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Charles V, head of the Hapsburg Empire in Europe, came close to
rivaling Suleiman's power.
Some art and carpets were inspired from other European art.
Europeans moved into the Ottoman Empire, as a result, industry, trade, and art exchanges grew between the empire and European nations.
Some artists were sent to Europe to study art with Raphael. So, art from the Ottoman Empire was influenced by Europe.
Finally, the Europeans sometimes got to countries or cities before the Ottoman Empire. This lead to their trade going down.

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Much of Eastern Europe was unified under the control of the Ottoman Empire.
They were the biggest threat to Europe freedom. There was really the risk that Ottomans could conquer the entire continent, if Vienna had fallen.
The Ottoman Venetian Wars spanned four centuries, starting in 1423 and lasting until 1718.
In 1529 the Ottoman Empire made a determined effort to capture Vienna, the capital of the Habsburg Austrian Empire.
The failure to take Vienna marked the end of Turkish expansion into Europe.

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Because there was tolerance on religious beliefs and culture, the Ottoman empire as a whole was a diverse community.
Culture in the Ottoman Empire was influenced by Byzantium, the Arab culture of the Islamic Middle East, and the Persian culture of Iran.
The Ottoman Empire was organized into a very complicated social structure because it was a large, multi-ethnic and multi-religious empire.
Ottoman society was divided between Muslims and non-Muslims, with Muslims theoretically having a higher standing than Christians or Jews.
There were four different types of major social classes, men of the pen, men of the sword, men of negotiation, and the men of husbandry.

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Islam was the official religion.
They did not force the people they conquered to change their religion.
Many rulers were very tolerant when it came to religious belief.
After Constantinople was conquered, the ruler at the time, Mehmed, opened it up to people of all religious beliefs and cultures.
Different religious communities were called millets, and each millet was allowed to follow its own religious laws and practices. This kept conflict between religious communities to a minimum.
Cultural blending lead to changes in language, religion, styles of government, the use of technology, and military tactics.

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Trade, agriculture, transportation, and religion make up the economy.
They exported luxury goods like silk, furs, tobacco, spices and cotton.
They imported woolen cloth, glassware, medicine, gunpowder and clock.
They have an agrarian economy, labor source, land rich and capital poor.
Most people made money from family holdings.

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The rulers often allowed many religions to be followed.
Future rulers were sheltered from the world until they stepped up to rule.
Suleyman, one ruler of the empire, is considered one of the greatest rulers of the Ottoman Empire.
Osman, the first ruler, created the Ottoman Empire.
Many rulers conquered countries and cities.