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The Ottoman Empire
Osman given Land
• Anatolian Peninsula (Turkey)
• Founds the Ottoman Empire
Ottoman Army uses Technology
• Muskets
• Siege Cannons
1453 – Ottomans capture Constantinople
• Rename it Istanbul
• End the Byzantine Empire
Sutlan Selim I - Caliph
• Successor to Muhammad
• Takes over Mesopotamia, Egypt, and Arabia
1492 – Columbus wants to avoid Ottoman “Middle Men”
• Tries to sail to Far East
• Ottomans control all trade from China/India
1529 – Ottomans defeated in Vienna
• Never go further into Europe
• Control only as far as Balkans
1571 – Spanish fleet defeats Ottoman Navy
• Ends Ottoman control of Mediterranean Sea
1871 and beyond…
• Ottomans maintain control in Middle East and Balkans until 20th Century
• Ethnic cleansing… Serbia
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