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The Ottoman Empire at its greatest extent, under Sultan Mehmed IV. In historiography, the Pax Ottomana (literally "the Ottoman Peace") or Pax Ottomanica [1] [2] is a term used to describe the economic and social stability attained in the conquered provinces of the Ottoman Empire at the height of its power during the 16th and 17th centuries, applied to lands in the Balkans, Anatolia, the Middle ...