ottoman empire

Noun
  1. A Turkish sultanate of southwestern Asia and northeastern Africa and southeastern Europe;
    Created by the Ottoman Turks in the 13th century and lasted until the end of World War I;
    Although initially small it expanded until it superseded the Byzantine Empire (synset 109061072)
    is an instance of: empire, imperium - the domain ruled by an emperor or empress; the region over which imperial dominion is exercised
    is a part of:
    • africa - the second largest continent; located to the south of Europe and bordered to the west by the South Atlantic and to the east by the Indian Ocean
    • asia - the largest continent with 60% of the earth's population; it is joined to Europe on the west to form Eurasia; it is the site of some of the world's earliest civilizations
    • europe - the 2nd smallest continent (actually a vast peninsula of Eurasia); the British use `Europe' to refer to all of the continent except the British Isles
    same as: turkish empire

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