Expansion of the Ottoman Empire from "summary" of History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by Edward Gibbon
The power of the Turks, after the fall of Bagdad, was exercised by the Sultan of Iconium, who beheld with a jealous eye the conquests which were achieved by the Emir of Aleppo. These two crowns were united by the marriage of Solyman and the daughter of the Arabian prince; but the death of Malek terminated the union, and Solyman asserted and extended his dominion over the kingdoms of the East. He passed the Euphrates, and invaded the kingdom of Romania or Asia Minor, which was possessed by a race of princes, the companions or victims of the Greeks. In the defence of the Christians, the temple of Diana at Ephesus was consumed by the flames; but the columns of that fabric were reared in the church of St. Sophia at Constantinople. Under the reign of Orchan, the son of Solyman, the Ottoman empire was firmly established. The first attack was on the province of Nicomedia; a perpetual warfare was maintained between the two monarchies, and the cities of the Bithynian shore were laid in ruins. The captivity of Christians and the...
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