The Osmanle and the Ottoman Empire

The byzantine cities of anatolia, such as snikea and nicomedia, were now under direct threat from the osmanle. The ottomans reached out to other nations for a political alliance to defend their lands and cities from the Osmanle. As we have seen time and time again, when a nation is on its knees, then prominent figures look to overthrow failing rulers or attempt to take matters into their own hands in order to save the nation. Orhan was reported to have conquered the important city of bersa while his father lay sick in his bed. It would be a matter of time before orhan would take the cities of nikea and