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Apr 3, 1289
Osman begins Ottoman expansion
Osmen Osman, the founder of the Ottoman empire, with help from his "ghazi" waged holy war on the Byzantin Empire. They began to conquer cities one by one and expand their empire -
Period: Apr 3, 1289 to
Ottoman empire
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Apr 2, 1326
Bursa is captured by the Ottomans
Osman, the founder of the Ottoman empire, anhis follwers defeat the Byzantine empire at the city of Bursa and seiz it. -
Apr 3, 1352
The Ottomans establish a foothold in Europe
The Ottomans captured the fortress of Gallipoli while aiding a claimant to the Byzantine throne. -
Apr 2, 1453
Constantinople is conquered
fall of constantinople
The Byzantine Empire comes ot an end when their capitol city of Constantinople is conquered by Mehmed II, this opened the door for Ottoman expansion -
Apr 3, 1499
Ismail seeks revenge
Ismail, a 12 year old boy left eh swamp where he had hidden from his enemys. two years later in 1501 he claims himself "shah". -
Period: Apr 3, 1501 to
Safavid Empire
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Apr 3, 1514
battle at the plain of Chaldiran
A critical battle where the Ottomans deployed heavy artillery and thousands of Janissaries who had firearms behind a barrier of carts.Since the Safavids didnt believe in the use of firearms they suffered a terible lose -
Apr 3, 1523
Zahir al-Din Muhammad makes presence known in India
Also know as Babur, he sought to transform his inheritance into a glorious Asian Empire -
Period: Apr 3, 1523 to
Mughal Empire
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Apr 3, 1524
Shah Ismail reign ends
The reign of Shah Ismail, the founder of the Safavid Empire, comes to an end. -
Apr 3, 1526
Babur takes Delhi
Babur mounted invasions in 1523 and 1524 and ended up siezing Delhi in 1526 -
Apr 3, 1556
Akbar is born
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Apr 3, 1561
Akbar takes control of the Mughal Empire
Akbar he created a centralized administrative structure with ministries to regulate parts of the empire. He slowly began to expand the Mughal Empire by first absording parts of the crumbleing Vijayanagar kingdom. -
Shah Abbas the Great is born
The man who is full responsible for revitalizign the Safavid Empire and greatly expanding Safavid rule is born. -
Shah Abbas the Great dies
Shah Abbas dies after he succesfulyy restores and expanded the Safaivd Empire -
Work starts on Taj Mahal
Shah Jahan began the construction of the Taj Mahal as a tomb for his wife, Mumtaz Mahal, after she had passed away -
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Aurangzeb dies
under hsi reign the Mughal empire reached its hieght. He expanded its power, but caused hostily amoung different religous groups within the empire -
Ottomans start to decline
The Ottoman Empire becomes involved in a series of wars that would umtimalety prove how backwards teh Ottoman military forces had become. -
Ottoman Epmire falls
After World War I, the empire comes to an end. -
Turkey emerges from the ruins of the Ottoman Empire
On October 29 1923 Turkey emerged as an independent nation, where the Ottoman Emipre used to rule.
