How Successful Was The Ottoman Empire

The Ottoman Empire is one of the largest and longest lived of the great empires of the Middle East. The Ottoman Empire survived for more than four centuries until it was finally dismantled at the end of World War I in 1918. The Ottoman Empire provides a direct link from the early modern period. At its height of power, the Ottoman Empire controlled a huge amount of territory, in the Middle East, North Africa and southeastern Europe including Greece, Hungary, the Balkans, Romania and Bulgaria. The Ottoman Empire showed great flexibility and the ability to adapt with the changing times and it is evidenced by the Empire lasting more than four centuries. Their success can be accredited to their openness of other cultures and religions. The Ottoman
Selami says “the Ottoman Empire always gravitated towards progress and one of the reasons for the Ottoman Empire’s success was that it never considered going back to Central Asia thanks to the philosophy that came from the Huns and the Seljuks. The Ottoman Empire was a European state, especially in the eyes of Sultan Mehmed the Conqueror. The Empire gravitated not toward Asia but Europe.” Shown by their early and effective use of firearms. The Ottomans proved willing and able to borrow ideas. The early Ottoman enterprise was not a religious state in the making, it was primarily a pragmatic one. Because of this the Ottoman Empire was able to last longer than any of the empires surrounding them. The legacy of the Ottoman Empire can be seen today through institutional change, modernity and nationalism are all things that have contributed to what the Middle East is today. The Ottoman Empire is one of the largest and longest lived empires of the Middle East. The Ottoman Empire survived for more than four centuries until it was finally dismantled at the end of World War I in 1918. The Ottoman Empire provides us with a direct link from the early modern period through the modern