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The correct answer is - D. Ottoman.
The Ottoman Empire is the last that dominated the suggested regions. It is an empire that emerged in Central Asia, where modern day Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan are located, and it was growing stronger as the Mongol empire was getting weaker. So once they had an clear path for expansion they used it and started to gradually take over territories in the Middle East, North Africa, Asia Minor, Caucuses, and the Balkans, and they are one of the biggest empires that ever existed, and also one of the longest lasting ones.