Ottoman Empire (The German Century)

The Ottoman Empire (Ottoman Turkish: دَوْلَتِ عَلِيّهٔ عُثمَانِیّه Devlet-i ʿAliyye-yi ʿOsmâniyye, Modern Turkish: Yüce Osmanlı Devleti or Osmanlı İmparatorluğu) was a large empire that lasted from 1299 to 1921, which encompassed an area from the Balkans to Asia Minor to North Africa.