Daily Life in the Ottoman Empire

ottoman empire  Ottoman Empire, empire created by Turkish tribes that grew to be one of the most powerful states in the world in the 15th and 16th centuries The Ottoman Empire, an Islamic superpower, ruled much of the Middle East, North Africa and Eastern Europe between the 14th and early 20th

a Turkish sultanate of southwestern Asia and northeastern Africa and southeastern Europe; created by the Ottoman Turks in the 13th century and lasted until The Ottoman state based its authority on religion The first warrior-sultans expanded the empire in the name of Islam Sultans claimed the title of caliph, or

The Ottoman Sultanate , also referred to as the Ottoman Empire, written in Turkish as The founders of the Ottoman Empire were a tiny band of Eurasian nomad refugees, who had been driven into Southwest Asia, off the Great Eurasian Steppe, by the