Where did ottoman empire originate?

began as one of many small Turkish states that emegerd in Asia Minor

Asia Minor

The Ottoman Empire originated from the Turkish states in Asia Minor between 1451 and 1481 during the Reign of Muhammad II.

wood carving remains today the primary sculptural art form of the sub saharan continent. african art history shows the earliest wooden sculptures from the 17th c are attributed to the kuba, central zaire but the earliest surviving sub-saharan sculpture is a zoomorphic head found in 1928 in central angola.

i hope this .

a variant spelling of the word dote (british)