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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. The number of ...
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.
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 involving the Ottoman Empire" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 349 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
The list of major cities conquered by the Ottoman Empire is below. Since it is impossible to include all cities, only the most populous cities, capitals and the cities with strategical or historical importance are shown.
Invasions by the Ottoman Empire in Europe (9 C, 5 P) Pages in category "Invasions by the Ottoman Empire" The following 3 pages are in this category, out of 3 total.
The Piri Reis map is a world map compiled in 1513 by the Ottoman admiral and cartographer Piri Reis. Approximately one third of the map survives, housed in the Topkapı Palace in Istanbul . After the empire's 1517 conquest of Egypt , Piri Reis presented the 1513 world map to Ottoman Sultan Selim I ( r.