 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Sezvo Sultan Mehmed II akakunda Constantinoplenhasi inonzi Istanbul muna 1453, nyika yacho yakakura kuva umambo hune simba, ichipinda muEurope, kuchamhembe kweAfrica uye kuMiddle East. Nechikamu chikuru cheBalkan chiri pasi pehutongi hweOttoman pakati pezana ramakore rechi16, nzvimbo yeOttoman yakawedzera zvakanyanya pasi paSultan Selim I, uyo akatora Caliphate muna 1517 sezvo maOttoman akatendeukira kumabvazuva ndokukunda kumadokero kweArabia, Egypt, Mesopotamia neLevant, pakati pemamwe matunhu. Mumakumi emakore mashomanana akatevera, chikamu chikuru chemhenderekedzo yegungwa yokuNorth Africa kunze kweMorocco chakava chikamu cheumambo hweOttoman. 