TURK -- Osmanli
•Ottomans gain supremacy in the Turkish kingdoms, resist the Mongols, expand to control the whole Muslim world 
•Turks absorb the Indo-European peoples in Asia Minor, so Turkik genes are minimal in Turkey
•Ottomans control much of Central Europe, stop at Vienna
•Ottoman Empire weakens in 1800s, lose final control after World War 1
•Greece and Central Europe become independent
Cultural Influences