
Vol 4 Ep 5 - The Rise of the Ottomans
History of the World podcast
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The Battle of Cossavo
La la shahin was a key leader in ottoman conquests of the cities of dimoteco, adrianople and plovdi. He almost failed in besieging sofia, but he eventually managed to succeed. And this would present an important opportunity for the ottomans to separate land axes between serbia and bulgaria. They duly took advantage of the battle of cossao with the byzantines. The two armies would head to a place called the field of the blackbirds,. In serbian it is known as poliecosova - from which modern country of cosavo receives its name. With the ottoman sultan in
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