The Fall of Constantinople and the Tragic End of the Byzantines
Tides of History
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The Ottoman Empire and the Great Bomb
The Ottoman Empire towered over the 16th century. It was perhaps the most ambitious and successful of all the European powers. Having territory in Anatolia, North Africa and eventually Mesopotamia hardly disqualified it from being a European power. The Ottomans were fully integrated into the European state system.
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