The Ottoman Empire

The Ottoman Empire’s contributions to science and technology during the sixteenth century that helped advance and develop countries throughout Asia, Europe, and Africa conveys how they were socially superior compared to other empires. The Ottoman Empire was an expansive, powerful empire that extended through Western Asia to Northern Africa and Europe. As a result, the Ottomans were in need of geographical knowledge to determine the boundaries of their territory. To solve this, the Ottomans created advanced cartography techniques to depict landforms around them. The maps the Ottomans created included, “preliminary information about the New World depicting southwestern Europe, northwestern Africa, southeastern and Central America,” showing how intricate and expansive the maps were (Ottoman Contributions to Science and Technology).
Moreover, in their time period, the Ottomans “were able to obtain information about both West and East at a time when there were no maps of the East available in Europe” hence indicating that they were able to accomplish something that other civilizations could not do (Ottoman Contributions to Science and Technology). It also conveys how advanced and successful the Ottomans were since they were able to advance their understanding of the East in a time period where there were no maps to guide them. The maps they created eventually gave necessary knowledge to future sailors when they were out going on trade routes or expanding the empire, thus displaying how it benefitted countries greatly. Overall, the works of the Ottomans in cartography that helped advance countries during the sixteenth century and onwards prove how they were socially superior because of their