As the Seljuk Empire declined following the Mongol invasion, the Ottoman Empire emerged as the new important Turkic state, that came to dominate not only the Middle East, but even southeastern Europe, parts of southwestern Russia, and northern Africa.
As the Seljuk Empire declined following the Mongol invasion the Ottoman Empire emerged as the new important Turkic state, that came to dominate not only the Middle East, but even so,utheastern Europe, parts of southwestern Russia, and northern Africa.