The most powerful empire in the land at the time was the Byzantine Empire (Eastern Roman Empire). Over the next 150 years the Ottoman Empire continued to expand. Osman established a formal government and allowed for religious tolerance over the people he conquered. Osman I expanded his kingdom, uniting many of the independent states of Anatolia under one rule. The Ottoman Empire, officially the Sublime Ottoman State (Ottoman Turkish: دولت عليه عثمانیه), was founded by Osman I, a leader of the Turkish tribes in Anatolia in the year 1299.
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