1300 Origin1453 Fall of Constant.1566 Suleiman Peak1683 Vienna Peak1830 Contraction1914 Pre-WW1
Era Imperial ProfileERA-1566
5.20M
Est. Area (sq km)
23.8M
Est. Population
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Constantinople / Istanbul
Imperial Core & Seat of the Caliphate
Regional Eyalets & Demographics
Historical Context & Governance
Under Suleiman the Magnificent, the empire reached its zenith of power and territorial extent, spanning southeastern Europe, western Asia, and northern Africa.
Ottoman Territorial Spatial Snapshot
1566 CE
Constantinople / Istanbul
5,200,000 sq km
23.8 Million
Balkans (Rumelia), Anatolia, Levant & Arab Peninsula, North Africa