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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.
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!!!
@@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!
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.
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.
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!
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.
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.
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
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
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,...
Peter the Great did the same thing and 1721 after declaring himself emperor and autocrat of Russia, after which he would turn, his armies, southward towards the ottoman, empire does begins the main point of the Russo Turkish war, which would result in otter ottoman decline in Russia, would turn out to be the Ottoman empire’s greatest rival, wiping their armies out on land and sea, and conquering much of their territories.
@@sidp5381 Rusya baltacı Mehmet paşanın skyle Katarinanın amnn heykelini dikip önünde saygıyla eğilmesi gerekir çünkü rusya ve ruslar varlığını bunlara borçludur yoksa Baltacı Mehmet paşa çoktan rusları tarih sayfasına gömdüydü
While Mehmed II's mostly credited for his conquest of Constantinople. He also conquered many other key regions such as Crimea, Morea, Trebizond, Otranto,...
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.
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!
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.
Jonbaxter- Türkler çok çabuk organize olabilen nadir ulus milletlerden biridir Kurt sürüsü gibi birlikte hareket ederler İyi bir liderleri varsa asla kaybetmezler savaş ve operasyon zamanında her taktiği kullanırlar mecbur kalmazlar ise asla geri çekilmezler düşmanı önce psikolojik olarak yenerler bir nevi manipülasyon ustalarıdır ve iyi savaşçılar çıkar ordu-millet geleneği olduğu için disiplinsizlik asla kabul edilmez çok büyük suçtur hangi ulusun askerine size taarruzu değil ölmeyi emrediyorum diyebilirsin Türklere bunu söylediğin an tereddüt bile etmezler ölüme koşarak giderler ve imha ederler Türk töresinde ayak basılan her yer vatan toprağı kabul edilir . Kanla alınan kanla geri verilir olayımız bu sana bu satırları konstantınapol kral kapısını gören evimden yazıyorum surlar hala sağlam ve gösterişli .
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.
@@demetres6113 It has been 900 years ago! Were all mixed now.
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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 !
Amazing video Kings and Generals definitely worth the wait Sidenote for anyone wondering theres a game called Lines of Battle featuring battles like these
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.
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.
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
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
Just to elaborate on the fratricide law, in Turkish tradition, a king cannot choose his successor. That is God's prerogative. Only he chooses kings and blesses a leader with power. The law stated that fratricide was "appropriate", not a mandate. The rhetoric and justification behind the law at the time was, "should one family suffer or a whole country?"
@@17-MASY Nobody did like it, ever. Here is a typical scene from any historical Turkish tv series. Two teenager boys are playing, having time of their lives in a medieval palace garden. Suddenly the younger one pops the question, “you won’t kill me when you become sultan, will you bro?” “No brother, why… I mean never…” And everybody knows, he will have to.
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.
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
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.
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.
“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”.
One of the most thrilling historical novels set in the Byzantine Greek Empire during the last Siege of Constantinople, is “The Dark Angel” (original title Johannes Angelos), of prominent Finnish writer, Mika Waltari. Truly epic.
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There is no Byzantine Greek Empire. It's a modern bullshit term made up by some idiot German historian. It was the Eastern Roman Empire.
They use it as a distinction between the two as they two empires essentially split politically, military and religiously through their empire. One was orthodox and spoke greek, one was Roman Catholic and spoke Latin. They also did not recognise one another as legitimate from 1054. The term Byzantine comes from the local inhabitants and the original name of Constantinople was Byzantium and was build back in 700 BC by greek tribes from Megara.
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 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.
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.
@@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.
just watched the original because of another yt channel keleven and searched then found ur original one then i scrolled and found this lol. Great improvement in quality and narration
@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)
I really like this channel but there are lots of wrong informations in the video. 1-) Şehzade Ahmed's death is not certain. Some sources claim he was executed by Mehmed II and some other sources claim that he was executed by one of Mehmed II's commander without Mehmed's knowledge while he was out of the city due to a battle. If it's not certain you should point it out. 2-) Many of the sources claim that the cannon which destroyed Constantinoples was designed by Mehmed II himself. Not by Orban. 3-) Many of the sources claim the Orban is a fictional character such as Hasan from Ulubat who has been mentioned in the video and take a huge part of Turkish conquest stories. 4-) Not even single one source claim that soldiers of Constantiople forgot to lock the door. This was made up by a guy who was in Constantinople during the siege after many years of the siege. Imagine that you defend a city for 2 months and forget to lock a door and loose the city :D That was obviously made up to reduce the effect of the conquest of Constantinople. Next time please try to read all the sources. Thank you for the video.
Here's the thing about Fatih, neither his father's advisors and bureaucrats nor the Byzantines themselves thought much of him but he soon showed himself to be a brilliant strategist.
