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Territorial extent of the Ottoman Empire in 1683. The Treaty of Bakhchisarai was signed in Bakhchisaray after the Russo-Turkish War (1676–1681) on January 3, 1681 by Russia, the Ottoman Empire, and the Crimean Khanate. They agreed to a 20-year truce and had accepted the Dnieper River as the demarcation line between the Ottoman Empire and ...
The Ottoman Empire [l] (/ ˈ ɒ t ə m ə n / ⓘ), also called the Turkish Empire, [24] [25] was an imperial realm [m] that controlled much of Southeast Europe, West Asia, and North Africa from the 14th to early 20th centuries; it also controlled parts of southeastern Central Europe, between the early 16th and early 18th centuries. [26] [27] [28]
The Ottoman Empire reached its greatest extent in Europe in 1683, under Sultan Mehmed IV and the Köprülü Grand Vizier Merzifonlu Kara Mustafa Pasha. However, the 17th century was not an era of stagnation and decline, but a key period in which the Ottoman state and its structures began to adapt to new pressures and new realities, internal and ...
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A detailed map showing the Ottoman Empire and its dependencies, including its administrative divisions (vilayets, sanjaks, kazas), in 1899. The Turkish word for governor-general is Beylerbey, meaning 'lord of lords'. In times of war, they would assemble under his standard and fight as a unit in the sultan's army.
First Balkan War: The Ottoman Empire is nearly wiped out from Europe, save for Istanbul and just enough land around to defend it. 1914: August 2: The Empire enters into World War I on the side of the Central Powers. Cyprus is annexed outright by Britain. 1915: April 24: The Ottoman Empire initiates forced deportation of Armenians. 1915: April 25
Map showing some vassal states of the Ottoman Empire in 1683. Byzantine Empire 1371–20 February 1403, 1424–6 April 1453 Despotate of the Morea (1422–1470) Empire of Trebizond (1456–1461) Lordship of Prilep (1371–1395) Dejanović noble family (1371–1395) Principality of Wallachia (Eflâk Prensliği), 1396–1397, 1417–1861 with ...
Map of the Hittite Empire at its greatest extent, with Hittite rule ca. 1350–1300 BCE represented by the green line. The Hittite empire is often confused with that of the Chaldean/Babylonians [citation needed] and Greek historians of the period rarely mention it.