Democracies are shorter lived and have equally if not more catastrophic collapses and all societies collapse or decline but the degree does vary but we’ll see by how much.
Step 4 also has a chance of reformation and start the cycle again (see the Eastern Roman Empire). In the Ottoman's case, its stagnation lasted longer than most thanks to a strong bureaucracy and constant reformation.
@Kişisel Gelişim after all u took them from Christians but later this group became it's own factor and was enough worthy and strong and respected so it could do this and that without the Sultans approval. I've read a book on a Bulgarian writer called Tokoraz Isto (its from Bulgarian so it would mean the one who tells history). Its really interesting. About two brothers where 1 becomes a high level commander as a Jenesarrie and then the other becomes a Voevoda (Rebel). The first 1 considered the Messiah or Islamic verison and second 1 being top fighter in the Empire. Interesting. I hope some day the book gets translated.
@Kişisel Gelişim Didn't Sipahis fight against the janissaries and eventually took part in dismantling them then they gave up their position and disbanded after the sultan asked them as part of the late ottoman army reforms they were loyal as fuck! they are hardly mentioned the only history youtuber I've seen mention them is Kings and Generals 2 types of Sipahis are mentioned by him, the Kapikulu Sipahi and the Timarli Sipahis Timarli were Turkish Landowners i think
@Kişisel Gelişim Öyle bir şey yok kardeşim yanlış bilen sensin, diğer arkadaşın dediği doğru. Tımarlı Sipahiler farklı Kapıkulu sipahileri farklı birlikler oluyor. Senin dediğin Tımarlı Sipahiler oluyor Türk ağırlıklı olan, Kapıkulu Sipahileri devşirme kökenli olanlardır. Tımarlı Sipahiler 1600'lere doğru bozulmuşlardı ve pek hükümleri kalmamıştı, bu celali isyancıları eski Tımarlı Sipahilerdir. Kapıkulu Sipahileri'de en güçlü falan değildi, en isyankar olanlar onlardı ve genelde Yençeriler tarafından isyanları bastırılıyordu. Yemişçi Hasan Paşa'yı oku veya Beylerbeyi Vakasını. 4.Murad'a da en fazla sıkıntı çıkaran yine Kapıkulu Sipahileridir. Yeniçeriler'in desteğini alan Sipahileri tokatlar hükmünü kurardı iki tarafında desteğini alamayan tahttan veya vezirliğinden olurdu. Ha son gülen Sipahiler oldu, Yeniçerilerin kaldırılışında büyük rolleri oldu.
@@arishemghoul9571 He saw the problems within the empire.For example he was about to strengthen anatolian provinces and create a new army (janissaries disliked this idea) he had a lot of plans about internal problems etc
@@arishemghoul9571 jannisarries were innovative for the history of warfare during the foundation and rising eras of the empire, they were elite soldiers and personal guards of the emperor himself. They were less in number and consist of converted christian children who were taken as slaves. As time goes by they became too powerful, traditionalist rather than innovative, disobedient, and in larger numbers. They were not personal guards anymore they became main combatants in the battlefield but they have lost the things that made them elite unit. II.Ahmet wanted to form a modern army using contemporary weapons and tactics instead of jannisarries' traditional ones. He wanted this army to be like 18.century European armys which are disciplined, fighting in lines, commanded by graduates of cadet schools instead of statemen and uses firearms and bayonets instead of swords and arrows.
fun fact: habsburgs and safavids had a pact, when ottomans attacked one of them the other would attack the ottomans from the other side to relieve the pressure.
Like the pact the Ottomans and the French had against Austria. And the Habsburg Countries Austria and Spain against France. Some country is always being sandwiched, if it's not an island or peninsula.
@@AnatolianHittite about fun fact number 2. fun fact number 1: they were persianized turks like current azeris. fun fact number 2: they were turkic not turkish.
@@PrinceOfParthia74 You're better than most Iranian bigot.I met someone who even called the Timur or Uyghur is Iranian.Shah İsmail was not persian.The language of palace and army was Azeri Turkish.Iran has been ruled many times by non-iranians.Seljuk Turks,Ilhans,Umayyad etc.
