1550 ⟶ Altan Khan's Mongol Siege of Beijing
Mongols led by Altan Khan invade China and besiege Beijing.
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1515
1525
1550
1557
1570
⚔️ Ottoman Victory Secures Eastern Anatolia from Safavids
The Ottoman Empire wrests Eastern Anatolia from the Safavids after the Battle of Chaldiran.⟶
Ottoman EmpireSafavid DynastyMilitary ConflictTerritorial ExpansionGeopoliticsShia IslamSunni Islam
Turkey
Iran⚔️ Ottoman Conquest of Anatolian Beyliks
The Ottomans conquer the last beyliks of Anatolia, the Dulkadirs and the Ramadanids.⟶
Ottoman EmpireConquestMilitary HistoryMilitary ExpansionWarfareRegional PowerIslamic World
Turkey⚔️ Babur's Victory at Panipat: End of the Delhi Sultanate
Timurid Empire forces under Babur defeat the Lodi dynasty at the First Battle of Panipat, end of the Delhi Sultanate.⟶
BaburMughal EmpireDelhi SultanateConquestImperialismIslamic EmpiresPolitical Transition
India⚔️ Altan Khan's Mongol Siege of Beijing
Mongols led by Altan Khan invade China and besiege Beijing.⟶
Mongol EmpireMing DynastyInvasionSiegeWarfareMilitary Conflict
China
Mongolia
⚔️ Ottoman Sack of Nicosia
20,000 inhabitants of Nicosia in Cyprus were massacred and every church, public building, and palace was looted. Cyprus fell to the Ottoman Turks the following year.⟶
Ottoman EmpireMassacreInvasionConquestSiegeReligious ConflictWarfare
CyprusTurkey