The Rise Of The Ottoman Empire
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At its height in in the 16th and 17th centuries,
the Ottoman Empire spanned three continents, and covered what we know today as Turkey,
Egypt, Greece, Bulgaria, Romania, Macedonia, Hungary, Israel, Palestine, Jordan, Lebanon,
Syria, and several other regions in Arabia and North Africa. It was one of the largest, and longest lasting
empires in history, spanning from about 1299 all the way to 1922 CE. Today, few remnants of the once mighty empire
remain, largely centralized in Turkey. But, how did the Ottoman Empire rise to
power in the first place? Well, originally, the Eastern region of the
Mediterranean, where the Ottoman Empire flourished, was actually under the control of the Roman
Empire. Specifically, the Eastern Roman Empire, also
called the “Byzantine Empire”. After Western Rome ...