By 1360 the Ottomans had conquered Adrianople, the second city of the empire, and moved their capital into Europe — Brownworth marks this as the moment Constantinople was completely surrounded in an Ottoman sea, with the emperor forced to pay tribute to avoid siege.
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By 1360 the Ottomans had conquered Adrianople, the second city of the empire, and moved their capital into Europe — Brownworth marks this as the moment Constantinople was completely surrounded in an Ottoman sea, with the emperor forced to pay tribute to avoid siege.
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