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Great video. It demonstrates how it was not a sure thing that the Ottoman forces were going to win. There was a chance that the siege could have failed.
Hey guys, I'm Ege Gunes, the head researcher and writer for the first season on the history of the Ottomans here at K&G. I just wanted to take a second to thank you all for all the positive comments and support over the last two years on our series and onwards to season two!
The Founder of Constantinople was Constantin and last emperor also Constantin. The ottoman who took over Constantinople was Mehmed and the last ottoman Caliph Mehmed... It acurre on three other places.
@@Tsiribreezes Dude seems like you're butthurt. As we know that Aborigins won't take their land from the Europeans in Australia, Native Indians from Europeans in Northern America, ya won't take Istanbul(Constantinople). And don't forget the Christianity you believe is a Semitic religion from Middle-East not Gree*…
@@TsiribreezesI don't support the Turk glazers. But you're just as bad. The Greek flag does NOT belong there. They were Roman, and there was no Greece nation. History revisionists are a blight on this earth.
@@MW432-7 they plan to make a series about the whole history of the ottoman empire from 13th to 20th century. The first season was the rise of the ottoman empire, Constantinople 1453 was the season final. The next season will cover the following events (i think they said in a live stream at least to vienna 1529). In total we can probably expect 4 or more seasons over the next years
@@Kili2807not sure but I think there will be atleast 1 if not 2 videos looking at Skanderbeg's pov and covering some of his most brilliant victories like Albulena, Italian expedition, Macedonian campaign etc
I first was introduced to your channel many years ago in 2018 watching your original fall of Constantinople doc. Now we are here many years later with an even better one!
Man... The fall of Constantinople is a very big historical event that totally worth to see it and read about it, it changed Europe's geopolitics but also influenced a lot of decisions of many European countries that would shape the world history for the next 500 years!!!
I've probably watched over a dozen documentaries on the fall of Constantinople, but man was it nice to see this and get something to listen to at work. Good video as always!
37:54 Fatih Sultan Mehmed was so angry after this incident that he himself rode his horse into the sea to stop the ships. This incident was depicted by the painter Zonaro in the 18th century.
Founded by Constantine, ended with Constantine. Began as a city state, ended as a city state. Conquered by Mehmed, Surrendered by Mehmed. A city of so many coincidences, it can only be called destiny.
Vikings did that on a large scale many years before. They were dragging their "drakkars" for 10-15 km (!) between the upper courses of Dniper, Neva and Volga , thus gaining access to the Black and Caspian seas. This technique was definitely well-known to the Byzantines, as Vikings traveling south this way formed the famous Varangian Guard that fought and won so many battles for their Byzantine emperor masters. Harald Hardraada (later king of Norway and contender for the English throne at Stamford Bridge) was a member of this elite unit at Constantinople during his youth.
@@cenktuneygok8986 The technical solution of rolling them on greased wooden logs is exactly the same in both cases. The only thing that differs is number of people dragging. Longboats were pulled by their crews of perhaps 20-30 persons, larger turkish galleys by hundreds, plus oxen. Maybe common people were shocked seeing enemy vessels navigating the Golden Horn that morning, but Byzantine strategists and military leaders were surely aware this old maneuver was absolutely possible, given the vast amounts of resources (manpower and draft cattle) available to their enemies. Moreover, during the 1097 reconquest of Nicaea by the combined Byzantine-Crusader army, emperor Alexios I sent boats rolling overland on logs from Marmara Sea to Lake Ascanius in order to block the lake route that Seljuk Turks were using to suply the besieged city. So, the basic idea was well-known before to both Turks and Byzantines.
What a colossal end to such a magnificent empire - The real question wasn't so much that it would fall, but rather how did it survive so long? Outstanding video K&G crew.
Bunun sebebi Türklerin anadolu ya geç girmesidir. İlk gelen Selçuklu Türklerinin doğudan gelen Moğol saldırılarından dolayı yıkılması ardından, Osmanlı devletinin kurulması ve fetih gerçekleşmesi 144 yıl sürdü.
After the conquest of Constantinople Mehmed II not only styled himself Sultan of Rome but also lived up to his new title conquering more former Roman strongholds like Pontus, Iconium, Sinope,...
Man this is such a massive upgrade from the older video you did years ago! I love the new additions of details and the context given for the siege. Thank you so much Kings and Generals for making such a great finale for this season! Cant wait for future episodes!
Mehmed II had the most legendary Rogues Gallery in history. The fact that various legendary historical figures like Constantine XI, Vlad Dracula, Skanderbeg, John Hunyadi, Stephen the Great and Uzun Hasan all end up becoming his enemies is almost unprecedented in history.
@@aimanmarzuqi4804The funniest rivalry has to be that with Uzun Hasan, the whole beef was caused by envy due to European kingdoms calling Mehmed II "Grand Turk" while styling Uzun Hasan "Little Turk", can't blame Hasan calling a man nicknamed Uzun(tall) little is a no go
While Mehmed II's mostly credited for his conquest of Constantinople. He also conquered many other key regions such as Crimea, Morea, Trebizond, Otranto,...
watched the whole ottoman series it was amazing ! you gained a new subscriber. cant wait for the upcoming videos
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I don't know how you guys do it but you guys get better and better, the sher quality and narration of this video is of such high quality it should be taught in schools all over the world !
51:13 Thank you K&G for this incredible nostalgia, I miss this song that played when a major setback occurred in the Ottomans, I'm like Julius Caesar when he saw the statue of Alexander and started to lament,crying here because while there are some who, at 20 years old, already conquer cities and others, at 20 years old, conquer from Hellas to Bharat, Here I am, 19 years old, I still haven't managed to pursue the college course I wanted, frustrations in relationships and difficulties in entrepreneurship, but that's it, just like Mehmed II and Alexander the Great, don't give up on your goal.
