-
Osman leads his troops and displaces the Seljuk Turks, he later becomes the leader of the new Ottoman dynasty.
-
Osman and his troops stay siege to the city of Bursa in northwest Turkey. When the city fell, Bursa is made into the capital of the Ottoman Empire. Osman later dies in the same year.
-
Osman's son, Orhan, rules after his father's death. He gains control of Thrace in 1345. His son Murad I rules next. He dies in the battlefield while defeating the Serbians.
-
Bayezid extends the empire from the Danube River in Bulgaria to the Euphrates River. Mongolian raiders kill his troops in Turkey in 1402 and take him as a prisoner. Bayezid dies in the same year, but the Ottoman Empire is split among his sons.
-
Bayezid's sons fight for control. Then in 1413, Mehmed wins and reunites the empire, later on he dies in 1421.
-
Mehmed II lays siege to the Byzantine capital of Constantinople in 1453. Heavy fighting still goes on, but the Byzantine capital was destroyed when Emperor Constantine XI dies in battle. The city is now called Istanbul.
-
Mehmed II rules for thirty years. During his reign, Istanbul becomes a political, cultural, and economic place. They mosques, bazaars, roads, inns, and baths
-
Suleyman I, known as Suleyman the Magnificent. He conquers parts of western Asia and southeast Europe in his desire to convert people to Islam.
-
At Suleyman I's death, his son Selim II rules. However, he isn't like his dad. He never goes to fight battles and his government is unstable.
-
Leaders continue to not attack other places and making the empire useless.
-
The empire try to conquer Venice, but failed horribly.
-
Greece revolts against the Ottoman Empire and get help from Britain, France, and Russia
-
Abdul Hamit II tries to reform the empire, but failed to do it
-
The goal of the Balkan Wars is to take over the European lands that belong to the Ottoman Empire. They were successful.
-
The Ottoman Empire has ended.
