Who were the Ottomans and where did they come from?

Answer 1

Waves of horse warriors from the steppes from the 3rd century b.c. settled in the Middle East. Established empires by the 6th century a.d.

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A second wave came in early 1000s. In 1040 and 1071 the Abbasid Caliphate was defeated and Turkish warriors settled the area. In 1451, the Turks defeated and replaced the Byzantine Empire. In the 14th century, the Seljuk Turks founded the Ottoman Empire, one of the most powerful empires in the world during the Late Middle Ages, spanning across North Africa to the Caspian Sea, all the way into what is now Southern Austria by the mid 17th century.

Answer 2

The name Ottoman Turk refers to a branch of a major Turkic Group called Oghuz Turks. The branch to which Ottomans belong to, is called KAYI.

The first ruler of the Ottomans (Osmanli in Turkish) is Osman, whose father was the leader of a tribe belonging to KAYI branch of the oghuz Turks

Answer 3

The Turkish empire has a long history in Medieval times. It began with the fall of the Western Roman Empire, leaving only the eastern Roman empire behind. This was centered around the ancient city of Byzantium, thus lending to the Byzantinte Empire. As things progressed, this empire eventually changed, and the Turkish empire was centered around modern-day Turkey, as the Ottoman empire. This empire lasted for a long time, and it was not until World War I that it actually dissolved.

Answer 4

the ottoman turks were people who came all the way from China but had not started a empire yet. by the time it had reached 1299 they conquered the Anatolian plateau and they carried on growing till 1571 where a christian league destroyed the ottoman navy and they kept losing power until 1923 where It was turned into a modern republic.

Answer 5

The Ottomans were a Türkic tribe that came from what is today Uzbekistan and forged an empire starting in Western Anatolia (modern Western Turkey). Their empire expanded in the 1400s and 1500s. They amassed an incredible amount of territory before being beaten back and destroyed in World War I.

Answer 6

The Ottomans were a tribe of Oghuz (Oğuz) Turks that came from the area now controlled by Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan. They migrated into northwest Anatolia where they promptly settled and created a small empire in 1299. In the following centuries, they defeated a number of other similar small empires and consolidated power. By the mid-1400s, they were able to completely destroy the Byzantine Empire and by the 1500s, they extended their power throughout Anatolia, Southeastern Europe, the Middle East, and parts North Africa.

The Ottomans' vast empire was pinnacle of scientific and technological achievement in Europe at the time and the capital of Constantinople (which would be renamed Istanbul) was the most cosmopolitan city and one of the largest cities outside of China. However, it was also an empire with discrimination against minorities and a large slave trade. The Ottoman Empire failed to continue modernizing after the end of the 1600s and proceeded to lose territory as the Austrian and Russian Empires reclaimed their lost territories and the conquered peoples of Southeastern Europe and North Africa increasingly pushed for independence. The Ottomans were finally overthrown by their own army led by Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, who established the Republic of Turkey in 1924.

Answer 7

They were nomads from Central Asia.

Answer 8

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