The Ottoman Empire
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. The ottoman empire was an imperial state that was founded in 1299 after growing out of the breakdown of several turkish tribes. It eventually became one of the largest most powerful and longest lasting empires in the history of the world. The empire then grew to include many areas in what is now present day europe. It was an empire inspired and sustained by islam and islamic institutions.
The ottoman empire began at the very end of the 13th century with a series of raids from turkic warriors known as ghazis led by osman i a prince whose father ertugrul had established a power base in söğüt near bursa turkey osman and his warriors took advantage of a declining seljuq dynasty which had been severely weakened by the mongol invasions. God s shadow sultan selim his ottoman empire and the making of the modern world by alan mikhail. The ottoman empire joined the losing side he says. As a result when the war ended the division of territories of the ottoman empire was decided by the victors by.
The ottoman empire was the one of the largest and longest lasting empires in history.