Turkish peoples couldn't be Jannissaries.If anyone want to Janissaries in Ottoman he shouldn't have been Turkish.Janissaries when they child they were christians.
That was in the early stages of the ottoman empire. But that changed drastically in the later periods when turks were also allowed to join. You can see that their numbers grew a lot by doing that.
@@erwinrommmel2456 well considering Nizam-i-cedid was the one who *supposed* to be better than Janissery, I think they really want to keep their head attached to their body
@@mertkaraoglu8201 There were Turkish janissaries too. After the 16th century, the devshirme system changed, and Muslim born kids could become a janissary.
Exactly! And endless defeats to Russia and the massacre of Bulkan people and Armenians. That's pretty much how people see the Ottoman Empire. I mean even this video is very very general and didn't cover a lot of important factors in the stagnation period (like Kosem's rule, the corrupt Pashas and Janissaries and also the Koprulu era).
@Galacticos Galatias The Koprulu era is a period in Ottoman history from 1656 to 1683, in which three very powerful and capable Pashas from the Koprulu family were Grand Viziers. The first one, Mehmed Pasha Koprulu, then his son Fazil Ahmed Koprulu, then Mehmed's adopted son Kara Mustafa Pasha. During this time the empire regained its strength and reached a peak similar to that during Suleiman The Magnificent's time.
@Galacticos Galatias Oh boy you have a lot to learn my friend 😂😅 Yes, and no. During Murad IV's reign, the empire managed to temporarily stabilize itself and the army kind of reached the same discipline that was during Suleiman's rule. Unfortunately Murad can only do so much, and died just 8 years later at the age of 27. Had he lived for more he would have undoubtedly taken the empire to the complete height achieved during Suleiman's rule, but nevertheless, he suppressed all the revolts, stabilized the empire and retook Baghdad. Unfortunately his successor, Ibrahim, was far more weaker than him, and I'll cut it short and just say he completely wasted all of Murad's effort and took the empire back to its status before Murad. Then, there were three years of chaos after removing Ibrahim and ultimately assassinating him from 1648 to 1651. During this time, the Janissaries, corrupt Pashas and Kosem ruled the empire and almost took it to the brink of collapse, and the empire almost went bankrupt as a result of the war with Venice. Kosem wanted to kill Ibrahim's 6 year old son (who is also her grandson) and replace him with another grandson whose mother is "more controllable". Ultimately, Mehmed's mother Sultana Turhan found out about the plot and ordered the assassination of Kosem. A bloodbath in Topkapi happened and the Ottoman Empire finally got rid of the cancerous Kosem who almost doomed the empire with her twisted plots and lust for power. Then, Turhan searched for a powerful figure to lead the empire and guide her son. That man was Mehmed Pasha Koprulu who became Grand Vizier in 1656. He was inspired by Murad IV and liked the way he dealt with the rebels, so naturally, Koprulu was pretty much as ruthless as Murad and managed to get rid of every corrupt man in the empire and executed all the rebels, as well as adding all the wealth of the corrupt Pashas to the empire's treasury, saving the empire from bankruptcy. Then he dealt with the Venetian war and broke the siege Venice imposed on the Dardanelles. Mehmed Koprulu died in 1661 leaving a strong empire behind him and was succeeded by his son Fazil Ahmed Pasha who was even better. Ahmed won a war against Austria in 1663 and captured new lands for the first time since Suleiman's time. He then captured the last fortress in Crete and ended the war defeating the Venetians in 1669. He also lead a campaign against Poland and annexed Podolia, the Cossack region as well as various parts of Ukraine. He was then succeeded in 1672 by his half-brother and close friend Kara Mustafa Pasha, who was as brilliant as him, but a bit cocky and arrogant. Nevertheless, the empire continued to threaten and annoy the European countries, and really achieved the strength it had during Suleiman's time. Kara managed to come to an agreement with Poland and Russia on how to divide the Cossack regions in Ukraine, and broke a war with Austria again and managed to defeat them and take Upper Hungary in the end of 1682(modern Slovakia). That was a massive blow for Austria but Kara wanted more, in 1683 he prepared for the siege of Vienna and lead the army without consulting the Sultan (yes, the Sultan didn't know his army was going to Vienna and had he knew he wouldn't have authorized it). And the rest as you know is history....
