The Ottoman Empire

the Ottoman Empire gained strength
throughout the 14th century and buckled
its debut in 1453 when at one
Constantinople at the height of its
power it spanned three continents
controlling significant areas of South
Eastern Europe the Middle East and North
Africa it also dominated the
Mediterranean Sea and had unmistakable
influence in east west interactions
heirs to both Roman and Islamic
traditions Ottomans saw themselves as a
source of unification of cultures and
rulers of a universal Empire famous
leaders include the father of the Empire
Osman Gazi and sulaiman the first music
held an important role in the education
of the ottoman elites the compositions
of selling the third remain an
accomplished reference in Turkish
culture for hundreds of years the state
developed its own distinctive culture
that influenced both the European and
Islamic world itself an Islamic power it
was the only one that seriously
challenged the increasing power of
Western Europe between the 14 and 1800’s
the failure of its economic structure
and its difficulty communicating across
wide distances helped explain the
Empire’s demise the aftermath of World
War one led to the fall of the Ottoman
Empire its land was partitioned and the
establishment of the Turkish national
movement eventually laid the foundation
for the Republic of Turkey