BC / ADBCE / CE

c. 1299 CE–c. 1922 CE

Formation and duration of the Ottoman Empire

Religion · Islam · Sunni · Empire and state

A far-reaching empire whose religious history includes Sunni institutions and communities of many faiths; its borders repeatedly changed.

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