State

Ottoman Empire

Also known as Ottomans, Ottoman

The Ottoman Empire was a Turkish Muslim state founded by Osman I around 1300 in north-western Anatolia, which grew to rule south-eastern Europe, the Middle East and North Africa. It conquered Constantinople in 1453, ending the Byzantine Empire, and absorbed the Mamluk Sultanate in 1517. A major rival of the Safavid, Habsburg and Russian empires, it declined in the nineteenth century and was dissolved after the First World War.

Ottoman Empire
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Mentioned in 134 state histories

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APA
The Epoch Institute. (2026). Ottoman Empire. In The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/ottoman-empire
MLA
“Ottoman Empire.” The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia, The Epoch Institute, 2026, https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/ottoman-empire. Accessed .
Chicago
The Epoch Institute. “Ottoman Empire.” The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. 2026. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/ottoman-empire.
Harvard
The Epoch Institute (2026) ‘Ottoman Empire’, The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. Available at: https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/ottoman-empire (Accessed: ).

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