The Earth and Its Peoples - Chapter 20
CHAPTER 20 Southwest Asia and the Indian Ocean, ?1500?1750 I?? seq NLA \r 0 \h . The Ottoman Empire, to 1750 A?? seq NL1 \r 0 \h . Expansion and Frontiers 1?? seq NL_a \r 0 \h . Osman established the Ottoman Empire in northwestern Anatolia in 1300. He and his successors consolidated control over Anatolia, fought Christian enemies in Greece and in the Balkans, captured Serbia and the Byzantine capital of Constantinople, and established a general border with Iran.