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| | Ottoman Empire - Facts, Information, and Encyclopedia Reference article |
 | | The Ottoman State (Ottoman Turkish: دولتِ عَليه عُثمانيه, Devlet-i Aliye-i Osmaniye; Modern Turkish: Osmanlı Devleti), commonly called the Ottoman Empire (Modern Turkish: Osmanlı Imparatorlugu) was an imperial power, centered around the borders of the Mediterranean Sea, that existed from 1299 to 1922. |
 | | The Ottomans were eventually defeated at the end of the war by the Allies, Arabs, and Republic of Armenia, which Armenian Republic was being declared during the war, in contrast to Arap nations. |
 | | For centuries, the Ottoman Empire, along with the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, were the refuges of the Jews of Europe. |
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