Ottoman-Turk
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i dont know why people are comparing lands? britian had the biggest land but i dont think they were the best or strongest empire in history they went and took lands with no one init or people with swords and poor and weak african countries and had big land which the spanish and portugese started they never did anything new , ( which happened as the ottomans closed the bosphorus so they cant pass so they had to find alternative routes) but the reason the ottoman empire was the best and strongest empire in history was because it respected all others views , look an iranian said we used persian in courts etc yes because it was a good language and rich culture , many jews came to us we had many different ethnicitys we neever forced the christians to convert to muslim however we did give muslims better opportunities e.g lower tax , we were using firearms one of the earliest , the jannisaries was the first organised type military which was payed the world has seen opposite to tribes etc , we had the greatest cannon ever on earth , we was against the west and christians whereby we was the only strong muslim empire , francis begged us for help so we save him
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even before the ottomans there was the seljuks that had big land aswell but look how quick it fell , look at british empire it fell in like 300 years we was from 1299 to 1922
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even before the ottomans there was the seljuks that had big land aswell but look how quick it fell , look at british empire it fell in like 300 years we was from 1299 to 1922