The document summarizes the histories of three major empires - the Roman Empire, Byzantine Empire, and Ottoman Empire. It traces the evolution of the Roman Empire from 27 BC to 476 AD. It then notes that the eastern part of the Roman Empire, known as the Byzantine Empire, survived until 1453 AD when Constantinople fell to the Ottoman Empire. Finally, it outlines the rise of the Ottoman Empire from 1299 AD through its expansion and peak between 1500-1650 AD until being dissolved after World War I in 1923.