Ottoman Territorial Atlas

1300 – 1914
1566 CE — Peak Expansion under Suleiman
Capital: Constantinople / Istanbul
1300
Origin 1453
Fall of Constant. 1566
Suleiman Peak 1683
Vienna Peak 1830
Contraction 1914
Pre-WW1
Era Imperial Profile ERA-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.