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  2. Ottoman Empire - Wikipedia

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    The Ottoman Empire [k] (/ ˈ ɒ t ə m ə n /), also called the Turkish Empire, [24] [25] was an imperial realm [l] 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.

  3. Culture of the Ottoman Empire - Wikipedia

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    Reconstruction of an Ottoman style library, in the Topkapı Palace museum. As with many Ottoman Turkish art forms, the poetry produced for the Ottoman court circle had a strong influence from classical Persian traditions; [1] a large number of Persian loanwords entered the literary language, and Persian metres and forms (such as those of Ghazal) were used.

  4. History of the Ottoman Empire - Wikipedia

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    This action provoked the Ottoman Empire into the Russo-Turkish War (1768–1774), during which, in January 1769, a 70-thousand Turkish-Tatar army led by the Crimean Khan Qırım Giray made one of the largest slave raids in the history, which was repulsed by the 6-thousand garrison of the Fortress of St. Elizabeth, which prevented Ottoman Empire ...

  5. Ottoman architecture in the 19th–20th centuries - Wikipedia

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    The purest example of the Empire style in Istanbul is the Tomb of Mahmud II (1840), an imposing octagonal monument designed by Ohannes and Bogos Dadyan. [39] [24] Other examples are the Cevri Kalfa School on Divanyolu Street, dated to 1819, [40] [41] [24] and the tomb and library complex of Hüsrev Pasha in the Eyüp neighbourhood, dated to ...

  6. Economic history of the Ottoman Empire - Wikipedia

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    The Ottoman Bank was founded in 1856 in Istanbul. Real GDP per capita in Turkey, 1400 to 1918. The economic history of the Ottoman Empire covers the period 1299–1923. Trade, agriculture, transportation, and religion make up the Ottoman Empire's economy.

  7. Classical Age of the Ottoman Empire - Wikipedia

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    The Ottoman Empire of the Classical Age experienced dramatic territorial growth. The period opened with the conquest of Constantinople by Mehmed II (r. 1451–1481) in 1453. Mehmed II went on to consolidate the empire's position in the Balkans and Anatolia , conquering Serbia in 1454–55, the Peloponnese in 1458–59, Trebizond in 1461, and ...

  8. List of sultans of the Ottoman Empire - Wikipedia

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    Ottoman Imperial Standard Family tree Ottoman Empire in 1683, at the height of its territorial expansion in Europe.. The sultans of the Ottoman Empire (Turkish: Osmanlı padişahları), who were all members of the Ottoman dynasty (House of Osman), ruled over the transcontinental empire from its perceived inception in 1299 to its dissolution in 1922.

  9. Outline of the Ottoman Empire - Wikipedia

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    Ottoman History Podcast An internet radio broadcast dedicated to the history, culture and society of the Ottoman Empire and Middle East Turkish Oral Narrative The Online Bibliography of Ottoman-Turkish Literature A bi-lingual site (English version) presenting a user-submissable database of references to theses, books, articles, papers and ...