<span>- Europeans were in fear from raids (Vikings and Magyars)
- No strong central government so local leaders had to protect
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<span>The Ottoman empire was at its most powerful and influential around the time of the reign of Suleiman the Magnificent and just after so this, so it would be between 1565 and 1570.
After this from around 1571 it began a slow decline.
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