The Ottoman Empire

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  • 1071

    13th Century

    1071: The Seljuk Turks defeat the Byzantine Empire near Manzikert and settle in Anatolia.
    Late 13th Century: Various Turkish beyliks (small kingdoms) are practically independent in Anatolia.
  • 1298

    14th Century

    ca. 1298/1299: The reign of Osman I begins, founder of the Ottoman Empire.
  • 1453

    15th Century

    15th Century
    1453: The Ottomans capture Constantinople, defeating the Byzantine Empire.

  • 16th Century

    16th Century
    Reign of Suleiman the Magnificent: The Ottoman Empire reaches its peak, controlling vast territories from Anatolia to North Africa and the Balkans.

  • 17th-18th Centuries

    17th-18th Centuries
    The Ottoman Empire maintains a strong economy, society, and army, but suffers military defeats at the end of the 18th century and beginning of the 19th.

  • 19th Century

    19th Century
    Tanzimat: The Ottoman Empire undergoes a process of reform and modernization, despite suffering new territorial losses, especially in the Balkans.

  • 20th Century

    20th Century
    1908: The Young Turks restore the constitution and govern the Ottoman Empire.
    1914-1918: World War I is disastrous for the Ottoman Empire, which loses more than two-thirds of its soldiers and up to three million civilians.
    1922: Turkish nationalists abolish the sultanate, ending the Ottoman Empire.