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Map of the Muslim world in 1683

Three gunpowder empires. Zoom in, compare the frontier with other centuries and tap a battle for the story.

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Turning points

1402Ankara
1453Constantinople
1514Chaldiran
1517Ridaniya and Cairo
1526Mohacs
1526Panipat
1571Lepanto
1683Vienna

What came next

After Vienna the Ottomans lost Hungary in 1699 and began a long retreat. The Safavids fell in 1736, and the Mughals shrank until the British ended them in 1857.

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Battles

Battles on the 1683 map

Each one has its own page with the sides, the commanders and the result.

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Eleven turning points

632The Prophet's state in Madinah610 to 632

644Abu Bakr and Umar: the great conquests632 to 644

661Uthman, Ali and the first civil war644 to 661

750The Umayyads of Damascus661 to 750

800The Abbasid golden age750 to 945

1000Three caliphs at once909 to 1055

1190The Crusades and Salahuddin1071 to 1192

1260The Mongol storm1219 to 1260

1683Three gunpowder empires1453 to 1707

1923The end of the caliphate1914 to 1924

2026Nation states and modern wars1948 to 2026

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