A state established by
Turkish people. It grew from a small state of northwestern
Anatolia in the early
14th century into an empire. By the
16th century it reached from the
Persian Gulf in the east to
Hungary in the northwest. Not long after reaching its apex under
Suleiman the Magnificent (reigned
1520-
1566), it began a long decline, which ended four years after the defeat of the empire by the Allies
? in
World War I.
The following were the sultans of the Ottoman Empire:
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