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The rivalry between the Ottoman Empire and Venice started right after the Battle of Nicopole, in 1396, that had as a result a decisive Ottoman victory against the allied army that consisted mainly in French, Hungarian, Vallachian and Venetian effectives. After that, the frontier between Islam and Christendom was slowly moved towards North, to Hungary, as the result of the policy of territorial expansion of the Ottomans; after conquering the Balkans, their ambition was to get to the heart of Europe, as we can relate to the events that followed. |
