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1001 BCE
11 century
Turkidh nomand began moving into Anatolia on the border of the Byzantine Empire They were stopped from moving further west by he Byzantine Empire for centuries -
1299
Osman I starts the Ottoman Empire
Osman I became the founder of a powerful state of Turish nomads, known as the Ottomans. The Ottoman Empire began conquering most of Anatolia. -
1453
Constantinople was the capital of the Byzantine Empire for a thousand years
Mehmet II, besieged Constantinople, the Byzantine Empire´s capital city. with their enormous cannons, the city was renamed Istanbul and became the new capital of the Ottoman Empire -
Period: 1520 to 1560
Reign of Suleiman The Magnificent
After the death of Mehmet II, the Ottoman sultans wanted to continue trying to conquer Eourope. Their goal was to capture Rome and become rulers of the continent. An Ottoman sultan named Suleiman the Magnificent continued to expand the Ottoman Empire into central Europe -
1529
The Ottoman Empire attempts to conquer Austria
His army besieged Austria´s capital city, Vienna. However, the city didn´t fall, and the Ottomans were stopped from conquering any more of Europe