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This episode of Thrones of Power: Empires That Changed the World explores the rise, zenith, and fall of the Ottoman Empire, one of history’s most enduring and influential powers. Founded by Osman I around 1299, the Ottomans grew from a small Anatolian principality into a global superpower spanning Europe, Asia, and Africa.
The turning point came in 1453, when Mehmed II (the Conqueror) captured Constantinople, ending the Byzantine Empire and transforming the city—renamed Istanbul—into a thriving imperial capital. Under his successors, especially Suleiman the Magnificent, the Ottomans reached their golden age, expanding from Budapest to Baghdad, controlling the Mediterranean through ...