The myth of the Kerkoporta gate being left unlocked was debunked by historians a couple decades ago. No ottoman source has ever mentioned this detail and this has only been mentioned in western sources aiming to undermine the achievement of the ottoman army. Only some minor critical thinking is sufficient to conclude that this myth has been made up: Can the defenders after 2 months of heavy fighting experience really possibly forget to lock a gate? After locking it behind themselves dozens of times prior? Could they be so ignorant after months of effort they put in, on the very day the Turks were making their greatest assault yet? Let's just assume for a second that the Italian mercenaries somehow forgot to close it (don't want to repeat myself but this really is impossible when you think about it), was there NOBODY else there to close it? What happened to the guards responsible for opening and closing the gate? Did they vanish into thin air? Was the whole area abandoned of people after the mercenaries fell back so no one could see the very door protecting them from their death open? None of the possible explanations make any sense
Kesinlikle doğru söylüyorsun. Fethin ihtişamını gölgeleme adına uydurulmuş Rezalet bir yalan. Avrupalılar şehrin Kana Kan göze göz dişe diş çarpışarak alındığını hazmedemeyip kapının açık bırakıldığını uydurdular.
When it comes to human error, I'll never consider anything impossible. Just look what happened to the MS Herald of Free Enterprise ferry, when 3 dudes failed to check if the bow was closed. Result? It sank with them on board :P
@@tensaibr Yes, but what are the odds of men of that experience making such a high level error during the most critical point of arguably the most important/famous siege in history. Considering the extremity of the muslim-christian rivalry at the time and the fact that this incidence is only mentioned in christian chronicles also adds perspective
The Roman Empire began as a city-state and ended as a city-state. Who would have thought that a village of outcasts and scum would give rise to one of the greatest empires in history?
IT was the strong islamic faith that made the ottomans strong ever since osman ottomans or kayi at that time believed in jihad as a way of achieving glory, they only had two things in mind one was to fight in the way of ALLAH second was to create a strong muslim state in the region and to expand the religion. thier faith was strong to an extent that they believed that if they survive than they are GHAZI(HOLY WARRIORS) AND if died than SHAHEED(martyrs) they believed strongly that struggle and heaven is meant for them same faith has been utilized by many muslims throughout the centuries including arabs fighting against eastern roman empire and sassanid persia or salahudding ayubi and nuruddin zengi fighting against crusaders .
@stmc2618 The Crusaders were warriors dedicated to God, with the cross of Christ as their standard. In the Iberian Peninsula, they freed the region from Muslim rule, allowing maritime exploration and the formation of global empires. They spread the Christian faith, destroyed the Turkish Empire after centuries of strife and contributed to the creation of Israel. And it is never too late to retake Constantinople. I bet we can count on the Armenians and Kurds for payback.
44:08 aw yesss that music!!! finally it's back, thanks to kings and generals for bringing that back, i hope you will always use that music in your future videos again!!
I knew this day would come... Fascinated by how the Turks managed to conquer so much and overcome so many disasters, but the year 1453 kept ticking closer and closer... "God forbid that I should live as an Emperor without an Empire. As my city falls, I will fall with it. Whosoever wishes to escape, let him save himself if he can, and whoever is ready to face death, let him follow me." Constantine XI Palaeologus. One of the bravest men I ever read about.
That serie was very good and interesting. You are keep making your videos quality better and better. I hope your efforts will pay off. Love you soo much Kings and Generalss
Well, it is not shocking of how they did it since years ago, my ancestors enforced the same strategy in Nicea in the 1st crusade. The shock came as they weren't informed or being repeled by the latins on the opposite side of the city.
Amazing video Kings and Generals definitely worth the wait Sidenote for anyone wondering theres a game called Lines of Battle featuring battles like these
This video is really great, even if you watch the Netflix series of siege of Constantinople then you can understand it even more . Please continue this series and i really like your quality of work, thanks as always for making history my favourite subject ever.
Constantine XI could truly be considered one of the great emperors of Rome, its a shame he had to be its last one. The Eastern Romans and Constantine lived and died in those final days as true Romans would, fighting and dying as only the true inheritors as Rome could. The Romans of antiquity would have been proud to know that when the fall of their empire came, it came at a bloody price to its enemies.
Constantine XI was always just remembered as a person who inherited a hopeless situation, but the only good thing about him at least is that he made the best of it, unlike all his predecessors.
It's going to be a hard watch for me, and no, I don't care about the Turkish nationalists trying to say otherwise. Rome ended with Constantine XI. No historian ever said the Ottomans were a continuation of Rome.
@@cursedex3755 As a Turkish nationalist, I agree. The sand cult is not suited to advanced societies. While Mehmed II was somewhat an intellectual, most sultans after him lacked this quality until Mahmud II.
Thank you for making a video of Fall of Constantinople! I've been interested at this event recently and it's a coincidence that there's a video for it!
One of the best if not the best video done by kings and generals remind me of it’s older videos but with better graphics now, love the details included in this video like the sayings of prophet Muhammad (PBUH), can’t wait for my Islamic history videos
I love how the presentation and detail of this video made it clear that taking Constantinople is still a costly and very risky siege. Sure the Eastern Roman empire is basically reduced to one city left facing the entire strength of the Ottomans, but it's not as one sided per the popular belief. One wrong move and the siege would've ended in a disaster.
Great work as always big fun of the channel. Something to know about future statements on the siege . The name of the church is AGIA SOFIA not HAGIA SOFIA.
@MELKORBAOUGLIR i know but still constantinople was strong not mainly because of its army as it was known for defeating armies much larger than its it was because of the sea chain and the walls This can be evidently seen as predecessors of mehmed also attempted to conquer this city state and failed drastically
@@ruxmania First of all, that dude literally did ingenious techniques to conquer constantinople, he was a great scholar and his war against wallachian revolt, including all those guerilla warfare and subduing it with such intensity of ambushes, the capture of ontario and if only he would have lived few years longers, that dude was so close to Bari, Venetians feared him so much that they sent the painter in form of good diplomacy . His close relationship with radu was based and though he painted his portrait, The Quran itself does not prohibit visual representation of any living being. The hadith collection of Sahih Bukhari explicitly prohibits the making of images of living beings, challenging painters to "breathe life" into their images and threatening them with punishment on the Day of Judgment. In Islam, a common practice for portrait shipping is to blur the eyes, nonetheless salafis prohibit it entirely, Mehmed was a maturidi so yeah... by his sect he didn't do something sinful although he did; lastly there's no arabic religion, Islam is religion for all human beings across the world and an arab is no superior to any other being (the bloodline of arabs are better as they are linked to important prophets)
This is an incredible series. I really hope you guys do all the videos. I’m looking forward to season two and the rise of Selim, the grim Mehmed’s grandson, the conqueror of Egypt he was pretty much the Catherine, the grade of the Ottoman Empire.
