Chapter
Ottoman Rise
The Ottoman Empire and its institutions.
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Ottoman Empire
1299 CESix-century Islamic empire bridging Europe and Asia, ruling from Vienna to Yemen
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Suleiman I (the Magnificent)
1520 CETenth Ottoman Sultan who expanded the empire to its greatest territorial extent during his 46-year reign
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Janissaries
1363 CEElite Ottoman slave-soldiers who became a powerful political force shaping imperial succession
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Fall of Constantinople
1453 CEOttoman conquest of Constantinople ending the Byzantine Empire and marking transition to early modern period
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