The Ottoman Empire rules the Levant and much of northern Africa, soon to lose it all to the French and British after World War I. ... While this heightened expectations it was a false promise as boundaries were shifted in favour of the winner and new colonies were established, particularly in the..…

It was on this date that coalition of united European powers defeated Ottoman Turkish naval forces in the area of Navarino in Peloponnesian peninsula.. ... The devastating defeat of Turks was as Ottoman Empire was controlling most of Mediterranean Sea from the eastern coasts of Italy all..…