This is such an amazing end to the first season! Looking forward to much more with the upcoming seasons. You guys have done such an amazing job with this series and many, many others. For the next season, are you planning to use the same animation style with the maps and battles? It looks great with the style you are using now.
As a Muslim Syrian Arab the conquest of Constantinople is one of those great moments in Islamic history that all Muslims from Morocco to Indonesia take pride in alongside the battles of Yarmouk, Qadissiya, Badr, Ain Jalut, and Hittin The Ottoman Legacy continues to draw admiration and respect among 1.8 billion Muslims even to this day, and we thank you everyone in this channel who worked tirelessly to present and fair and transparent account of Islamic History Your efforts is always appreciated
Nah, not all Muslims love it, a lot of Arabs today don't like them, for example I am a Yemeni Arab and I don't like them at all, thats why my ancestors resisted the conquest
like litrel gays they captured when the defenders didnt even had any help from their christian brothers , pride it seems lol. and still was goimg to give up if they didnt find tht 1 mistake
@@celaldemirci956 Yeah watch the Sack of Constantinople from @KingsandGenerals ... It was already grounded. We literally took over and rose it up again.
Even for kings and generals. The Romans provided more than half of their content. It is hard to get out of the shadow of the longest lasting state in human history.
It’s truly disappointing to see such a reputable history channel make basic mistakes. The first mistake is the false claim that the Ottomans entered the city through an accidentally left-open gate. Eyewitnesses of the siege do not mention anything like this. The Ottomans entered the city following the Janissaries' final assault on the Topkapı walls. The second major error is the story of Ulubatlı Hasan. In reality, no such person existed; his story was fabricated years after the siege of Istanbul. According to Ottoman records, the first person to enter the city was Balaban Çavuş, a Janissary. Later on, due to his Albanian origins, he was assigned by Mehmet II to the Albanian campaign against Skanderbeg
@@debbielungsodaitfllo I’m also talking about Kings & Generals. This video concludes season 1 of the Ottoman history series. Mehmed vs Dracula will be in the next season. The videos will come in January.
You guys should make a series about the rise of Lithuania next. Cuz seeing a massive Lithuania in the map makes me and other people want to learn more about it.
" Emperor we can still make it to escape if we leave now " Constantine XI : I'm going to God my friend. It is my duty ... *Ceaser, Octavian, Aurelian, Basil II: 🥹🥹🥹
“Present your shield, swords, arrows, and spears to them, imagining that you are a hunting party after wild boars, so that the impious may learn that they are dealing not with dumb animals but with their lords and masters, the descendants of the Hellenes (Greeks) and the Romans”. (Basileus Constantine’s XI Palaiologos speech in front of his Officers before the final siege of Constantinople) George Sphrantzes (1401-1478), prominent Byzantine Greek historian and Imperial courtier in the service of the Emperor (primary source - The Fall of the Byzantine Empire 1453)
Where my power reaches, not even your dreams can reach Fatih Sultan Mehmet Khan It is the word of Fatih Sultan Mehmet Khan to the Byzantine ambassadors
During a time when things looked particularly bleak for the Revolution, Greek General Theodore Kolokotronis (pre-eminent leader of the Greek War of Independence) asked the British Admiral Hamilton's advice on what the best course of action would be. Hamilton responded (quite truthfully) that the most prudent thing to do would be to negotiate the Greek surrender with Great Britain guaranteeing for their lives. “That can never be” responded the General, “We've already pledged Freedom or Death ! Our Basileus (Byzantine Emperor Constantine XI Palaiologos) was slain, he signed no treaty ! Ever since his Guard was always at War with the Turks and two forts remained forever indomitable”. Hamilton was baffled by this statement. What Basileus, what King? The one who fell in battle 400 years ago? “What Royal Guard, what forts are you talking about ?” he asked. Kolokotronis responded “The Guard of our Basileus are those they call Klephts, the forts are Mani and Souli and the mountains”. Then Hamilton spoke no more... Excerpt from the notable book “Memoirs of Theodoros Kolokotronis”.
Even pre-Ottoman times Turks always had the zeal of conquering Constantinople; Attila's Huns, a Seljuk-Pecheneg-Tzachas coalition plotted a siege of the city while Kutrigurs, Avars, & Bulgars led by Krum besieged it directly
Actually Krum died of a cerebral Hemorrhage before he could begin his siege but it’s true he was preparing the largest force the Balkan Bolghars ever mustered to assault the city. Not that he had any chance to win compared to someone like Mehmed.
@@tylerellis9097 The Seljuk coalition would've had the greatest chance out of those attempts with two strong nomadic armies assisted by naval support from Tzachas yet Alexios Komnenos's extraordinary mastermind played em off against eachother not only preventing such siege and prolonging ERE longevity but also changing the Seljuk owned momentum in favor of his state
@@nenenindonu Indeed where Alexios repeatedly failed in battle he repeatedly succeeded in diplomacy. He Lost a devastating battle against the Pechenegs in 1087 at Drista which ironically saw the Pechenegs begin warring with the Cumans over spoils and allow Alexios afterwards to bribe the Cumans to his cause, joining with them to defeat the Pechenegs at Levounion in 1091.
The Turkish conquest of Constantinople is regarded as the symbolic end of the Middle Ages and the prime indicator for the age of gunpowder warfare, ending and starting eras should be the norm of a visionary like Mehmed the Conqueror
@@Greek.history.enthusiastok, but even respect to the fact that all of Istanbul was not Constantinople, and that all the monuments and architecture visible in the city today don't have a connection to the Byzantine Empire, except for Hagia Sophia, which even the Turks have altered.
@@Greek.history.enthusiast thank you greek friend and same with Turks greeks oldest rivarly them and same wirh alliance happening during Gokturk khaganete tong yabgu alliance on byzantines heraclius against the persian sasanian or The huns and the avars other turkic empires fighting for decades for romans.
Fun fact the current name Istanbul is a nickname the Byzantine Greeks would use for their city Constantinople, the ottomans adopted the nickname from the Greeks and renamed it Istanbul after the Greek nickname. The root of “Istanbul” is 'stinpolis' in Greek, and it means a form of the phrase “to the city”. The city - in reference - is the city within city walls.
No.İstan mean is Land in Central Asia Turkic languages.Bul is mean find in turkish language. Istan-bul it is a mean: Find to home Land.
