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Serbia Serbia This map shows the territorial expansion of the Ottoman Empire from 1300 to its greatest extent in 1683-99, highlighting different periods under rulers such as Mehmed II, Selim I, and Süleyman the Magnificent, and marking key cities, seas, and geographical boundaries in Europe, North Africa, and the Middle East. Austria-Hungary, 1914 Peter I, king of Serbia Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife, Sophie, duchess of Hohenberg
How the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand sparked World War I
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This map shows the territorial expansion of the Ottoman Empire from 1300 to its greatest extent in 1683-99, highlighting different periods under rulers such as Mehmed II, Selim I, and Süleyman the Magnificent, and marking key cities, seas, and geographical boundaries in Europe, North Africa, and the Middle East.
Austria-Hungary, 1914
Peter I, king of Serbia
Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife, Sophie, duchess of Hohenberg
Serbian troops, c. 1914
Yugoslavia, 1919–92
Alexander I
Bosnian conflict
How the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand sparked World War I
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