1391—Captures Adalia, first Ottoman seaport on the Mediterranean.

Ak Sheïr and Ak Seraï ceded by Karamania.

1393—Bulgaria, to the Danube, becomes Ottoman territory.

1393-5—Conquers Samsun, Caesarea, and Sivas, and annexes emirate of Kastemuni.

1397—Conquers Thessaly, Doris, Locris, and the north-eastern corner of the Peloponnesus.

1398-9—Gradually occupies Southern Albania and a part of Epirus.

IV. COMPARATIVE TABLE OF RULERS

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The Palaeologi

Andronicus II (the Old), 1282-1328.