The
Ottoman Empire began in 1299 and ended in 1922. In the 16th and 17th centuries it was in control of parts 3 cotenants. The
Ottoman Empire was one of the most powerful empires in the world at that time. For six centuries the
Ottoman Empire was a major attraction. The city that’s name kept changing (
Constantinople,
Byzantium, and
Istanbul) was now
Istanbul. The area of the
Ottoman Empire was 4,633,226 sq mi. The government of the
Ottoman Empire was a monarchy. The ottomans thought of themselves as the universal empire. The
Ottoman Empire was the only Islamic country to challenge the rising power of
Western Europe between the 15th and 19th centuries. In 1638 the ottomans controlled
Turkey,
Syria,
Palestine,
Arabia, and
Egypt. They controlled most of the
Balkan Peninsula. For almost 600 years the Turkish rulers made those countries pay heavy taxes and obey Muslim laws.
THE OTTOMAN EMPIRE…
informatoin from social studies handout and http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ottoman_Empire
