The Ottoman Empire (/ˈɒtəmən/; Ottoman Turkish: دَوْلَتِ عَلِيّهٔ عُثمَانِیّه‎ Devlet-i Aliyye-i Osmâniyye, Modern Turkish: Osmanlı İmparatorluğu or Osmanlı Devleti), also known as the Turkish Empire, Ottoman Turkey or Turkey, was an empire founded in 1299 by Oghuz Turks under Osman I in northwestern Anatolia. After conquests in the Balkans by Murad I between 1362 and 1389, the Ottoman sultanate was transformed into a transcontinental empire and claimant to the caliphate. The Ottomans ended the Byzantine Empire with the 1453 conquest of Constantinople by Mehmed the Conqueror. 

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] QUESTIONS:

Q1:
1. What was the Ottoman Empire like in the 16th and 17th centuries?
2. What were the qualities of the Ottoman Empire during the 1500s and 1600s?
3. How could the Ottoman Empire of the 16th and 17th centuries be described?
Q2:
1. Was anything controlled by the Ottoman Empire?
2. Did the Ottoman Empire have control over anything?
3. Did any territory fall under the purview of the Ottoman Empire?
Q3:
1. What was controlled by the Ottoman Empire?
2. What did the Ottoman Empire rule over?
3. What fell under the purview of the Ottomans?
Q4:
1. What was controlled by the Ottoman Empire, besides southeast Europe?
2. What did the Ottoman Empire rule over, in addition to Southeast Europe?
3. What fell under the purview of the Ottomans, other than Southeast Europe?
Q5:
1. When was the Ottoman Empire founded?
2. In what year was the Ottoman Empire established?
3. What was the year of the Ottoman Empire's creation?
Q6:
1. Does the Ottoman Empire go by any other names?
2. Are there any other names for the Ottoman Empire?
3. Has the Ottoman Empire got other names?
Q7:
1. When did the Ottoman Empire end the Byzantine Empire?
2. When was the Byzantine Empire laid to rest by the Ottomans?
3. In what year did the Ottomans finish off the Byzantine Empire?
Q8:
1. How did the Ottomans defeat the Byzantine Empire?
2. What did the Ottoman Empire do to conquer the Byzantines?
3. How were the Ottomans able to take control over the Byzantine Empire?
Q9:
1. Who led the conquest of Constantinople?
2. Who was Constantinople conquered by?
3. Who was responsible for the seizing of Constantinople?
Q10:
1. How many provinces belonged to the Ottoman Empire in the 17th century?
2. What was the number of provinces under Ottoman rule in the 17th century?
3. How many provinces were in the Ottoman Empire during the 17th century?
Q11:
1. What took place for the Ottomans between 1362 and 1389?
2. Between 1362-1389, what was an important event for the Ottomans?
3. What of importance happened in ottoman history between 1362 and 1389?
Q12:
1. Who founded the Ottoman Empire?
2. Who was responsible for the creation of the Ottoman Empire?
3. What was the name of the man who established the Ottoman Empire?
