In the 14th century, several vigorous leaders expanded their territories east into central Anatolia and west across the Dardanelles (in 1356) onto European soil in the Byzantine lands of Macedonia and modern Bulgaria. Exchanging grants of revenue-producing conquered land (timars) for military service, the Ottomans built botha a formidable fighting force and a loyal military aristocracy.
The Ottoman Empire's military defeats in the Second Siege of Vienna and the naval Battle of Lepanto prevented further Ottoman expansion.
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Timur the lame halted the expansion of the Ottoman Empire in 1402 when he crushed ottoman forces in the battle of Ankara
The Ottoman Sultans extended their empire beyond the Middle East by occupying land in Europe. In 1389, the Ottoman victory at Kosovo paved the way for Ottoman expansion into Europe. The Ottoman army was the largest army in Europe.
The Arabian Empire was primarily Muslim, as was the Ottoman Empire.
The Ottoman Empire's military defeats in the Second Siege of Vienna and the naval Battle of Lepanto prevented further Ottoman expansion.
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The Whirling Dervishes are interesting as a cultural relic of the Ottoman Empire and their help in the producing poetry and helping the administration of the Empire. However, they were not terribly important in the expansion or development of the empire.
Timur the lame halted the expansion of the Ottoman Empire in 1402 when he crushed ottoman forces in the battle of Ankara
The Ottoman Sultans extended their empire beyond the Middle East by occupying land in Europe. In 1389, the Ottoman victory at Kosovo paved the way for Ottoman expansion into Europe. The Ottoman army was the largest army in Europe.
There are a number of things which best identify Ottoman Empire. Some of them include expansion of territories, having so many sultans and controlling the world at large among others.
Most European countries thought that the Ottoman Empire was in its death throes. As Russian, English, and French empires expanded in the 19th century, that expansion came at the expense of the Ottoman Empire which continued to contract.
There was no justification for the expansion of the Ottoman Empire because in the 13th to 17th centuries, a nation did not have to justify to outsiders why it was expanding. If a nation, such as the Ottoman Empire, was powerful, it would expand into new regions and improve its internal economy and infrastructure. There is similarly no justification for the expansion of the Hungarian Empire, Polish Empire, or Russian Empire.
Selim the Grim was "Selim I" an Ottoman Sultan of Turkey (1470-1520), nicknamed Yavuz, meaning 'the Grim. One of the Great Ottoman Turks who lead Turks to further expansion of the Ottoman Empire.