THE KOSOVO BATTLE - THE ENTRY OF OTTOMAN IN EUROPE

Above: Map of Kosovo in 1875-1912 (click map to enlarge)

Ottoman Empire was a Turkish state spanning three continents and had control on much of Southeastern Europe, the Middle East and North Africa. Their boundaries on control stretched the Strait of Gibraltar in the west to Persian Gulf in the east, from the edge of Slovenia in the north to Yemen in the south. Ottomans saw themselves as the rulers of a “Universal Empire” as they felt themselves heirs to both Roman and Islamic traditions.

Above: Painting of the Battle of Kosovo