History Of The Ottoman Empire
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History of the ottoman empire. The ottoman s started as a tribal group under the leadership of osman carving out a space for themselves on the western coast of anatolia under the shadow of the waning roman empire in constantinople. A historical encyclopedia 2 vol 2011 quataert donald. Ottoman empire empire created by turkish tribes in anatolia asia minor that grew to be one of the most powerful states in the world during the 15th and 16th centuries. An introductory history to 1923.
The ottoman empire and napoleon. I have a website. But in 1798 the ottoman empire finds itself unavoidably caught up in europe s. The ottoman empire 1700 1922.
In ottoman turkish the empire was referred to as devlet i ʿalīye yi ʿosmānīye دولت عليه عثمانیه literally the. The empire then grew to include many areas in what is now present day europe. The word ottoman is a historical anglicisation of the name of osman i the founder of the empire and of the ruling house of osman also known as the ottoman dynasty. The ottoman empire was an imperial state that was founded in 1299 after growing out of the breakdown of several turkish tribes.
There is a succession of wars with russia and constant adjustment to the frontier with austria in the balkans. The ottoman period spanned more than 600 years and came to an end only in 1922 when it was replaced by the turkish republic and various successor states in southeastern. It eventually became one of the largest most powerful and longest lasting empires in the history of the world. As a result when the war ended the division of territories of the ottoman empire was decided by the victors by.
The history of the ottoman empire is a blow by blow account of the rise and fall of one of the world s most interesting empires. It talks about the most beautiful places in the world. Short history of the ottoman empire. During the 18th century turkish involvement in european affairs is limited mainly to the immediate neighbours.
Ottomans was one of the vassal states founded in 1299 upon the downfall of seljuk sultanate of rum although it had many rivals in anatolian geography this little vassal state managed to grow and expand swiftly thanks to its smart moves. Osman s name in turn was the turkish form of the arabic name ʿuthmān عثمان.