The Sultanate of the Ottoman Empire 1512-1574 A.D. The Ottoman Empire was a long-lived empire, which once included territories in North Africa, the Middle East, Asia Minor, central Asia, and central and Eastern Europe. One man, the sultan, ruled all of the Ottoman Empire. Sultans of the Ottoman Empire had absolute power over everything in the empire. During the sixteenth century Selim I, Suleyman I, and Selim II reigned. These three men changed the …showed first 75 words of 1465 total…

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