Complex sentence: In addition, an important number of Croats in the territories lost to the Ottomans remained because the Porte embraced ethnic diversity, many of them eventually converted to Islam throughout the following centuries of Ottoman rule.
Split into simpler sentences: In addition, some Croats in the territories lost to the Ottomans remained because the Porte embraced ethnic diversity. Many of them eventually converted to Islam throughout the following centuries of Ottoman rule.