Europe

Asia

Africa

North America

South America

Made alliances with neighboring countries

Became isolationist

Build an army

Gave up all of his power

His strategy could help him grow his empire and conquer new lands.

His strategy could help the Ottomans keep control of Anatolia only.

His strategy could help the Byzantine Empire remain in power

A sultan is a Muslim ruler.

The conquest of Constantinople

The defeat in World War I

The acceptance of other cultures 

The rise of the janissaries 

Constantinople could control trade between Europe and Asia.

Constantinople could control all trade inside of Europe.

Constantinople could control trade between the Mediterranean and the Black Sea.

Encouraging people to overthrow the sultan

Enforcing different laws across many regions

Expecting soldiers to quit the army

Building a reliable transportation system

They began to accept and integrate them into their society.

Revolutionary War

World War I

Crimean War

Napoleonic Wars

The empire grew stronger during the 1800s.

The empire shrank in the late 1800s.

The empire acquired more lands during the late 1800s.

after World War I

At the end of the 19th century

During the reign of Suleiman the Magnificent

After the fall of Constantinople