When the Ottoman Empire collapsed, Turkey was established ... It redrew the world map and reshaped many borders in Europe. The collapse of the Russian Empire created Poland, the Baltics, and ...

Ottoman Lands: 100 Years Ago And Now The Ottoman Empire arose from the ashes of Byzantine Europe in the mid-15th century and grew to dominate not just the Anatolian peninsula, but large swaths of ...

They carved up the Middle East map with the stroke of a pen ... colonial interests out of the remains of the defunct Ottoman Empire. Ethnic, religious and topographical considerations were ...