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1470

Black Sheep Turkmen Overthrown

1470

The Aq Qoyunlu White Sheep Turkmen under Uzun Hasan crushed their Qara Qoyunlu rivals and established a confederation stretching from eastern Anatolia to western Iran. Uzun Hasan's court at Tabriz became a center of Persian-Turkic high culture and a diplomatic partner of Venice against the Ottomans. Uzun Hasan's alliance with Venice against the Ottomans demonstrated how deeply Turkmen Iran was integrated into Mediterranean diplomacy.

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Before and after in Middle East

Before: 1466: Mehmed II Commissions Bellini Portrait
After: August 11, 1473: Battle of Otlukbeli

Before and after in Politics

Before: 1469: Piero de Medici Dies
After: 1472: Ivan III Marries Sophia Palaiologina

Era

Late Middle Ages (1301–1500), one of 874 events from that era on Saeculum.