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In 1070 Jerusalem was taken, and in 1091 Diogenes, the Greek emperor, was defeated and made captive at Mantzikert. Asia Minor and all of Syria became the prey of the Turks. Antioch succumbed in 1084, and by 1092 not one of the great metropolitan sees of Asia remained in the possession of the Christians.
Ottoman Empire Former Turkish state that controlled much of se Europe, the Middle East and North Africa between the 14th and 20th centuries. It was founded by Osman I (r.1290â1326). He ruled a small principality in Anatolia, which he greatly enlarged at the expense of the Byzantine Empire.The contest with the Byzantines ended with the capture of Constantinople (now Istanbul), which became the Ottoman capital in 1453.he Ottoman Turks began to absorb the other states, and during the reign (1451â81) of Muhammad II they ended all other local Turkish dynasties. The early phase of Ottoman expansion took place under Osman I, Orkhan, Murad I, and Beyazid I at the expense of the Byzantine Empire, Bulgaria, and Serbia.