The failed siege of Vienna by the Ottoman army.
Poland ceased to exist, the Holy Roman Empire declined because of the thirty years war, and Sweden (not 100% sure, is this central Europe?) Also, the Ottoman Empire experienced a great decline as the "sick man" of Europe.
At the end if the Middle Ages, the strongest countries in Western Europe were probably England, France, and Spain. In Eastern Europe, the strongest was the Ottoman Empire, though much of it was in Asia.
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Ottoman Empire
The advance of Islam into Europe by the Seljuk Turks, later the Ottoman Empire ended with the Crusades. Infighting among the various Muslims sects and empires stimulated by the Crusades and the Spanish Inquisition coupled with the prerequisites for an industrial revolution found in Britain denuded the Middle East of resources at a critical time of developement. In a sense the Crusades began the equivalent of the Dark Ages for Islamic empires.
The Ottoman Empire's failure to effect a successful Siege at Vienna. Particularly, the Polish army under Jan III Sobieski routed the Ottoman Encampment at Vienna and forced the Ottoman Empire to retreat. Previously, the Austrian and Hungarian armies had themselves been routed by the Ottomans at the Battle of Mohacs.
the Ottoman Empire
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.
they were just different
They stopped it at the naval battle of Lepanto
Ottoman Empire.
The Sick Man of Europe
after ww1
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The Ottoman empire is not ancient, it is late medieval. And it traded with all over Asia and Europe, so there are a menagerie of goods that the Ottoman Empire imported.
The Turkish Ottoman Empire.
The Ottoman Empire controlled parts of eastern Europe, southwestern Asia, and northern Africa, which is why it is sometimes referred to as the tri-continental empire.