ottoman capture of Nicomedia ⓘ
Byzantine frontier in northwestern Anatolia → significantEvent → Ottoman conquest of Bithynian cities ⓘ
linked to: Ottoman capture of Nicomedia
fortifications of Nicaea → significantEvent → Ottoman conquest of Nicaea ⓘ
linked to: Ottoman capture of Nicomedia
Ottoman capture of Nicomedia → relatedTo → Ottoman capture of Nicaea ⓘ
linked to: Ottoman capture of Nicomedia