Occurrence of Attributes in Original Text

The text related to the cultural heritage 'Old City of Dubrovnik' has mentioned 'Ottoman Empire' in the following places:
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Between the 14th century and 1808, Dubrovnik ruled itself as a free state, although it was a tributary from 1382 to 1804 of the Ottoman Empire and paid an annual tribute to its sultan.
For centuries, Dubrovnik was an ally of Ancona, the other Adriatic maritime republic rival of Venice, which was itself the Ottoman Empire's chief rival for control of the Adriatic.
The city successfully balanced its sovereignty between the interests of Venice and the Ottoman Empire for centuries.
Already in 1571 Dubrovnik sold its protectorate over some Christian settlements in other parts of the Ottoman Empire to France and Venice.