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Ottoman Empire

c. 1299–1922

The Ottoman Empire ruled the Middle East, North Africa, and southeastern Europe for six centuries. At its height under Suleiman the Magnificent it besieged Vienna. It collapsed after the First World War in 1922.

Facts

Founded: c. 1299, Osman founded the Ottoman state in Anatolia.; Source: Encyclopaedia Britannica, Ottoman Empire
Ended: 1922, the sultanate abolished after the First World War.; Source: Encyclopaedia Britannica, Ottoman Empire
Heartland: Anatolia and the Balkans, capital Constantinople, renamed Istanbul.; Source: Encyclopaedia Britannica, Ottoman Empire
Major rulers: Mehmed II, who took Constantinople in 1453; Suleiman the Magnificent, who ruled at the height from 1520 to 1566.; Source: Encyclopaedia Britannica, Ottoman Empire

Images

The Süleymaniye Mosque in Istanbul, crown of the Ottoman golden age. (Wikimedia Commons)

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