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Landings at Lepanto in Greece and Veneto in Italy 1477 1478 Conquest of Vonitsa, Lefkas, Cephalonia, and Zante [4] 1463 First siege and capture of Otranto: 1480 First siege of Rhodes. Conquest of Herzegovina. 1480 1481 1482 Ottoman conquest of Kilia (Kiliya) and Akkerman(Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi) 1484 Landings at the Balearic Islands, Corsica and Pisa
List of the main battles in the history of the Ottoman Empire are shown below. The life span of the empire was more than six centuries, and the maximum territorial extent, at the zenith of its power in the second half of the 16th century, stretched from central Europe to the Persian Gulf and from the Caspian Sea to North Africa.
Military campaigns and theatres of World War I involving the Ottoman Empire (2 C, 3 P) Pages in category "Military campaigns involving the Ottoman Empire" The following 16 pages are in this category, out of 16 total.
This category includes historical battles in which Ottoman Empire (1281–1923) participated. Please see the category guidelines for more information. Contents
The Ottoman Empire was the first of the three Islamic Gunpowder Empires, followed by Safavid Persia and Mughal India. By the 14th century, the Ottomans had adopted gunpowder artillery. [2] By the time of Sultan Mehmed II, they had been drilled with firearms and became "perhaps the first standing infantry force equipped with firearms in the world."
Pages in category "Battles of World War I involving the Ottoman Empire" The following 149 pages are in this category, out of 149 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
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The growth of the Ottoman Empire. The map is showing Suleiman's conquests in comparison with his predecessors and successors. The imperial campaigns (Ottoman Turkish: سفر همايون, romanized: sefer-i humāyūn) [Note 1] were a series of campaigns led by Suleiman, who was the tenth and longest-reigning Sultan of the Ottoman Empire.