Thread: Greatest Turkish Empires
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Old 12-05-2007, 21:24 PM   #110 (permalink)
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Obviously the Ottomans... they were one of the greatest if not the greatest empires in the world at their height. As far as the Huns go, I wouldn't call them Turkish, they may have been Turkic. Turkish refers to the Turks of Anatolia.
The poll includes the Huns (who likely might not have been Turkic) but leaves off other Turkic states... like the Timurids, Golden Horde, Khwarezmid Empire, Mamlukes and others
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