1502Crimean Khanate Destroys Sarai

The Crimean Khanate sacks Sarai in the Golden Horde, ending ...
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⚔️ Crimean Khanate Destroys Sarai

The Crimean Khanate sacks Sarai in the Golden Horde, ending its existence.
Crimean Khanate Destroys Sarai (1502)
Crimean KhanateGolden HordeInvasionKhanateMilitary HistoryMongol EmpireSiegeWarfare
RussiaRussia

⚔️ Ottoman Victory Secures Eastern Anatolia from Safavids

The Ottoman Empire wrests Eastern Anatolia from the Safavids after the Battle of Chaldiran.
Ottoman Victory Secures Eastern Anatolia from Safavids (1515)
Ottoman EmpireSafavid DynastyMilitary ConflictTerritorial ExpansionGeopoliticsShia IslamSunni Islam
TurkeyTurkeyIranIran

⚔️ Ottoman Conquest of Anatolian Beyliks

The Ottomans conquer the last beyliks of Anatolia, the Dulkadirs and the Ramadanids.
Ottoman Conquest of Anatolian Beyliks (1515)
Ottoman EmpireConquestMilitary HistoryMilitary ExpansionWarfareRegional PowerIslamic World
TurkeyTurkey

⚔️ Ottoman Capture of Massawa

The Ottomans capture Massawa, all but isolating Ethiopia from the rest of the world.
Ottoman Capture of Massawa (1557)
Ottoman EmpireConquestTrade RoutesIsolationismWarfareExpansionism
EthiopiaEthiopiaTurkeyTurkeyEritreaEritrea

⚔️ 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 Sack of Nicosia (1570)
Ottoman EmpireMassacreInvasionConquestSiegeReligious ConflictWarfare
CyprusCyprusTurkeyTurkey

🔥 Crimean Tatar Sack of Moscow

Crimean Tatars attack and sack Moscow, burning everything but the Kremlin.
Crimean Tatar Sack of Moscow (1571)
Crimean KhanateInvasionWarfareSiegeMoscowRussian HistoryMilitary HistoryKhanateDestruction
RussiaRussia