The Ottoman Empire: a forgotten giant of western history

ottoman empire For over six hundred years the Ottoman Empire ruled swathes of the Middle East, North Africa, and Southern Europe As an Islamic superpower centred on what

Ottoman Empire, empire created by Turkish tribes that grew to be one of the most powerful states in the world in the 15th and 16th centuries roman empire Some of the states that succeeded the Ottoman Empire have chosen to sum up Ottoman rule in local curricula as simply Ottoman or Turkish