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Bursa

Bursa is a city in northwestern Anatolia, near the Sea of Marmara. Osman I's beylik emerged in the Bithynian borderlands near the city, and it was captured by the Ottomans in 1326. It became the first major capital of the Ottoman Empire and a centre of the silk trade.

Bursa
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Kingdom of Bithynia

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The Epoch Institute. (2026). Bursa. In The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/bursa
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