The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Bursa, Turkey. 183 BCE – Prusa founded by Prusias I of Bithynia. [1] 76 BCE – Bithynia becomes part of Roman Empire. [1] 730 CE – Hagios Stephanos (church) built. 947 CE – City besieged by forces of Sayf al-Dawla of Aleppo. [2] 1097 – Seljuqs in power (approximate date). [3]

Mar 21, 1997 · Fifteen centuries ago, historians in Bursa say, a couple of Christian missionaries arrived here after a long journey from China with an unimaginable treasure hidden in their underclothes and...

Osman's son, Orhan, captured the city of Bursa in 1326 and made it the new capital of the Ottoman state. The fall of Bursa meant the loss of Byzantine control over Northwestern Anatolia.

1326 AD The Ottoman Empire Founded- The Ottoman Empire was established when the Byzantine fortress of Bursa falls after a nine-year siege to the forces of the Osmali Turks, under Osman. The same year, Osman died and was succeeded by his son Orkhan who ruled until 1360.

Nestled against the slopes of Mount Uludag (the ancient Mount Olympus) in Western Anatolia, Bursa emerged as an important town in Classical Antiquity.

Bursa was an important city in the early Ottoman Empire, serving as its first major capital and a key center for trade and industry. It played a significant role in the expansion of the Ottomans by providing economic stability and acting as a hub for silk production, which was vital for trade routes between the East and West.

The history of Bursa took a significant turn in the 14th century, when the first Ottoman sultan emerged on the scene. Osman Gazi, the father of the Ottoman Empire, besieged Bursa in 1326 and made it the very first capital of his burgeoning empire.

Although Chinese silk seems to have become popular in Rome as early as the beginning of the Common Era, the background for understanding the silk trade of Anatolia and more particularly Bursa must be sought in the world of Byzantium.

Bursa becomes the first official capital of the Ottoman Beylik. The siege of Bursa occurred from 1317 until the capture on 6 April 1326, [1] when the Ottomans deployed a bold plan to seize Prusa (modern-day Bursa, Turkey).

Another type of competition existed in the sale of cloth. Bursa, again, was a major center where European cloths-mainly woollens and light silks-were sold and competed directly with the locally produced cloths. Obvi-ously, the price trend of Bursa cloths reflects this sales competition as well.