One can see an example of his maturity as a strategist when after defeating the Karamanids instead of triggering a premature, and likely unwinnable, war with the mamluks by annexing their buffer state of the karamanids Mehmet instead opts to extracting the lighter price of annexing two border towns the Karamanids so he can solely focus on the Byzantines whom he had isolated through diplomacy.
Also,if I remember correctly from your previous videos on the fall of Constantinople,the cannons took at least 3 hours to reload,thus allowing the city's defenders to repair any damage done to the walls
Noe in your previous video on this subject, you said that Constantine tried using Orhan as leverage to end his vassalage to the Ottomans. Now you're saying that he tried using Orhan to extedct tribute from the Ottomans, which was ballsy given that Constantine wasn't exactly in a position to be making any kind of demands. So which is it?
Both. Earlier, there was a hope that Orhan can be brought to power, but as Mehmet consolidated his authority, that stopped being a possibility. The tribute was presented as "your prince is here, send hotel moneys, please". Even though Mehmet was confident in his authority, an Ottoman prince in the wild might have led to some rebellion.
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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.
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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.
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
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!
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.
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 !
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!!!
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.
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
Such was the end of the Roman empire. Not the pitiful whimper that was 476, but instead the bang of 1453.
....damn
34:29 the note on the bottom left shows that Mehmet was truly one of the greatest leaders!
He was 21 years old when he get constantinople.
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
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 🤣
Thank you Ege Gunes from Ottoman History Hub for producing this series. Gratefull for you man 🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳
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,...
Peter the Great did the same thing and 1721 after declaring himself emperor and autocrat of Russia, after which he would turn, his armies, southward towards the ottoman, empire does begins the main point of the Russo Turkish war, which would result in otter ottoman decline in Russia, would turn out to be the Ottoman empire’s greatest rival, wiping their armies out on land and sea, and conquering much of their territories.
@@sidp5381 Rusya baltacı Mehmet paşanın skyle Katarinanın amnn heykelini dikip önünde saygıyla eğilmesi gerekir çünkü rusya ve ruslar varlığını bunlara borçludur yoksa Baltacı Mehmet paşa çoktan rusları tarih sayfasına gömdüydü
Russians are a plagiarism of Europe in everything😑
Plagiarism in Russian
this has been an amazing journey.thank you kings and generals for this amazing series
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..."_*
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
Well researched & produced series to all involved in the K&G team.
Thank you!
Ottoman series is something really wonderful keep going on it please 🔥
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.
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!
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.
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!
watched the whole ottoman series it was amazing ! you gained a new subscriber. cant wait for the upcoming videos
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
Holy moly50 min! Your are amazing guys!
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.
Jonbaxter- Türkler çok çabuk organize olabilen nadir ulus milletlerden biridir Kurt sürüsü gibi birlikte hareket ederler
İyi bir liderleri varsa asla kaybetmezler savaş ve operasyon zamanında her taktiği kullanırlar mecbur kalmazlar ise
asla geri çekilmezler düşmanı önce psikolojik olarak yenerler bir nevi manipülasyon ustalarıdır ve iyi savaşçılar çıkar
ordu-millet geleneği olduğu için disiplinsizlik asla kabul edilmez çok büyük suçtur hangi ulusun askerine size taarruzu değil ölmeyi emrediyorum diyebilirsin
Türklere bunu söylediğin an tereddüt bile etmezler ölüme koşarak giderler ve imha ederler Türk töresinde ayak basılan her yer vatan toprağı kabul edilir .
Kanla alınan kanla geri verilir olayımız bu sana bu satırları konstantınapol kral kapısını gören evimden yazıyorum surlar hala sağlam ve gösterişli .
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.
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
Amazing video Kings and Generals definitely worth the wait
Sidenote for anyone wondering theres a game called Lines of Battle featuring battles like these
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
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?
47:17 that moment! 🔥 Great video, Love 'kings & generals' from Bangladesh🇧🇩! ❤
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.
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
Brilliant work. Learned more than 10 years in school. Sağ olun!
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😝
Excellent and Dramatic Video. Well Done!
i love this channel so much !!
Thanks!
Thank you for the good video it was full of information I hope people enjoy it as well
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
Oh finally! Been waiting so long for this! Thank you K&G!
The most waited episode of the series. Get ready for some comment wars
Fantastic job on this video! Congrats to everyone involved!
Just to elaborate on the fratricide law, in Turkish tradition, a king cannot choose his successor. That is God's prerogative. Only he chooses kings and blesses a leader with power.
The law stated that fratricide was "appropriate", not a mandate. The rhetoric and justification behind the law at the time was, "should one family suffer or a whole country?"
and i mean, it worked
I get it, but I still don't like it.
@@17-MASY Nobody did like it, ever.
Here is a typical scene from any historical Turkish tv series. Two teenager boys are playing, having time of their lives in a medieval palace garden. Suddenly the younger one pops the question, “you won’t kill me when you become sultan, will you bro?”