@@umurbugday2766 I'm not saying it's real, I'm just saying that's a stereotype everyone says about the Ottoman Empire without even looking at the history of it.
@@UnitedNationsSecretariat it really doesn't look at the enlightenment,islamic golden age, indian golden age. Look at secular states now: Us,France Have you seen the state of those countries. All these social issues and divisions among the people a common religion unites people of different ethnic groups. Ethnic wars are the most brutal and mostly involve genocide
ahah. today most of the turkish people drinking tea like brits but with a different way and i'm pretty sure if there is a ban on tea atm whole nation would revolt now.
After the conquest era ended, the empires should've evolved. The people should've focused on science and technology, if they don't want to end up like Argentina
@@ivokantarski6220 Military bases isn't a sign of conquest. The US military are mercenaries that provide military equipment, training and protection for other countries
@@containedhurricane stop it mate these troops are troops of the Amerikan empire. Technically it's not an empire but rly has most of the signs of being an empire. Btw it does support european colonialism today
You missed the elephant in the room, the vast wealth brought into Catholic Europe from Spain and its New World conquest. In this period, Europe was ruled by the Spanish Hapsburgs, and gold and silver flooded Latin Christendom.
As a Turkish person I learned that I have to pronounce Ivan Nagy as Ivan 'Nodj'. Is that pronunciation the same in this case? Merry Christmas and greetings to the grandsons of Atilla :)
There are some missing parts. The Stagnation started after Suleiman's son Selim II's death. Selim's son Murad III was a weak guy and dependant to his mother's influence (It was the start of the sultanate of women). The one keeping empire strong was grandvizier Sokullu Mehmed Pasha. He fought against corrupted officers backed by Sultan's mother but after his assasination, corrupted officals took power. Bribery, corruption, unfair treatment of Timar system, unnecessary campaings on Safavids and lack of tecnological developments in military and foreign effects (New Continent, changing trade routes) did a huge impact. Start of long Habsburg-Ottoman war was beggining of trouble. After Murad III's death, his son Mehmed III's reign was mostly chaotic. Him killing his 19 brother was already a bad start and long war took its price, civil uprisings caused big problems and last impact was Safavid attack. Mehmed III was dependent on his mother too and because of his mother's influence and some military unrest he was a paranoid man. He executed his eldest heir Mahmud because of suspicion, after that incident he didn't live longer. His second eldest son Ahmed I throned after these events. He was the first child emperor, he didn't killed his mentally ill brother, because of not having a heir or his mother's influence. After he have sons he still spared him. Reason is not clear, it could be his love for his brother, his favorite consort's influuence or officers convinced him that his mentaly ill brother couldn't be a treat for his son. During his rule long Habsburg-Ottoman war ended. It was tecnically a victory but not a bright one. Ottoman mainly focused on uprisings and Safaids. Safaids were victorious and gained territories back they lost during Murad III era. Most important event was ending uprisings that caused too much civil unrest.
Why Every empires in history only good and rise by first 5 to 10 leaders and the rest start to begin corruption and put puppets as a leader that makes empires poweless
Fun fact, an Albanian named Sami Frasheri 🇦🇱 was the first man to make the French-Turkish (1882) and Turkish-French (1884) dictionary, an Arabic language dictionary (1898) and a two volume Ottoman Turkish dictionary (1899-1901) along with a six volume 🇦🇱
@Çağlar Özgür He was actually against ottoman empire and pro Albanian independence at the time along with his brother Naim Frasheri. These 2 are also known to make the best Albanian poems
@Çağlar Özgür in turkish they call him that but his Albanian real name is sami frasheri. I already know a lot about him he was very influential in educating turks and arabs on their own language and others like French as well.
@Çağlar Özgür ottomans were turk oppressors. Albanians were never ottoman, we fight with ottoman for freedom. The ottomans were evil because they did not let us learn our own language in schools and instead of good education the ottomans made us read quran and muslim stuff. I like secular turks because they hated the ottoman system as well
Very small fraction of Turks (Beylik of Ottoman) defeated entire europe, middle east, iran and north africa, caucasus ukraine and russia. Just wow! What if all those lil turkic fractions united!!!
