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Ottoman Empire

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Ottoman Empire
noun /ˈɒtəmən ˈɛmpaɪə,ˈɒtəmən ˈɛmpaɪɚ/
A large empire which began as a Turkish sultanate centered on modern Turkey; founded in the 13th century, it lasted until the end of World War I.

Under their fluctuating rule an Ottoman Empire was indeed to survive, with varying fortunes, for a further three and a half centuries. But it was an empire in the continual throes of a decline which, despite periods of respite and glimpses of momentary recovery, was to prove irreversible.


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