Crusade of the Holy League (Merveilles du Monde Map Game)

The Crusade of the Holy League, also known as the Anatolian Crusade, was a crusade called by Pope Clement V and his successors to stop the expansion of the Ottoman Sultanate. This crusade is considered the most succesful of the last centruries, since this resulted in the conquest of the capital of the Ottoman Sultanate, Bursa, im 1357. This event caused the destruction of the Sultanate and the the Byzantine Empire was able to reaffirm control over the Theme of Bythinia, after they lost control of this region to the Ottomans years before.