Hi Paolo,
 
Thanks for sending us the information in your post at http://www.fivedoves.com/letters/mar2005/paolop35.htm  about the empires that controlled Israel throughout history.
 
Here is a map written in English of the Ottoman Empire at http://www.naqshbandi.org/ottomans/maps/default.htm for everyone to view and compare it to the map of the Ottoman Empire in your post which was written in another language.  It shows the acquisitions of the Ottoman Empire as it expanded and the losses of territory as the Ottoman Empire declined.  Here is another map of the Ottoman Empire to view as well at http://www.ac.wwu.edu/~helfgott/maps-ottoman-empire.htm
 
God bless,
Donna