@@cyrusa-ww3ib yes of course you have always been rulled by Turks (seljuks, timurids etc) until very recently. So why shocked??? Persia has been piece of cake for Turks, the weakest!
@@lifeneverends7068 Have Iran always been ruled by Turks? The Achaemedin, Parthian, Sassanid, Sammanid, Saffarid, Safavid, Zand and Pahlavi dynasty are all Iranian Iranian dynasties. The Qajar and Afsharids were were Iranian Turks and and are still Iranian dynasties. In the other hand there have been many Turkic dynasties which became Persinized like the Sultanate of Rum.
@@lifeneverends7068 The Seljuqs, Timurids, Khwarazmian and Ghaznavids were just one part of the Iranian history. The Safavid were Iranian, they called themself Iranians and saw their empire as Iran. They were culturally Iranian and saw themself as the next in line of the Sassanids. The Afsharids were Turks but they were Iranian Turks and saw their empire as an Iranian empire. A Turk which see his empire as Iran and himself as the ruler of Iran concludes that the dynasty was an Iranian dynasty. A Iranian Turk ruling Iran does not change the fact that he still is Iranian. But like I said nearly no Iranian empire was in a significant way culturally Turkish yet there are multiple Turkic dynasties which became Persinized.
Ottomans fought against Holy Roman Empire, Russians, Commonwealth, Venice, and Pope at the same time after a failed siege, which caused a serious amount of military weakness. But still 16 years were required to defeat them. And this happened in 1683-1699 years which is in the stagnation period of Ottoman Empire. So in the Rule of Suleiman the Magnificent, Ottomans were almost unbeatable in a defensive war even if all of Europe would be involved in a coalition.
Because Ottomans are bigger than the other empires so obviously they have more resources and other European countries were also at war with each other, not just the Ottomans.
2.Osman had plans to disband the Janissaries and form a new army out of Turkish soldiers in Anatolia. He also planned to move the capital to Anatolia as well. Before he could go to Anatolia and muster a new army to end the Janissaries, they killed 2.Osman and installed 1.Mustafa also known as Mustafa the Mad (Deli Mustafa) due to his psychological problems.
I hope you’re not using public education to school people lol. Public education is usually government propaganda excluding the essential courses; math, applied sciences and literature.
the melodious music in background at 09:44 is created by legendry musician of India late Naushad for tv series the sword of tipu sultan (one of finest)
He closed their coffee shops? Damn little harsh don't you think? Hahaha you can close our bars and brothels, but damn it don't you dare close our coffee shops😂😂😂
*Mehmet III* Sultan Mehmet III. 0:52 _sponsored by The Great Courses Plus_ 1:59 A Third Front. *Ahmed I* 2:17 Ahmed I 2:56 Ottoman-Savafid War 3:29 1605 *Mustafa and Halim* 5:45 *Osman II* 6:09 Treaties. 6:48 Blaming Janissaries for military Inadequacy. *Morab IV* 7:55 September 1623. A Beacon of Hope. 8:16 Heavy Handed Brutality. 10:04 *Memeh IV* 10:18 10:43 The Battle of Vienna, 1683. The Ottomans suffered a Devestating defeat against The Polish-Lithuanian Holy League. 11:40 Recapture of Belgrade 1690 *Ahmed II* 12:30 Heavily reliant on his advisors. Death in 1695. *Mustafa II* 13:13 Victory and Defeat. 1699 Treaty of Carlavitz 1670 Treaty of Constantinople. Russia's Capture of Azov.
Ahmed’s biggest unfortunate was her grandmother Safiye Sultans role in ottoman politics during the reign of Ahmed’s father Mehmed III. There were always corrupt pashas and aghas in ottoman divan but Safiye bring it to another level and because of that Ahmed took over a corrupt state pashas weren’t met the criteria because they earned their positions by bribing the old Valide sultan Safiye. Safiye also was very active in foreign politics she had close ties with Venice and she was a letter friend with Queen Elizabeth I.
