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Ottoman–Safavid Wars

1514 CE – 1639 CE

Over a century of intermittent warfare between the Sunni Ottoman Empire and Shia Safavid Persia for control of Iraq, the Caucasus, and eastern Anatolia — shaping the Sunni-Shia divide that persists…

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Conflict · Europe

Ottoman–Safavid Wars

1514 CE – 1639 CE

Over a century of intermittent warfare between the Sunni Ottoman Empire and Shia Safavid Persia for control of Iraq, the Caucasus, and eastern Anatolia — shaping the Sunni-Shia divide that persists today.

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