Ottoman+Empire

  • 11Ottoman Empire–Persian Empire relations — The history of Persian Ottoman relations started with the establishment of Safavid dynasty in the Persian Empire in the early 16th century. The initial Ottoman Safavid conflict culminated in the Battle of Chaldiran in 1514, and was followed by a… …

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  • 12Ottoman Empire — noun a Turkish sultanate of southwestern Asia and northeastern Africa and southeastern Europe; created by the Ottoman Turks in the 13th century and lasted until the end of World War I; although initially small it expanded until it superseded the… …

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  • 13Ottoman Empire —    The Ottoman Turks conquered Constantinople (present day Istanbul) in 1453. They were to expand and rule parts of eastern Europe for hundreds of years, beginning in the 16th century. The Gypsies were generally treated like other minority ethnic …

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  • 14Ottoman Empire — the old Turkish Empire extending at its height from Iran to Morocco, including the Balkans, parts of Hungary and southern Russia as well as much of Spain; Turkish Empire …

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  • 15Ottoman Empire — /ɒtəmən ˈɛmpaɪə/ (say otuhmuhn empuyuh) noun a former Turkish empire, founded about 1300 by the sultan Osman (1259–1326), which held sway over large dominions in Asia, Africa, and Europe for more than six centuries until its collapse after World… …

  • 16List of sultans of the Ottoman Empire — Ottoman Imperial Standard Sultan of the Ottoman Empire Former Monarchy …

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  • 17Ottoman Empire — geographical name former Turkish sultanate (capital Constantinople) in SE Europe, W Asia, & N Africa including at greatest extent Turkey, Syria, Mesopotamia, Palestine, Arabia, Egypt, Barbary States, Balkans, & parts of Russia & Hungary …

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  • 18OTTOMAN EMPIRE —    See TURKEY …

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  • 19Ottoman Empire — Ot′toman Em′pire n. geg why a Turkish state that was founded about 1300 by Osman and reached its greatest territorial extent under Suleiman in the 16th century; collapsed after World War I Cap.: Constantinople …

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  • 20Fall of the Ottoman Empire — issues cleanup=Sep 2008 refimprove=Sep 2008 wikify=Sep 2008 Republic of Turkey (superimposed upon modern borders). Some scholars argue the power of the Caliphate began waning by 1683, and without the acquisition of significant new wealth the… …

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