Empire Total War Ottoman Empire Guide

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The history of Europe over the last centuries can be seen as the history of the Ottoman Empire and a few annoying, small nations that thwarted Ottoman ambitions. Ottoman power is unmatched in its extent and grandeur, straddling the traditional trade route between Europe and Asia. A Disintegrating Empire. At the turn of the 20th century and the years leading up to the Great War, the 600 year old Ottoman Empire was in a state of continuous decline.The weakening of the Empire had its first major outfall when the Balkan Crisis erupted on 8 October 1908, with Austria-Hungary announcing the annexation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, territories formally within the sovereignty of. The Ottoman Empire is a major faction in Empire: Total War. See full list on guides.gamepressure.com.

Ottoman Empire (ETW faction)

Game: Empire: Total War

Culture: Middle Eastern

Religion: Islam

1Campaign
- 1.1Starting position
- 1.2Victory Conditions
- 1.3Flag

Campaign

Starting position

Year

1700

Regions

Rumelia - Istanbul (Capital)
Anatolia - Ankara
Armenia - Yerevan
Bosnia - Sarajevo
Bulgaria - Sofia
Egypt - Cairo
Greece - Athens
Mesopotamia - Baghdad
Moldavia - Iaşi
Palestine - Jerusalem
Serbia - Belgrade
Syria - Damascus

Government

Absolute Monarchy

Treasury

7500

Introduction

This Turkish, Islamic empire supplanted the Orthodox Byzantine Empire in the 15th Century and since then it has had a continuing, if not always whole-hearted, ambition to expand further westwards into the heart of Europe. In living memory, Turkish armies have reached the gates of Vienna, Austria, only to be turned back by the steadfast defenders. Turkish expansionism has always been a part of palace politics: when a Sultan has felt secure at home he has attacked Europe; when a Sultan has felt threatened by his Janissary military commanders, he has sent them to attack.

The Ottomans face challenges but within these are great opportunities. The army and navy look old fashioned compared to those of some states, but the soldiers of the Sultan are numerous indeed. Strategically, the Empire is in a potentially strong position: the Balkans are a natural bastion to defend Istanbul, and a possible springboard for conquest into central Europe. There may even be valuable allies to be found among Austria’s rivals: the authority of the Pope to stop his European flock making treaties with infidels is all but gone. Control of the Mediterranean would allow a Sultan to do as he pleases with the smaller European powers. And to the east, the route to India offers the chance of riches.

Victory Conditions

Short Campaign

Capture and hold 20 regions by the end of the year 1750, including the regions shown. Venetia, Galicia & Podolia, Rumelia, Austria, Persia, Chechenya-Dagestan, Hungary

Long Campaign

Capture and hold 30 regions by the end of the year 1799, including the regions shown. Rumelia, Persia, Austria, Galicia & Podolia, Poland, Venetia, Morocco, Chechenya-Dagestan, Spain, Hungary

Prestige Victory

Capture and hold 20 regions by the end of the year 1799, including the regions shown. Venetia, Galicia & Podolia, Rumelia, Austria, Persia, Chechenya-Dagestan, Hungary

Be the nation attaining the highest prestige raiting at the end of the year 1799.

World Domination

Capture and hold 45 regions by the end of the year 1799, including the regions shown. Rumelia

Flag

Colour

Faction	RGB (134,0,0)
Uniform	RGB (7,134,7)

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Articles from Britannica Encyclopedias for elementary and high school students.

Malcolm Edward YappSee All Contributors

Emeritus Professor of the Modern History of Western Asia, School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London. Author of The Near East Since the First World War and others.

Ottoman Empire, empire created by Turkish tribes in Anatolia (Asia Minor) that grew to be one of the most powerful states in the world during the 15th and 16th centuries. The Ottoman period spanned more than 600 years and came to an end only in 1922, when it was replaced by the Turkish Republic and various successor states in southeastern Europe and the Middle East. At its height the empireencompassed most of southeastern Europe to the gates of Vienna, including present-day Hungary, the Balkan region, Greece, and parts of Ukraine; portions of the Middle East now occupied by Iraq, Syria, Israel, and Egypt; North Africa as far west as Algeria; and large parts of the Arabian Peninsula. The term Ottoman is a dynastic appellation derived from Osman I (Arabic: ʿUthmān), the nomadic Turkmen chief who founded both the dynasty and the empire about 1300.