The most mistake of the Ottomans that they conquered to many areas and extended so much land . So it was the so hard to led entire lands by the one capital .
The biggest mistake of the Ottomans was the fratricide, which was banned during the reign of Ahmed I, and the corruption of the timar system. These two events prepared the collapse of the Ottoman Empire.
Possibly. He lived during the 30 years war. 1618-1648. During that time AFAIK Habsburg payed for peace. Yes possibly easier near the end of his live when the 30 years war had destroyed Germany. But earlier like in 1623 he would have sent troops into a totally militarised country not weakened yet. p.s. The Germans had set aside their internal wars in 1529 also.
Why i say he could have taken vienna was because he was young aggressive powerful and was lucky to be alive many of his family members were murdered in palace intrigues and growing up his mother ruled and the first thing he did was to remove his mother from power and the powerful Grand Vizier's and once done he solidified his control of the empire with new laws and crushed rebellions and then he was the first sultan in nearly 100 years to lead his army to victory reconquering iraq and parts of armenia and western iran his experienced generals failed initially but he didnt he distilled a presence on the battlefield he led from the front and was powerfully built(wielding a 60kg mace) fearless this drew respect from his soldiers including the unruly jannissaries all at a young age he had just concluded the peace with Saffavids and was turning his attention to Europe now his soldiers would not turn and flee with such a sultan leading them he put discipline not only in his soldiers but the entire empire Alchohal/drugs/coffee houses were all shut down by him and if anyone disobeyed they could be killed on the spot this was a sultan who wanted to shake up the empire and reinvigorate it sadly he died at just 26 i strongly believe he was the true last great ottoman sultan he needed more time he could have done more
@@salzx5196 Maybe - maybe not. You do not see all the problems during the Ottoman-Habsburg wars. The Sublime Porte never fully understood them either. Vienna was always at the edge of the strategic reach of the Timariot cavalryman from Anatolia whose service started in spring. Each mile West meant shorter time on the battlefield. But that is the lesser problem. Vienna was always in Germany not only in the realm of the Habsburg dynasty with whom the Ottoman dynasty wared for Hungary and other territories for many centuries. The German estates did not pay for the Habsburg cause and their private wars with the Ottomans - unless German interests were affected. After that it would take some time before the German estates would have voted on war taxes. But once the Turks had ridden through the border to Germany in an obscure river that did not even make the bellies of their horses wet - they had attacked Germany and the Germans. After that money and troops were allocated from the whole of the Holy Roman Empire of the east Franconian kings. And that stretched from Italy in the south until the North sea and the Baltic sea in the North and East. So eventually troops would arrive from Holland, Brandenburg ... Most of the time France was the partner and ally of the Ottomans - so the Germans usually fought a two front war. During Murad IV's reign Germany and Central Europe fought internal religious wars. Most notably the German 30 years war - 1618 - 1648. Between the Vienna attacks of 1529 and 1683 the Central Europeans developed their pike and shot tactics into a combined arms tactic that proved superior to Turkish numbers in the 1683-1699 war. An attack by Murad IV would have stopped the 30 years war that had weakened Germany and the Habsburgs prior to the 1683-1699 war. He would have send troops into a highly militarised wasps nest that had already developed the combined arms tactics. But AFAIK Murad IV would have been also in a two front war with the Iranian Safavids between 1623-1639. After 1500 the economic power of the Ottoman empire shrunk in comparison with Europe. There was a plague so...
@@selcukbagriacik9518 yes :) - guess You mean the same - I also gave a hardy laugh when i found the passage over the border between Habsburg Hungary and the Habsburg German possessions. Water does not reach to the belly of a horse, normally. Imagine You ride through 70 cm of water and cause a world war in 1529 or 1683. p.s. Since before 1529 the Title of German Emperor was mostly honorary. How could the omnipotent Padishah an Caliph know. It was plain funny after all that time. :D
2:16 I noticed that Ankara was on the map of 1600's - 1700's anatolia. Ankara would have been an extremely minor settlement at that time, for all intents and purposes, it wouldn't have existed.
