How Did The Ottoman Empire Gained Power

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The Ottoman Empire was an strong and healthy and one of the long lasting dynasty in world history. Caliph Khan Sultan was the emperor of the Ottoman. The Ottoman Empire was founded in 1299. The Ottoman Empire is today Hungry, Albania, Serbia, Montenegro, Croatia, Bosnia and many other southeastern Europe and Middle East. The mind dynasty was the ruling dynasty of China. The Ming Dynasty made China a global superpower influencing the known world in trade culture and might. It grew in nearly 300 years from the fall of the Mongol Empire in 1368. Both of these empires gained consolidated and maintained power in many different ways. The Ottoman Empire gained power by protecting minorities such as Jewish and Christians

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