The Ottoman dynasty takes its name from Osman I, the leader of a small Turkic principality in northwestern Anatolia, on the frontier of the declining Byzantine Empire. Later Ottoman tradition dated the start of Osman's rule to around 1299, though the early sources are fragmentary and partly legendary. His successors, especially Orhan, captured Bursa and crossed into Europe, and the state grew by conquest and by absorbing neighboring beyliks. In 1453 Mehmed II took Constantinople, and the dynasty went on to build an empire across southeastern Europe, the Middle East and North Africa. Its members ruled as sultans until the sultanate was abolished in 1922.
Before and after
- 8 September 1296Construction of Florence Cathedral
- 8 January 1297Founding of Monaco
- 1298Construction of Cathedral of the Holy Cross and Saint Eulalia
- 1298The Travels of Marco Polo
- 1299Rise of Ottoman dynasty
- 1299Construction of Palazzo Vecchio
- from 29 July 1299 to 17 November 1922Ottoman Empire
- from 22 December 1299 to 23 December 1299Battle of Wadi al-Khaznadar
- from 13th century to 20th centuryPasha
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The era
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