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Name of Istanbul was used in the later stages of the Ottoman Empire and was officially adopted in the Republic era. Ottomans called it Konstantinyye for most of their history.
The city is over 2700 years old, the Ottoman Empire only had it for 400 of those years. 700 BC - Byzantium 300 AD - Constantinople after king Constantine 1900 AD - Istanbul. The name «εις στην πόλ» means “to the city” “the city”, there is writings of Greeks referring to the city as this colloquially as far back as 1100 AD. This is 350 years prior to Mehmet or any Turk entering western Anatolia
Considering how outnumbered and vulnerably positioned they were, it's amazing they held out as long as they did during the siege. Brutal and astounding feats by both sides. This wasn't the one-sided battle I'd always been led to understand it was. Thank you for so much detailed information. I also never knew how much involvement Chios had in this chapter of history; a very long and close friend of the family is from Chios, and returned to live there after retiring.
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@@InterVision-mw5fs Ok?
Man if not for the gate opening, the Ottomans would have been unsuccessful to take over the city and maybe the Pope would have came to the rescue.
Great video. It demonstrates how it was not a sure thing that the Ottoman forces were going to win. There was a chance that the siege could have failed.
@@alwaysgrateful1011 Fax
Hey guys, I'm Ege Gunes, the head researcher and writer for the first season on the history of the Ottomans here at K&G. I just wanted to take a second to thank you all for all the positive comments and support over the last two years on our series and onwards to season two!
Thank you for the great work 👍🏼
Thank you Ege for giving us such a great series so far and I think you are not quite finished yet!
Thank you for sharing your work with us!
Kolay gelsin Ege
@@OttomanHistoryHub amazing work! Such a great series!!
The Founder of Constantinople was Constantin and last emperor also Constantin.
The ottoman who took over Constantinople was Mehmed and the last ottoman Caliph Mehmed...
It acurre on three other places.
wrong. the founder was Byzas, because it was originally Byzantium before the romans conquered and renamed it.
@@oldfrendthe city of Byzantion and the city of Constantinople were different cities. Essentially Constantinople was built on top of Byzantion.
@@oldfrendloud and wrong
There's also the fact that the founder of Rome was Romulus, and the last Western Roman emperor is Romulus...
Also both Constantines had mothers named Helena.
I still remember when the original siege of Constantinople was posted, the difference in quality and details is insane.
That's right it's Constantinople 🇬🇷🇨🇾🦅☦️
@@Tsiribreezes
Dude seems like you're butthurt. As we know that Aborigins won't take their land from the Europeans in Australia, Native Indians from Europeans in Northern America, ya won't take Istanbul(Constantinople). And don't forget the Christianity you believe is a Semitic religion from Middle-East not Gree*…
@@Tsiribreezescope harder greekboy
@@TsiribreezesI don't support the Turk glazers. But you're just as bad. The Greek flag does NOT belong there. They were Roman, and there was no Greece nation.
History revisionists are a blight on this earth.
@@alexanderrahl482 Shut up you glazer to.
I hope the break isn’t too long. This is my favorite series ❤
Working on the long video with additional stuff
Do you already know if the events in Albanis 1452/53 will be included in the new season or in the long video for the first season?
@@Kili2807 whats this talk of seasons? could someone enlighten me?
@@MW432-7 they plan to make a series about the whole history of the ottoman empire from 13th to 20th century. The first season was the rise of the ottoman empire, Constantinople 1453 was the season final. The next season will cover the following events (i think they said in a live stream at least to vienna 1529). In total we can probably expect 4 or more seasons over the next years
@@Kili2807not sure but I think there will be atleast 1 if not 2 videos looking at Skanderbeg's pov and covering some of his most brilliant victories like Albulena, Italian expedition, Macedonian campaign etc
The amount of effort put into this video is apparent.keep it up
Thanks!
@@KingsandGeneralsplease realase more videos on this series and kindly be more detail about sultan mehmed Han life speeches etc .
I first was introduced to your channel many years ago in 2018 watching your original fall of Constantinople doc. Now we are here many years later with an even better one!
Glad to hear that!
Man... The fall of Constantinople is a very big historical event that totally worth to see it and read about it, it changed Europe's geopolitics but also influenced a lot of decisions of many European countries that would shape the world history for the next 500 years!!!
Colonial researchs started after fall of constantinople
@@yasinosmangunay2131 For your info, it already started 45 years before the fall of Constantinople
Thank you Ege Gunes from Ottoman History Hub for producing this series. Gratefull for you man 🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳
I've probably watched over a dozen documentaries on the fall of Constantinople, but man was it nice to see this and get something to listen to at work. Good video as always!
@@blackbaron9544 Yeah stuff like this just fascinates me. I've also watched multiple videos of Caesar vs Pompey and fall of Crassus.
I hope you guys keep remaking the old vids like this adding more detail among other things its awesome!!!
37:54 Fatih Sultan Mehmed was so angry after this incident that he himself rode his horse into the sea to stop the ships. This incident was depicted by the painter Zonaro in the 18th century.
Founded by Constantine, ended with Constantine.
Began as a city state, ended as a city state.
Conquered by Mehmed, Surrendered by Mehmed.
A city of so many coincidences, it can only be called destiny.
Very nice comment
Built by Greeks, will be returned to Greeks.
@@sunwheel666 it’s not gonna happen keep dreaming if anything it might go to Russia
@sunwheel666 it will not return to greeks Turks own it like 600 years dont forget what happened last time to try to invade istanbul
@sunwheel666 and city built by romans Not greeks
IMAGINE, the defenders of the city seeing the ships being dragged across the mountains 😳
Vikings did that on a large scale many years before. They were dragging their "drakkars" for 10-15 km (!) between the upper courses of Dniper, Neva and Volga , thus gaining access to the Black and Caspian seas. This technique was definitely well-known to the Byzantines, as Vikings traveling south this way formed the famous Varangian Guard that fought and won so many battles for their Byzantine emperor masters. Harald Hardraada (later king of Norway and contender for the English throne at Stamford Bridge) was a member of this elite unit at Constantinople during his youth.
@@chris894r Boats are not comparable to battleships.
@@chris894r Vikings were knonwn for making medium sized boats, not battle ships with cannons !
@@chris894r Good comparison to compare war galleys with longships.
