During the 16th and 17th centuries, in particular at the height of its power under the reign of Suleiman the Magnificent, the Ottoman Empire was a multinational, multilingual empire controlling much of Southeast Europe, Western Asia, the Caucasus, North Africa, and the Horn of Africa. At the beginning of the 17th century the empire contained 32 provinces and numerous vassal states. Some of these were later absorbed into the Ottoman Empire, while others were granted various types of autonomy during the course of centuries.[dn 4]
কোন শতাব্দীগুলোতে উসমানীয় সাম্রাজ্য দক্ষিণ-পূর্ব ইউরোপের বেশির ভাগ এলাকা নিয়ন্ত্রণ করেছিল?
16th and 17th centuries