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Ottoman Empire

U.S. History
WWI Essay
Ottoman Empire

The Ottoman Empire is known as Turkey after WWI. The Turks origonally came from the land northwest of India. They are also muslims but speak Turkish rather that Arabic.
The Ottoman Empire was in many respects an Islamic replacement to earlier Mediterranean empires, like the Roman and Byzantine empires. The Ottoman Empire extended from Algeria in the west to Mesopotamia in the east. The Ottoman Empire was called the “sick man of Europe.” Most people deemed that it was only a matter of time before one of the European colonial powers took over the Ottoman Empire.
A group of idealistic military officers known...

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