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Ohh I bet you thought that I was finished but honestly there is so much stuff on the Ottoman Empire that I could probally rambel on all night, alright ow the good stuff. During the 'Golden Age'(1481-1566) three sultans ruled the emprie at its height: Bayezid II (1482-1512), Selim I(1512-1520), and Suleyman I the Magnificient(1520-1566). Bayezid extended the empire in Europe, added outposts along the Black Sea, and put down revolts in Asia Minor. He also turned the Ottoman fleet into a major Mediterranean naval power. Late in life he became a religious mystical and was displaced on the throne by his more militant son, Selim I. Selim's first task was to eliminate all competion for his position. He had his brothers, their sons, and all but one of his own sons killed. He thereby established control over the army, which had wanted to raise its own candidate to power. During his short reign the Ottomans moved south- and eastward into Syria, Mesopotamia (Iraq), Arabia, and Eqypt. At Mecca, the chief Islam, he took the title of caliph, ruler of all Muslims. The Ottoman sultans were thereafter the spiritual heads of Islam thereby displacing the centuries-old caliphate of Baghdad. By acquiring the holy places of Islam, Selim cemented his position as the religion's most powerfull ruler. This gave the Ottomans direct access to the rich culture heritage of the Arab world. They made the empire much more of a traditional Islamic state than it had been. An added benefit of Selim's efforts was control of all Middel Eastern trade routes between Europe and the Far East. The growth of the empire had for some time been an impediment to Eruopean trade. In time this led European states to seek routes around Africa to China and India. It also impelled them to face westward and led directly to the discovery of the Americas. Selim's surviving son, Suleyman, came to the throne in an enviable situation. New revenues from the expanded empire left him with wealth and power unparalleled in Ottoman history. In his early campaigns he captured Belgrade (1521) and Rhodes (1522) and broke the military power of Hungary. In 1529 he laid siege to Vienna, Austria, but was forced to withdraw for lack of supplies. He also waged three campaigns against Persia. Algeria in North Africa fell to his navy in 1529 and Tripoli (now Libya) in 1551. In more peaceful pursuits he adorned the chief cities of Islam with mosques, aqueducts, bridges, and other public works. In Constantinople he had several mosques built, among them the magnificent Suleymaniye Cami named for him.

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