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=== Interesting facts about the Ottoman Empire include: ===

Interesting facts about the Ottoman Empire include:


* The region of Transylvania was once under Ottoman control, a fact that the historical basis of [[Dracula]] famously resented, which led him to stir a revolt against his former masters, during which he gained his nickname by impaling thousands of Ottoman troops on trees to terrify them into ceasing their attempts to stop him.
* The region of Transylvania was once under Ottoman control, a fact that the historical basis of [[Dracula]] famously resented, which led him to stir a revolt against his former masters, during which he gained his nickname by impaling thousands of Ottoman troops on trees to terrify them into ceasing their attempts to stop him.
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* [[Worthy Opponent]]: Many of it's contemporaries throughout much of it's history regarded them as such.
* [[Worthy Opponent]]: Many of it's contemporaries throughout much of it's history regarded them as such.
* [[Vestigial Empire]]: In their twilight years, their power declined to the point they were considered "the sick man of Europe" by other European powers.
* [[Vestigial Empire]]: In their twilight years, their power declined to the point they were considered "the sick man of Europe" by other European powers.