Rise of the Ottomans
How a small Turkish state became a global power through military innovation and the fall of Constantinople.
Key Questions
- 1How did the Ottoman Empire rise to become a major world power?
- 2What made the Ottoman military so successful?
- 3Why was the conquest of Constantinople in 1453 a global turning point?
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