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1453
The fall of Constantinople
The fall of Constantinople marked the end of the Middle Ages and the golden age of the Ottoman Empire. -
The Great Turkish War
It was the Ottoman Empire's attempt to expand throughout Central Europe which was stopped by the "Holy League" which resulted in the victory of the League. -
The decline of the Ottoman Empire
The constant revolts in the Balkans and the confrontations with the Russian Empire led to a decline in the Ottoman Empire so much so that they nicknamed it the sick man of Europe. -
The First World War 1914-1918
This was the last nail in the coffin with the defeat of the Ottoman Empire and, finding itself cornered, it had to accept its dissolution as an empire and the division of all its territory between France and the United Kingdom.