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Ottoman–Habsburg wars

Also known as Ottoman-Habsburg rivalry

The Ottoman–Habsburg wars were a long series of conflicts between the Ottoman Empire and the Habsburg monarchy, fought from the sixteenth to the eighteenth century in Hungary, the Balkans and the Mediterranean. They included the sieges of Vienna in 1529 and 1683. The rivalry structured European geopolitics and alliances from the 1520s through the late seventeenth century.

Ottoman–Habsburg wars
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APA
The Epoch Institute. (2026). Ottoman–Habsburg wars. In The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/ottoman-habsburg-wars
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