@@cenktuneygok8986 The technical solution of rolling them on greased wooden logs is exactly the same in both cases. The only thing that differs is number of people dragging. Longboats were pulled by their crews of perhaps 20-30 persons, larger turkish galleys by hundreds, plus oxen. Maybe common people were shocked seeing enemy vessels navigating the Golden Horn that morning, but Byzantine strategists and military leaders were surely aware this old maneuver was absolutely possible, given the vast amounts of resources (manpower and draft cattle) available to their enemies.
Moreover, during the 1097 reconquest of Nicaea by the combined Byzantine-Crusader army, emperor Alexios I sent boats rolling overland on logs from Marmara Sea to Lake Ascanius in order to block the lake route that Seljuk Turks were using to suply the besieged city. So, the basic idea was well-known before to both Turks and Byzantines.
Ottoman series is something really wonderful keep going on it please 🔥
What a colossal end to such a magnificent empire - The real question wasn't so much that it would fall, but rather how did it survive so long? Outstanding video K&G crew.
Bunun sebebi Türklerin anadolu ya geç girmesidir. İlk gelen Selçuklu Türklerinin doğudan gelen Moğol saldırılarından dolayı yıkılması ardından, Osmanlı devletinin kurulması ve fetih gerçekleşmesi 144 yıl sürdü.
Rome cannot help but be apic, even in its fall !
After the conquest of Constantinople Mehmed II not only styled himself Sultan of Rome but also lived up to his new title conquering more former Roman strongholds like Pontus, Iconium, Sinope,...
Man this is such a massive upgrade from the older video you did years ago! I love the new additions of details and the context given for the siege. Thank you so much Kings and Generals for making such a great finale for this season! Cant wait for future episodes!
Well researched & produced series to all involved in the K&G team.
Thank you!
Great ending of the season finale, can't wait for season 2 to begin! Mehmed II, Skanderbeg & Vlad Dracula all in one video will be superb
Mehmed II had the most legendary Rogues Gallery in history. The fact that various legendary historical figures like Constantine XI, Vlad Dracula, Skanderbeg, John Hunyadi, Stephen the Great and Uzun Hasan all end up becoming his enemies is almost unprecedented in history.
Skanderbeg's real name was George kastriotis
@@aimanmarzuqi4804The funniest rivalry has to be that with Uzun Hasan, the whole beef was caused by envy due to European kingdoms calling Mehmed II "Grand Turk" while styling Uzun Hasan "Little Turk", can't blame Hasan calling a man nicknamed Uzun(tall) little is a no go
@@Greek.history.enthusiastaren’t you tired 🤡
@@nenenindonu 🤣
While Mehmed II's mostly credited for his conquest of Constantinople. He also conquered many other key regions such as Crimea, Morea, Trebizond, Otranto,...
Thats why he is known as the conqueror
that's why the west were pissed scared of him. Allahu akhbar
@@444TripleHscared? Remember how Portuguese kicked the ass of the Ottomans..
@@muazzamshaikh2049in battle of 3 kings?
@ballsmasher3000 the ottoman were not present in the war of the 3 kings
this has been an amazing journey.thank you kings and generals for this amazing series
The editing and the animation and drawings on this was amazing. I've been waiting to watch this and it was well worth it!!
Thanks!
34:29 the note on the bottom left shows that Mehmet was truly one of the greatest leaders!
Such was the end of the Roman empire. Not the pitiful whimper that was 476, but instead the bang of 1453.
....damn
watched the whole ottoman series it was amazing ! you gained a new subscriber. cant wait for the upcoming videos
I don't know how you guys do it but you guys get better and better, the sher quality and narration of this video is of such high quality it should be taught in schools all over the world !
There are better ones, not just in English
51:13 Thank you K&G for this incredible nostalgia, I miss this song that played when a major setback occurred in the Ottomans, I'm like Julius Caesar when he saw the statue of Alexander and started to lament,crying here because while there are some who, at 20 years old, already conquer cities and others, at 20 years old, conquer from Hellas to Bharat, Here I am, 19 years old, I still haven't managed to pursue the college course I wanted, frustrations in relationships and difficulties in entrepreneurship, but that's it, just like Mehmed II and Alexander the Great, don't give up on your goal.
What is the name of song or soundtrack plzz
@ahmedbakkahmecca8191 Civilization 6 Arabia the (medieval era)
Don't give up.. Ceasar was in his 40s and see how much he achieved
@franciscojorgesousaandrade thank you so much i love this song 🎵
May you become as great as Augustus and scoff at the statues of great knowing full well you have surpassed them.
The myth of the Kerkoporta gate being left unlocked was debunked by historians a couple decades ago. No ottoman source has ever mentioned this detail and this has only been mentioned in western sources aiming to undermine the achievement of the ottoman army. Only some minor critical thinking is sufficient to conclude that this myth has been made up: Can the defenders after 2 months of heavy fighting experience really possibly forget to lock a gate? After locking it behind themselves dozens of times prior? Could they be so ignorant after months of effort they put in, on the very day the Turks were making their greatest assault yet? Let's just assume for a second that the Italian mercenaries somehow forgot to close it (don't want to repeat myself but this really is impossible when you think about it), was there NOBODY else there to close it? What happened to the guards responsible for opening and closing the gate? Did they vanish into thin air? Was the whole area abandoned of people after the mercenaries fell back so no one could see the very door protecting them from their death open? None of the possible explanations make any sense
Yes, the same Western Sources that were not even Eye witnesses.
They Even have that in their info box
Kesinlikle doğru söylüyorsun. Fethin ihtişamını gölgeleme adına uydurulmuş Rezalet bir yalan. Avrupalılar şehrin Kana Kan göze göz dişe diş çarpışarak alındığını hazmedemeyip kapının açık bırakıldığını uydurdular.
When it comes to human error, I'll never consider anything impossible. Just look what happened to the MS Herald of Free Enterprise ferry, when 3 dudes failed to check if the bow was closed. Result? It sank with them on board :P
@@tensaibr Yes, but what are the odds of men of that experience making such a high level error during the most critical point of arguably the most important/famous siege in history. Considering the extremity of the muslim-christian rivalry at the time and the fact that this incidence is only mentioned in christian chronicles also adds perspective
The Roman Empire began as a city-state and ended as a city-state. Who would have thought that a village of outcasts and scum would give rise to one of the greatest empires in history?
