Ottoman Empire PDF

- An empire created by Turkish tribes in [**Anatolia**](https://www.britannica.com/place/Anatolia) (Asia Minor) that grew to be one of the most powerful states in the world during the **[15th and 16th centuries. ]** - The **[Ottoman period spanned more than 600 years]** and **[c...

- An empire created by Turkish tribes in [**Anatolia**](https://www.britannica.com/place/Anatolia) (Asia Minor) that grew to be one of the most powerful states in the world during the **[15th and 16th centuries. ]** - The **[Ottoman period spanned more than 600 years]** and **[came to an end only in 1922.]** - The word Ottoman derives from the **[Arabic version of Osman]** -- **[the name of its first ruler](https://www.britannica.com/biography/Osman-I). ** - **[Constantinople]** was renamed **[Istanbul]** and it became the seat of a new rising empire. - In the **[15th century]** the city became a vibrant centre of trade and **[architectural innovation]**. A period of steady expansion followed and the empire extended over parts of the **Middle East** along the Red Sea, **northern Africa**, the **Balkans** and **eastern Europe** and up to the walls of the city of **Vienna**. - The height of the empire's power came in the **16th century** with the rule of **[Süleyman the Magnificent]**, one of the empire's **[longest-running sultans.]** - During his reign, the empire acquired a **[new legal code]** and underwent a period of **[cultural renaissance]** powered by a blend of **[Christian, Islamist]** and **[Arabic elements](https://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/suly/hd_suly.htm)[.]** - By the early **16th century**, the Ottoman empire had one of the **largest Jewish communities in the word. ** - The Ottoman empire extended its reach across parts of what is now known as the **[Arab world from Cairo to Algiers.]** - With the outbreak of the **first world war**, the rise of Arab nationalism and the dynamics of the war propaganda movements across the Arab world breaks the Ottoman state. - After ruling for more than 600 years, the Ottoman Turks are often remembered for their powerful military, ethnic diversity, artistic ventures, religious tolerance and architectural marvels. - The mighty empire's influence is still very much alive in the present-day Turkish Republic, a modern, mostly secular nation thought of by many scholars as a continuation of the Ottoman Empire.