At the height of its power, in the 16th and 17th centuries, the empire spanned three
continents,
[7] controlling much of
Southeastern Europe,
Western Asia and
North Africa.
[8] The Ottoman Empire contained 29
provinces and numerous
vassal states, some of which were later absorbed into the empire, while others were granted various types of autonomy during the course of centuries. The empire also temporarily gained authority over distant overseas lands through declarations of allegiance to the
Ottoman Sultan and Caliph, such as the
declaration by the Sultan of Aceh in 1565; or through the temporary acquisitions of islands in the Atlantic Ocean, such as
Lanzarote in 1585.
[9]With
Constantinople (now called Istanbul) as its capital city,
[10][11] and vast control of lands around the eastern Mediterranean during the reign of
Suleiman the Magnificent (ruled 1520 to 1566), the empire was at the center of interactions between the
Eastern and
Western worlds for six centuries.
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