HISTORY
THE MUSLIM WORLD AND AFRICA
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took control of the EasternMediterranean and parts ofEurope.
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defeated the Byzantine Empire.
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turned the Hagia Sophia churchinto a mosque.
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expanded into Anatolia andconquered Syria and Egypt.
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Detailed explanation-1: -Under Süleyman, popularly known as “the Magnificent” or “the Lawmaker, ‘’ the Ottoman empire reached the apogee of its military and political power. Süleyman’s armies conquered Hungary, over which the Ottomans maintained control for over 150 years, and they advanced as far west as Vienna, threatening the Habsburgs.
Detailed explanation-2: -Prior to their conquest of the capital city, the Ottomans had established their control over western Anatolia and much of the Balkans. After 1453 they consolidated their rule in both places, reproducing and extending the borders of the now vanquished Byzantine Empire.
Detailed explanation-3: -Süleyman codified a centralized legal system (kanun) for the Ottoman state, expanded both the territory and the revenue of the empire, and built up Constantinople (Istanbul) as the empire’s capital.
Detailed explanation-4: -Suleiman personally led Ottoman armies in conquering the Christian strongholds of Belgrade and Rhodes as well as most of Hungary before his conquests were checked at the siege of Vienna in 1529. He annexed much of the Middle East in his conflict with the Safavids and large areas of North Africa as far west as Algeria.