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In the mid-1200's Muslim Turkish wariorrs known as Ottmans began to take terittory from the Christian Byzantine Empire. The eventually ruled land from eastern Europe to North Africa and Arabia.
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As the Ottman Empire reached it's height, a group of Persian Muslims, the Safavids, was gaining power to the east, in the area of present-day Iran.
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East of the Safavid Empire, in Northen India, lay Mughal Empire. The Mughals were Turkish Muslims from Central Asia. Their empire was established by a leader named Badur.
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