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IT was the strong islamic faith that made the ottomans strong ever since osman ottomans or kayi at that time believed in jihad as a way of achieving glory, they only had two things in mind one was to fight in the way of ALLAH second was to create a strong muslim state in the region and to expand the religion. thier faith was strong to an extent that they believed that if they survive than they are GHAZI(HOLY WARRIORS) AND if died than SHAHEED(martyrs) they believed strongly that struggle and heaven is meant for them same faith has been utilized by many muslims throughout the centuries including arabs fighting against eastern roman empire and sassanid persia or salahudding ayubi and nuruddin zengi fighting against crusaders .
Thats true for all empires :P
THE greatest
@stmc2618 The Crusaders were warriors dedicated to God, with the cross of Christ as their standard. In the Iberian Peninsula, they freed the region from Muslim rule, allowing maritime exploration and the formation of global empires. They spread the Christian faith, destroyed the Turkish Empire after centuries of strife and contributed to the creation of Israel. And it is never too late to retake Constantinople. I bet we can count on the Armenians and Kurds for payback.
44:08 aw yesss that music!!! finally it's back, thanks to kings and generals for bringing that back, i hope you will always use that music in your future videos again!!
i mean really, that music is a very iconic in your channel, i hope you can more often use that song again in your videos
@@cnw6306what's it called?
@@MohamedAli-xu3uw the music title?
@cnw6306 yes
please whats the name of the song
Oh man, I've never wanted to watch something so much that I simultaneously do not want to watch...
*_"The City has fallen, but I still live..."_*
I knew this day would come...
Fascinated by how the Turks managed to conquer so much and overcome so many disasters, but the year 1453 kept ticking closer and closer...
"God forbid that I should live as an Emperor without an Empire. As my city falls, I will fall with it. Whosoever wishes to escape, let him save himself if he can, and whoever is ready to face death, let him follow me."
Constantine XI Palaeologus. One of the bravest men I ever read about.
Holy moly50 min! Your are amazing guys!
I literally just did an exam on this YESTERDAY!!! Why couldnt this drop earlier 😭
Thank you though, best history channel!
Thanks!
No one asked
@@balabanasiretiI asked🗿
@gheddafiduck8239 😎
My history teacher were never big on history, I learned so much history here than in class😝
The title is so catchy, it grabbed my attention right from the start. The content is also very insightful and easy to follow.
That serie was very good and interesting. You are keep making your videos quality better and better. I hope your efforts will pay off. Love you soo much Kings and Generalss
Byzantine reaction to a naval crossing by land:
"Well shit,that definitely wasn't on today's bingo card."
Well, it is not shocking of how they did it since years ago, my ancestors enforced the same strategy in Nicea in the 1st crusade. The shock came as they weren't informed or being repeled by the latins on the opposite side of the city.
Cringe
@@demetres6113"My ancestors" 🤣🤣
@@Ghostrex101 well yeah. I am from Greece. How should I call them?
@@demetres6113 It has been 900 years ago! Were all mixed now.
The quality of this work makes you feel like you were with them in these scenes.
Amazing video Kings and Generals definitely worth the wait
Sidenote for anyone wondering theres a game called Lines of Battle featuring battles like these
This video is really great, even if you watch the Netflix series of siege of Constantinople then you can understand it even more . Please continue this series and i really like your quality of work, thanks as always for making history my favourite subject ever.
Yeah thnking of rewatching it
The parts where Constantine XI was looking at Constantine I statue and was making vows to an emperor of over 1000 years ago. Honorable but haunting.
Inagine how these videos will be if Total War didn’t exist. Don’t get me wrong, you’re doing a great job. I love your videos
Been waiting for this...plz also release 2nd crusade episodes its been a while...you started too many series man....keep up the great work❤
Working on it
@KingsandGenerals 💗np...iam following from quarantine in early 2020....your channel is the best one out there...keep up the good work 👍🏼...
Brilliant work. Learned more than 10 years in school. Sağ olun!
It was said that when Mehmet visited the Hagia Sofia after conquering the city he knelt down and sprinkled bits of earth onto his turban. Great video.
47:17 that moment! 🔥 Great video, Love 'kings & generals' from Bangladesh🇧🇩! ❤
Constantine XI could truly be considered one of the great emperors of Rome, its a shame he had to be its last one. The Eastern Romans and Constantine lived and died in those final days as true Romans would, fighting and dying as only the true inheritors as Rome could. The Romans of antiquity would have been proud to know that when the fall of their empire came, it came at a bloody price to its enemies.
Constantine XI was always just remembered as a person who inherited a hopeless situation, but the only good thing about him at least is that he made the best of it, unlike all his predecessors.
It's going to be a hard watch for me, and no, I don't care about the Turkish nationalists trying to say otherwise. Rome ended with Constantine XI. No historian ever said the Ottomans were a continuation of Rome.
@@cursedex3755 As a Turkish nationalist, I agree. The sand cult is not suited to advanced societies. While Mehmed II was somewhat an intellectual, most sultans after him lacked this quality until Mahmud II.
@@cursedex3755 Turkish nationalists rarely say that you just want to make a scene dramatic fella
was he the one who gathered all the priests to make christianty make sense and to unify the view of the trinity?
i love this channel so much !!
Thanks!
Thank you for making a video of Fall of Constantinople! I've been interested at this event recently and it's a coincidence that there's a video for it!
One of the best if not the best video done by kings and generals remind me of it’s older videos but with better graphics now, love the details included in this video like the sayings of prophet Muhammad (PBUH), can’t wait for my Islamic history videos
6:08 Spelt Caesar wrong 😔wonderfully documented video though, the improvement of your content over the years is a sight to behold.
Wow long one! Excited to watch! Been dreading this video though. 😢
Thank you for the good video it was full of information I hope people enjoy it as well
The most waited episode of the series. Get ready for some comment wars
FINALLY! It is here! The stories of the Tuki Uthmaniyah is one of my syllabus in every Ramadhan
Who needs movie when you have K&G long videos❤
Oh finally! Been waiting so long for this! Thank you K&G!
I love how the presentation and detail of this video made it clear that taking Constantinople is still a costly and very risky siege. Sure the Eastern Roman empire is basically reduced to one city left facing the entire strength of the Ottomans, but it's not as one sided per the popular belief. One wrong move and the siege would've ended in a disaster.