Where did the Ottoman Empire start?

The Ottoman Empire was founded in Anatolia, the location of modern-day Turkey. Originating in Söğüt (near Bursa, Turkey), the Ottoman dynasty expanded its reign early on through extensive raiding. This was enabled by the decline of the Seljuq dynasty, the previous rulers of Anatolia, who were suffering defeat from Mongol invasion.

Read more below: The Ottoman state to 1481: the age of expansion: Origins and expansion of the Ottoman state, c. 1300–1402

How did the Ottoman Empire start?

The Ottoman Empire began at the very end of the 13th century with a series of raids from Turkic warriors (known as ghazis) led by Osman I, a prince (bey) whose father, Ertugrul, had established a power base in Söğüt (near Bursa, Turkey). Osman and his warriors took advantage of a declining Seljuq dynasty, which had been severely weakened by the Mongol invasions. The Ottoman dynasty continued to expand for several generations, controlling much of southeastern Europe, the Middle East, and North Africa at its peak. Osman’s grandson Murad I laid the foundation for an institutionalized Ottoman state, continued by Murad’s son Bayezid I.

Why was the Ottoman Empire called “the sick man of Europe”?

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After the peak of Ottoman rule under Süleyman the Magnificent in the 16th century, the Ottoman Empire struggled to maintain its bloated bureaucracy and decentralized political structure. Several attempts at reform kept the empire afloat but mostly addressed immediate issues, and any success was short-lived. The most far-reaching of these reforms, the Tanzimat, contributed to a debt crisis in the 1870s. Its fragile state left it unable to withstand defeat in World War I, and most of its territories were divided as spoils as the empire disintegrated.

How did the Ottoman Empire end?

The Ottoman Empire disintegrated and was partitioned after its defeat in World War I. The empire had already been in decline for centuries, struggling to maintain a bloated bureaucracy or a centralized administrative structure after various attempts at reform. The problem was exacerbated further by the rise of more localized interests across the empire, such as the rise of nationalist movements. Upon the Ottomans’ defeat in World War I, a combination of nationalist movements and partition agreements among the Allied powers forced its disintegration into numerous territories, with Turkey as the empire’s immediate successor.

The Ottoman state to 1481: the age of expansion

The first period of Ottoman history was characterized by almost continuous territorial expansion, during which Ottoman dominion spread out from a small northwestern Anatolian principality to cover most of southeastern Europe and Anatolia. The political, economic, and social institutions of the classical Islamic empires were amalgamated with those inherited from Byzantium and the great Turkish empires of Central Asia and were reestablished in new forms that were to characterize the area into modern times.

Origins and expansion of the Ottoman state, c. 1300–1402

In their initial stages of expansion, the Ottomans were leaders of the Turkish warriors for the faith of Islam, known by the honorific title ghāzī (Arabic: “raider”), who fought against the shrinking Christian Byzantine state. The ancestors of Osman I, the founder of the dynasty, were members of the Kayı tribe who had entered Anatolia along with a mass of Turkmen Oğuz nomads. Those nomads, migrating from Central Asia, established themselves as the Seljuq dynasty in Iran and Mesopotamia in the mid-11th century, overwhelmed Byzantium after the Battle of Manzikert (1071), and occupied eastern and central Anatolia during the 12th century. The ghazis fought against the Byzantines and then the Mongols, who invaded Anatolia following the establishment of the Il-Khanid (Ilhanid) empire in Iran and Mesopotamia in the last half of the 13th century. With the disintegration of Seljuq power and its replacement by Mongol suzerainty, enforced by direct military occupation of much of eastern Anatolia, independent Turkmen principalities—one of which was led by Osman—emerged in the remainder of Anatolia.