during the ottoman empire suleiman the magnificent oversaw the golden age
 military the first military unit of the ottoman state was an army that was organized by osman i from the tribesmen inhabiting the hills of western anatolia in the late 13th century
 the ottoman army continued to be an effective fighting force throughout the seventeenth and early eighteenth centuries falling behind the empires european rivals only during a long period of peace from 1740 to 1768