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