The Ottoman Empire was an Empire located in what Ace knew as Turkey. (AUDIO: The Angel of Scutari [+]Loading...["The Angel of Scutari (audio story)"])
History[[edit] | [edit source]]
Early history[[edit] | [edit source]]
In 1462, the Ottoman Empire was ruled by Sultan Mehmed II. In that year, the Sultan's armies invaded Wallachia and overthrew its voivode Dracula, replacing him with his younger brother Radu. (AUDIO: Son of the Dragon [+]Loading...["Son of the Dragon (audio story)"])
In 1609, Sperone Speroni noted that the Ottoman Empire would love dearly to drive a wedge between Rome and Venice. (PROSE: Empire of Glass [+]Loading...["Empire of Glass (novel)"])
19th century[[edit] | [edit source]]
In the 1850s, the Ottoman Empire and its allies, the British Empire and France, fought Russia in the Crimean War. Although the war was principally fought between Russia and the British Empire, Crimea was a part of the Ottoman Empire during this time, (AUDIO: The Angel of Scutari [+]Loading...["The Angel of Scutari (audio story)"]) though it was weakening by 1855. (TV: War of the Sontarans [+]Loading...["War of the Sontarans (TV story)"])
East Rumelia was a part of the Ottoman Empire until its independence in the 1880s, when a revolution led to it becoming a part of Bulgaria. (AUDIO: The Bellova Devil [+]Loading...["The Bellova Devil (audio story)"])