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==Legacy==
[[Image:OttomanEmpireIn1683.png|thumb|right|200px|Suleiman I's conquests were followed by continuous territorial expansion until the Empire's peak in 1683]]
At the time of Suleiman's death, the Ottoman Empire became among the worlds foremost powers, possessing unrivalled military strength, economic riches and territorial extent.<ref>Clot, 298.</ref> Suleiman's conquest's had seen the major [[Muslim]] cities ([[Mecca]], [[Medina]], [[Jerusalem]], [[Damascus]], and [[Baghdad]]), many [[Balkan peninsula|Balkan]] provinces (up to today's [[Austria]]), and most of [[North Africa]] fall under the control of the empire.
The [[Süleymaniye Mosque]] in [[Istanbul]] was built by the famed architect [[Mimar Sinan]] and was completed in 1557. Suleiman and Roxelana are buried in separate domed mausoleums attached to the mosque. He died in 1566, the night before victory at the [[Battle of Szigetvar]], in Hungary.
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