palestine -Isreal and Violence
Palestine - Israel and Violence Ottoman Empire was founded in 1299 AD by Osman I as a small beylic in Northwest Asia Minor just south of Byzantine capital Constantinople . On the day, July 27,1302 Osman Bey defeated the Byzantine armies at the plain of Bapheus and marked the beginning of future Ottoman conquests. The empire reached its apex under Suleiman the Magnificent in the 16th century, when it stretched from the Persian Gulf in the east to Algeria in the west, and from Yemen in the south to Hungary and parts of Ukraine in the north. From 1699 AD onwards , the Ottoman Empire began to lose territory over the next two centuries due to internal stagnation, costly defensive wars, European colonialism, and nationalist revolts among its multi ethnic subjects.The empire came to an end in the aftermath of its defeat in World War I , when it's remaining territory was partitioned by Allies.The Sultanate was officia...