Almost 15 degrees East longitude, in Croatia, near the current Karlobag during the reign of King Suleyman I (1520-1566).
because it was the middle east. the country encompassed all of what we now know as the middle east.
790,000 square miles ----------- There is a link to a map of the Ottoman Empire in 1566, when Suleiman the Magnificent died, below.
Osman I, ruler of the Ottoman Empire. However, it would only be centuries after his death that the empire would expand so far.
Modern-day countries in the Ottoman Empire, including Vassal and Nominal territories, are Turkey, Iraq, parts of Western Iran, Israel, Lebanon, Syria, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Bahrain, Qatar, Egypt, parts of Western Libya, and Sudan.
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".
because it was the middle east. the country encompassed all of what we now know as the middle east.
The land routes to the Far East from Europe were shut down by The Turks from the Ottoman Empire. They captured the city of Constantinople and took control of the Middle East In 1453.
The land routes to the Far East from Europe were shut down by The Turks from the Ottoman Empire. They captured the city of Constantinople and took control of the Middle East In 1453.
Sargon's empire stretched west as far as Anatolia (Turkey) and perhaps even Cyprus.
At it's height the Ottoman Empire stretched from east of the Straits of Gibraltar across North Africa, down both shores of the Arabian Peninsula, into western Asia and far up into southeastern Europe. European expansion of the Ottoman Empire was finally halted when Don Juan de Austria, son of Carlos V, Holy Roman Emperor, defeated the Ottoman fleet at the Battle of Lepanto in 1571.
790,000 square miles ----------- There is a link to a map of the Ottoman Empire in 1566, when Suleiman the Magnificent died, below.
Osman I, ruler of the Ottoman Empire. However, it would only be centuries after his death that the empire would expand so far.
At it's height the Ottoman Empire stretched from east of the Straits of Gibraltar across North Africa, down both shores of the Arabian Peninsula, into western Asia and far up into southeastern Europe. European expansion of the Ottoman Empire was finally halted when Don Juan de Austria, son of Carlos V, Holy Roman Emperor, defeated the Ottoman fleet at the Battle of Lepanto in 1571.
As far as I am aware Islam does not have a single spiritual leader, in the same way that Christianity has the Pope. Until the end of the Ottoman Empire (1918) the sultan of the Ottoman Empire was the de facto spiritual leader of Islam.
At its peak, the Roman Empire stretched as far west as the tip of the Iberian Peninsula, as far south as Egypt, as far north as England, and as far east as the Middle East. A map of the Roman Empire at its height can be viewed under Related links.
Modern-day countries in the Ottoman Empire, including Vassal and Nominal territories, are Turkey, Iraq, parts of Western Iran, Israel, Lebanon, Syria, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Bahrain, Qatar, Egypt, parts of Western Libya, and Sudan.
From today's Portugal to Iraq.