A study guide for students of European and Islamic history focusing on the Ottoman Empire. Topics include the Rise of the Ottoman Empire from 1453, it expansion, Suleiman the Magnificent, the organisation of the empire, and it's eventual decline. Exercises and study questions included. This is chapter ten of the seminal history text book 'Years of Renewal: European History 1470-1600'. Suitable for all those interested in the topic, and history students in their final year of school, or first year of university study.