Ottomans

The Patriarchate in Istanbul is considered the heart of the Orthodox world and dates back to the Byzantine Empire, which collapsed when the Muslim Ottomans conquered the city in 1453.

The croissant is not French but Austrian. It was created by a Viennese pastry cook to celebrate the lifting of the siege of Vienna by the Ottomans.

The Ottomans left Algeria in 1830.

The Ottomans were finally able to expel the Spanish and capture Algiers.

The Ottomans focused predominantly on defending Algeria's coasts from European raids.

There were repeated uprisings against the Ottomans in Algeria.

The Ottomans came to North Africa in order to kick the Spanish out of the region.

The Ottomans ruled Algeria for centuries.

Before modern day maps of the Middle East, before the Ottomans and the Romans, and before thousands of years of kings and caliphs, were the Assyrians—one of the world’s first modern empires.

The Ottomans brought the long-lived Byzantine Empire to its end.