The Battle of Ankara was fought on July 20, 1402. The forces of the Ottoman sultan Bayezid I would face the army of one of the most powerful rulers in Central Asia since Genghis Khan, Timur, the emir of the Timurid Empire.

The first of the Battles of Kosovo was in 1389. The army of the Ottoman Empire, under the command of Sultan Murad I, marched to and invaded Kosovo. There, they would face an army of united Serbian forces led by Prince Lazar.

The Byzantine Empire and the Seljuk Turks face each other in Myriokephalon for the war that would change the fate of Anatolia.

Invading Asia, Genghis Khan sent his best commander, Subutai, to his next target, the Caucasus. Subutai's army faced the alliance of Turks and Russians on the Kalka River.