Indeed, it is a siege, you never know what is gonna happen. A few blockades before that one were lifted by Timur's attack and Varna crusade.
@@KingsandGenerals Istanbul didn't fall, it was saved from the destruction of the crusades, depraved zealots, etc etc.
Great work as always big fun of the channel. Something to know about future statements on the siege . The name of the church is AGIA SOFIA not HAGIA SOFIA.
Wow, can you believe that’s how a 21-year-old ends an Empire? What a fantastic season finale! I loved every moment!
Yeah
At that point i had call the Byzantines a city state not an empire.
@MELKORBAOUGLIR i know but still constantinople was strong not mainly because of its army as it was known for defeating armies much larger than its it was because of the sea chain and the walls
This can be evidently seen as predecessors of mehmed also attempted to conquer this city state and failed drastically
@@ruxmania First of all, that dude literally did ingenious techniques to conquer constantinople, he was a great scholar and his war against wallachian revolt, including all those guerilla warfare and subduing it with such intensity of ambushes, the capture of ontario and if only he would have lived few years longers, that dude was so close to Bari, Venetians feared him so much that they sent the painter in form of good diplomacy . His close relationship with radu was based and though he painted his portrait, The Quran itself does not prohibit visual representation of any living being. The hadith collection of Sahih Bukhari explicitly prohibits the making of images of living beings, challenging painters to "breathe life" into their images and threatening them with punishment on the Day of Judgment. In Islam, a common practice for portrait shipping is to blur the eyes, nonetheless salafis prohibit it entirely, Mehmed was a maturidi so yeah... by his sect he didn't do something sinful although he did; lastly there's no arabic religion, Islam is religion for all human beings across the world and an arab is no superior to any other being (the bloodline of arabs are better as they are linked to important prophets)
@@ruxmaniacope and seethe
How much have I been waiting for this episode?
Great video keep it up you're doing amazing things 😁👍
Fantastic job on this video! Congrats to everyone involved!
Incredible work by Ege; from the youth of Mehmed to every exhilirating minute of the Fall of Constantinople!
brilliant! Couldn't stop listening!
This is an incredible series. I really hope you guys do all the videos. I’m looking forward to season two and the rise of Selim, the grim Mehmed’s grandson, the conqueror of Egypt he was pretty much the Catherine, the grade of the Ottoman Empire.
Excellent 👌 can't get enough of Ottoman history
This is such an amazing end to the first season! Looking forward to much more with the upcoming seasons. You guys have done such an amazing job with this series and many, many others. For the next season, are you planning to use the same animation style with the maps and battles? It looks great with the style you are using now.
I liked the well orchestrated music in the background
What a way to finish this season. Amazing work. The best series about turkish history ever
Fall of constantinople ❌️ Conquest of constantinople ✅️
The best series in the channel!
As a Muslim Syrian Arab the conquest of Constantinople is one of those great moments in Islamic history that all Muslims from Morocco to Indonesia take pride in alongside the battles of Yarmouk, Qadissiya, Badr, Ain Jalut, and Hittin
The Ottoman Legacy continues to draw admiration and respect among 1.8 billion Muslims even to this day, and we thank you everyone in this channel who worked tirelessly to present and fair and transparent account of Islamic History
Your efforts is always appreciated
Nah, not all Muslims love it, a lot of Arabs today don't like them, for example I am a Yemeni Arab and I don't like them at all, thats why my ancestors resisted the conquest
Allahu Akhbar the khilafah will be re established!
@@TheBassil1991 2 Billion you mean.
like litrel gays they captured when the defenders didnt even had any help from their christian brothers , pride it seems lol. and still was goimg to give up if they didnt find tht 1 mistake
One day it will be called Constantinople again! 🇬🇷✝️🇦🇱
Brilliant vid, keep up the good work.
Thanks!
Love it, what a banger, man, what a last stand
The animations are so good 🤩, I love this series, great work 🥳
Thank you!
Great video and great series, I cant wait for the next season, your Ottoman videos are some of your best!
As one Greek professor said in Netflix series... It was not FALL of Constantinople. Nothing Fell. It was the CONQUEST!
nothing fell because there was nothing to fell
@@celaldemirci956 Yeah watch the Sack of Constantinople from @KingsandGenerals ... It was already grounded. We literally took over and rose it up again.
Yes, netflix, the same source that claimed Cleopatra was black
Surely, she was black 😂 @@andkontos
Doesn’t matter he is a professor, he is still a Greek professor…
Since the release of 2nd battle of Kosovo the wait for this epic seige was worth it.Will wait for season 2.Thank you king and generals, amazing video.
49:36 Ironic note from the fourth crusade
I’m surprised the Romans didn’t exhume the body earlier after retaking the city.
Thank you Kings & Generals for all the wonderful thoughtful informative videos!
Thanks for watching!
No matter how many times i hear or see this account it always hits hard in the feelings
Even for kings and generals. The Romans provided more than half of their content. It is hard to get out of the shadow of the longest lasting state in human history.
This is just amazing... Greetings from Catalonia sir
It’s truly disappointing to see such a reputable history channel make basic mistakes. The first mistake is the false claim that the Ottomans entered the city through an accidentally left-open gate. Eyewitnesses of the siege do not mention anything like this. The Ottomans entered the city following the Janissaries' final assault on the Topkapı walls. The second major error is the story of Ulubatlı Hasan. In reality, no such person existed; his story was fabricated years after the siege of Istanbul. According to Ottoman records, the first person to enter the city was Balaban Çavuş, a Janissary. Later on, due to his Albanian origins, he was assigned by Mehmet II to the Albanian campaign against Skanderbeg
true comment
biased channel unfortunately
Noted
Muslim propagandist detected
@@2MD56 ok bro keep believing that they forgot to lock the door after 2 months of defence :D
I hope you guys will make a vlad dracula vs mehmed ii videos soon
@@debbielungsodaitfllo It’s coming. It’ll be in season 2 of the Ottoman series.
@@northernrebel1402I'm talking about in Kings and generals
@@debbielungsodaitfllo I’m also talking about Kings & Generals. This video concludes season 1 of the Ottoman history series. Mehmed vs Dracula will be in the next season. The videos will come in January.
