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Osman began the dynasty in 1299
Süleyman was the peak, not the start
Mehmed came a century later
Selim I was a later heir
Mehmed II took it in 1453
1204 was the Crusaders' sack, not the Ottomans'
1526 is Mohács, not the conquest
1683 is Vienna's siege, not the city's fall
Mehmed II took it and was named the Conqueror
Osman died a century before
Süleyman came a century after
Bayezid came before the conquest
it became Istanbul, the state capital
a capital, not abandoned
a capital, not a small port
a capital, not a fortress
it peaked under Süleyman in the sixteenth century
Osman was the start, not the peak
Abdülhamid was late, not the peak
Bayezid predated the peak
they used musket and cannon for central armies
military might, not trade
they used it, did not invent it
armies, not fireworks
Safavid Persia and Mughal India were the rivals
the Romans were centuries before
the Fatimids were earlier
the Umayyads were centuries before
about six centuries until it ended
two centuries is far less
a century is far less
a thousand years is more
from a small Anatolian principality
Egypt was not its origin
Iraq was not its origin
the Balkans were its expansion
musket and cannon built strong central armies
it changed war's shape, not ended it
it strengthened the centre, not weakened
it expanded, not closed
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