The Ottoman Empire, 1300-1650 Apr 2026

: Overhauled the legal system, earning the title "The Lawgiver."

: European powers developed better gunpowder technology and oceanic trade routes. The Ottoman Empire, 1300-1650

: Pushed to the gates of Vienna (1529) and took most of Hungary. : Overhauled the legal system, earning the title

: New World silver caused massive inflation within the empire. : Overhauled the legal system

The empire began with , a tribal leader in northwest Anatolia.

Conquered the Mamluk Sultanate (Egypt, Syria, and the Holy Cities).

: All land was technically owned by the Sultan, preventing the rise of independent landed nobles. Transition and Stagnation (1566–1650)