You guys should make a series about the rise of Lithuania next. Cuz seeing a massive Lithuania in the map makes me and other people want to learn more about it.
" Emperor we can still make it to escape if we leave now "
Constantine XI : I'm going to God my friend. It is my duty ...
*Ceaser, Octavian, Aurelian, Basil II: 🥹🥹🥹
Cringe.
Another amazing vid worth the wait! Can wait for the next season this is my fav series.
What a journey!
Ty for the video, cant wait to see the next episode.
“Present your shield, swords, arrows, and spears to them, imagining that you are a hunting party after wild boars, so that the impious may learn that they are dealing not with dumb animals but with their lords and masters, the descendants of the Hellenes (Greeks) and the Romans”.
(Basileus Constantine’s XI Palaiologos speech in front of his Officers before the final siege of Constantinople)
George Sphrantzes (1401-1478), prominent Byzantine Greek historian and Imperial courtier in the service of the Emperor (primary source - The Fall of the Byzantine Empire 1453)
Where my power reaches, not even your dreams can reach
Fatih Sultan Mehmet Khan
It is the word of Fatih Sultan Mehmet Khan to the Byzantine ambassadors
During a time when things looked particularly bleak for the Revolution, Greek General Theodore Kolokotronis (pre-eminent leader of the Greek War of Independence) asked the British Admiral Hamilton's advice on what the best course of action would be.
Hamilton responded (quite truthfully) that the most prudent thing to do would be to negotiate the Greek surrender with Great Britain guaranteeing for their lives.
“That can never be” responded the General, “We've already pledged Freedom or Death ! Our Basileus (Byzantine Emperor Constantine XI Palaiologos) was slain, he signed no treaty !
Ever since his Guard was always at War with the Turks and two forts remained forever indomitable”.
Hamilton was baffled by this statement. What Basileus, what King? The one who fell in battle 400 years ago?
“What Royal Guard, what forts are you talking about ?” he asked.
Kolokotronis responded “The Guard of our Basileus are those they call Klephts, the forts are Mani and Souli and the mountains”.
Then Hamilton spoke no more...
Excerpt from the notable book “Memoirs of Theodoros Kolokotronis”.
I haven't cried during one of your documentaries before. Today I have
Even pre-Ottoman times Turks always had the zeal of conquering Constantinople; Attila's Huns, a Seljuk-Pecheneg-Tzachas coalition plotted a siege of the city while Kutrigurs, Avars, & Bulgars led by Krum besieged it directly
Besides Seljuks, they weren't turks
@@HolyG.23really :o any sources for your fringe claim ?
Actually Krum died of a cerebral Hemorrhage before he could begin his siege but it’s true he was preparing the largest force the Balkan Bolghars ever mustered to assault the city. Not that he had any chance to win compared to someone like Mehmed.
@@tylerellis9097 The Seljuk coalition would've had the greatest chance out of those attempts with two strong nomadic armies assisted by naval support from Tzachas yet Alexios Komnenos's extraordinary mastermind played em off against eachother not only preventing such siege and prolonging ERE longevity but also changing the Seljuk owned momentum in favor of his state
@@nenenindonu Indeed where Alexios repeatedly failed in battle he repeatedly succeeded in diplomacy. He Lost a devastating battle against the Pechenegs in 1087 at Drista which ironically saw the Pechenegs begin warring with the Cumans over spoils and allow Alexios afterwards to bribe the Cumans to his cause, joining with them to defeat the Pechenegs at Levounion in 1091.
great video as always!
One of the most extraordinary events in history. One of the greatest commanders ever. Sultan Mehmet Fateh Khan 🌹🌟⚔️
Amazing video, like always. Just don't take too much time to release season 2
The Turkish conquest of Constantinople is regarded as the symbolic end of the Middle Ages and the prime indicator for the age of gunpowder warfare, ending and starting eras should be the norm of a visionary like Mehmed the Conqueror
As a Greek i kind of respect him due to the fact that he still called the city as Constantinople(konstantiniyye)
It depends: for southeastern Europe 1453 makes sense as a ending point for the middle ages while in Western Europe around 1500 is a better year
@@Greek.history.enthusiastok, but even respect to the fact that all of Istanbul was not Constantinople, and that all the monuments and architecture visible in the city today don't have a connection to the Byzantine Empire, except for Hagia Sophia, which even the Turks have altered.
@@Xirsiev Roman Constantinople mostly corresponds to the Fatih district (Golden Horn area) of Istanbul, Fatih being the epithet of Mehmed II
@@Greek.history.enthusiast thank you greek friend and same with Turks greeks oldest rivarly them and same wirh alliance happening during Gokturk khaganete tong yabgu alliance on byzantines heraclius against the persian sasanian or The huns and the avars other turkic empires fighting for decades for romans.
Thanks I was waiting for this for 2 mknths
Fun fact the current name Istanbul is a nickname the Byzantine Greeks would use for their city Constantinople, the ottomans adopted the nickname from the Greeks and renamed it Istanbul after the Greek nickname.
The root of “Istanbul” is 'stinpolis' in Greek, and it means a form of the phrase “to the city”. The city - in reference - is the city within city walls.
No u r wrong it’s Turkish it comes from “islambul “ means state of muslims
No.İstan mean is Land in Central Asia Turkic languages.Bul is mean find in turkish language. Istan-bul it is a mean: Find to home Land.
Name of Istanbul was used in the later stages of the Ottoman Empire and was officially adopted in the Republic era. Ottomans called it Konstantinyye for most of their history.
The city is over 2700 years old, the Ottoman Empire only had it for 400 of those years.
700 BC - Byzantium
300 AD - Constantinople after king Constantine
1900 AD - Istanbul.
The name «εις στην πόλ» means “to the city” “the city”, there is writings of Greeks referring to the city as this colloquially as far back as 1100 AD.
This is 350 years prior to Mehmet or any Turk entering western Anatolia
@@Kleftis Ottoman Empire owned city İstanbul 465 years plus Turkiye has 102 years has a Istanbul.
Considering how outnumbered and vulnerably positioned they were, it's amazing they held out as long as they did during the siege. Brutal and astounding feats by both sides. This wasn't the one-sided battle I'd always been led to understand it was. Thank you for so much detailed information. I also never knew how much involvement Chios had in this chapter of history; a very long and close friend of the family is from Chios, and returned to live there after retiring.