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-Started out as a group of seperate nomadic tribes
-10'th centry Seljuk tribe rose to power
-They expanded into Europe
-Took over and renamed Constantinople, Istanbul -
In 1402 the Ottoman Empire finally fell
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In the early 1600's the Ottoman Empire began to lose its economic and military dominance to Europe.
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In the late 1600's all the goods and such started to become inflated.
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The Ottoman Empire did not focus on their military so it was weak and that caused many invasions.
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In 1856, everyone was granted equal citizenship, which angered Turk conservatives, who wanted didn't want it to change