section_path: Asia and Africa/West Asia and North Africa/Ottoman Empire
section_name: Ottoman Empire
paragraph_text: Ottoman Empire
  
  During the early modern era, the Ottoman Empire enjoyed an expansion and consolidation of power, leading to a Pax Ottomana. This was perhaps the golden age of the empire. The Ottomans expanded southwest into North Africa while battling with the re-emergent Persian Shi'a Safavid Empire to the east.