Suleyman the Magnificent: the 16th-century’s most powerful ruler?
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The War Between the Ottomans and the Hapsburgs
The ottomans and the hapsburgs are two world empires. Their possessions in europe run from the baltic to the atlantic. And there they're expanding busily in the americas. Charles the fifth believes that it is his destiny to rule the world. Suleiman has very similar beliefs. They're also bolstered, if i might add, with a sense of destiny and a sense of history.
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