Poorly, obviously; for they failed; because of divided opinions; concerning right and wrong And Jesus knew their thoughts, and said unto them, Every kingdom divided against itself is brought to desolation; and every city or house divided against itself shall not stand: [Matthew 12:25.] Humanity's greatest "Human Error"! Theorising they have control over the Cosmos; and may control it with their laws! History has proved human laws; Do Not Work! ----
They were Empires that parceled out their territories into smaller provinces or governates over which they appointed governors who would report back to the Sultan (Emperor).
The Safavids ruled in Persia and the Ottomans ruled just about everything else.
The Safavids were Twelver Shiite Muslims in comparison to the Ottomans and the Mughals who were Sunni Muslims.
It depends on the century the question refers to. In the 16th Century, the Ottoman Empire was the most powerful empire west of China. In the 19th Century, the Ottoman Empire was one of the weakest empires in the world and called the "Sick Man of Europe".
Sorry bud Greek isn't a place, if you mean Greece, people lived there because it was once of the most prosperous and powerful empires in the world
The Aztec and Maya empires were powerful around the same time as the Inca.
The Aztec and Maya empires were powerful around the same time as the Inca.
I believe it's the Ottomans.
Some powerful empires that existed around at the same time were the Aztec and Inca Empires. However, the Inca Empire was much larger.
Ottomans was only partially successful in controlling the world at their height because the other empires also had their own military establishments.
Gold and salt!!
The Songhai Empire
I think you mean Armenians. These were Eastern Christians occupying the European area of the Ottoman Turkish empire. During WWI (1914-1918) the Ottomans carried out a genocide of the Armenians, although this is still contested by Turkey.