“No brother, why… I mean never…”
And everybody knows, he will have to.
@@erhanozaydin853 I see..
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.
Wow long one! Excited to watch! Been dreading this video though. 😢
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 👍🏼...
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
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.
How much have I been waiting for this episode?
Who needs movie when you have K&G long videos❤
Ty for the video, cant wait to see the next episode.
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.
Another amazing vid worth the wait! Can wait for the next season this is my fav series.
“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”.
The best series in the channel!
One of the most thrilling historical novels set in the Byzantine Greek Empire during the last Siege of Constantinople, is “The Dark Angel” (original title Johannes Angelos), of prominent Finnish writer, Mika Waltari.
Truly epic.
There is no Byzantine Greek Empire. It's a modern bullshit term made up by some idiot German historian. It was the Eastern Roman Empire.
They use it as a distinction between the two as they two empires essentially split politically, military and religiously through their empire.
One was orthodox and spoke greek, one was Roman Catholic and spoke Latin. They also did not recognise one another as legitimate from 1054.
The term Byzantine comes from the local inhabitants and the original name of Constantinople was Byzantium and was build back in 700 BC by greek tribes from Megara.
All true mate.
@@Theodoros_KolokotronisTURKS tolerate greeks how bad idea on?
Doesn’t make sense buddy.
Brilliant vid, keep up the good work.
Thanks!
Thank you!
What a way to finish this season. Amazing work. The best series about turkish history ever
Love it, what a banger, man, what a last stand
brilliant! Couldn't stop listening!
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.
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.
Excellent 👌 can't get enough of Ottoman history
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.
great video as always!
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
The animations are so good 🤩, I love this series, great work 🥳
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 and great series, I cant wait for the next season, your Ottoman videos are some of your best!
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.
just watched the original because of another yt channel keleven and searched then found ur original one then i scrolled and found this lol. Great improvement in quality and narration
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
This is just amazing... Greetings from Catalonia sir
Great video keep it up you're doing amazing things 😁👍
Amazing video, like always. Just don't take too much time to release season 2
I really like this channel but there are lots of wrong informations in the video.
1-) Şehzade Ahmed's death is not certain. Some sources claim he was executed by Mehmed II and some other sources claim that he was executed by one of Mehmed II's commander without Mehmed's knowledge while he was out of the city due to a battle. If it's not certain you should point it out.
2-) Many of the sources claim that the cannon which destroyed Constantinoples was designed by Mehmed II himself. Not by Orban.
3-) Many of the sources claim the Orban is a fictional character such as Hasan from Ulubat who has been mentioned in the video and take a huge part of Turkish conquest stories.
4-) Not even single one source claim that soldiers of Constantiople forgot to lock the door. This was made up by a guy who was in Constantinople during the siege after many years of the siege. Imagine that you defend a city for 2 months and forget to lock a door and loose the city :D That was obviously made up to reduce the effect of the conquest of Constantinople.
Next time please try to read all the sources. Thank you for the video.
Thanks I was waiting for this for 2 mknths
Here's the thing about Fatih, neither his father's advisors and bureaucrats nor the Byzantines themselves thought much of him but he soon showed himself to be a brilliant strategist.
One can see an example of his maturity as a strategist when after defeating the Karamanids instead of triggering a premature, and likely unwinnable, war with the mamluks by annexing their buffer state of the karamanids Mehmet instead opts to extracting the lighter price of annexing two border towns the Karamanids so he can solely focus on the Byzantines whom he had isolated through diplomacy.
@@BoredRanter-oy9ggWhat about the Hungarians and Serbians even Poland from Varna?
Everyone is gangster until Mehmed || transport his ships through the forest😂😂 what a grandmaster!
What a journey!
I haven't cried during one of your documentaries before. Today I have
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.
Excellent work 🎩
Men of culture, we meet again to unite in mourning 😥
Also,if I remember correctly from your previous videos on the fall of Constantinople,the cannons took at least 3 hours to reload,thus allowing the city's defenders to repair any damage done to the walls
Incredible work by Ege; from the youth of Mehmed to every exhilirating minute of the Fall of Constantinople!
That's the video I've been waiting fot.
Noe in your previous video on this subject, you said that Constantine tried using Orhan as leverage to end his vassalage to the Ottomans.
Now you're saying that he tried using Orhan to extedct tribute from the Ottomans, which was ballsy given that Constantine wasn't exactly in a position to be making any kind of demands.
So which is it?
Both. Earlier, there was a hope that Orhan can be brought to power, but as Mehmet consolidated his authority, that stopped being a possibility. The tribute was presented as "your prince is here, send hotel moneys, please". Even though Mehmet was confident in his authority, an Ottoman prince in the wild might have led to some rebellion.
Really loved this detailed episode, very informative ❤❤❤