🇦🇱 Fun fact, After Skenderbeg died of malaria sultan Mehmet the conquerer said " Europe has lost their sword and shield" and also " There will never be another a greater lion like Skenderbeg " which just shows how powerful Albania was to Europe and the ottomans at the time of Skenderbeg 🇦🇱💪
Fun fact, Enver pashas mum was albanian 🇦🇱, Ataturk father was THOUGHT to be of Albanian origin, Hayreddin barbarossa was Albanian and also grand vizier Ayas Mehmet pasha family were Albanian, Mehmet Akif Ersoy the writer of National anthem of Turkey had an Albanian father . Anddd last but not least, Muhammad Ali Pasha who took control of the entire lands of Egypt during ottoman rule was also an Albanian. There are many more Albanian contributors in the world that people still don't know about 🇦🇱
Also One of the greatest Pope in Vatican was Albanian Origin Papa Clement XI origjinal name Giovanni Francesco Albani with Origin from Northern Albania 🇦🇱
WHAT THE FUCK ATATURKS FATHER WASNT AN ALBANIAN?!?! Enver Pasha, his mother yes his father is disputed he was either a Gagauz Turk or an Albanian. Sure for Mehmet Ali Pasha too but Ataturks father was from the village of Kodzazik in Macedonia. His father came to Salonica at the age of 7. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kod%C5%BEad%C5%BEik They even made a replica of his fathers family house there in the village! Kodzazik village is even today has only Turkish population. They were Turkmens that were placed there by the Ottomans from Aydin, Soke. His mother side too was from a very rooted Turkish family called Hacisofular, originally from Konya. Sure they must have mixed with the local population just like every Balkan Turk but that is that.
Ottoman Empire is weird as hell. The sultan is a Muslim slav, the “king’s mother” a Christian sex slave, the janissary a group of teen eunuch slaves, the population mostly Greek, Persian, Arab, and Anatolian. The only thing Turkic about it is the administrative language and even that’s quite different from the original Turkic language
The downfall of the Ottoman empire was when Sultan Suleiman killed his 1st born prince Mustafa. After this the strong line of legendary Ottoman rulers became weak puppet Sultans.
@@ivokantarski6220 because Prince Mustafa was loved by all the army most of the generals and the people. Prince Mustafa was going to be the 11th legendary Ottoman Sultan in a row.
Every time you deliver nicely...I did to a vidéo about thé Ottoman Wahhabi Saudi War 1811-1818 in my Channel...are you going to make one about that' in thé future ? I would love to send you sources about that' and Egyptian Khedivate 1805-1882
@@Euzuner41 yes it is true...but in the years 1831-1841 was de facto an empire...but the world powers destroyed them and after 1841 they were ottoman vassals and after 1882 just a british colony
There is a book written in the in medieval times about this subject by an erudite Moldavian Prince: it is called something like Incrementa adve decrementa aule Otomanice ( i.e. the Raise and fall of the Otoman Empire power, in Latin). The main reason for their fall was said to be the consequence of an inferior overall scientific progress and economic growth compared especially to their enemies in the west. Which led to an weaker Otoman military. The story of the demise of all Empires .
Exactly, like for example in the last decade of the 1600s when they recovered Belgrade and other lands in Serbia, they were actually preparing to retake Hungary, and the Holy League thought it was just a matter of time before they lose the territories they gained from 1683 onwards, however, the Grand Vizier died in a battle and suddenly all hopes were lost. So so unlucky.
After 16 th century we study more the reigns of importent sultans in history classes , for example we look more deeply to Osman the second ( the young Osman ) , Murad the fourth ( the counqueror of Baghdad ) , Mehmed the fourth ( mehmed the hunter ) . We start to learn the reforms of the Sultans that they bring more than the wars , the conflicts or the battles . As you see in 17 th century the Ottomans rather lose territory than gain so stabilization , reforms and the shifting objection from an offensive one to an defensive one . Every turk that has a little interest about Ottoman history , knows the first 10 Sultans very well but from the next 26 Sultans we only know 5 to 10 of them . Of course the last 20 - 40 years of the empire is more importent than anything cause its related with our new found republic . So after 16 th centry its more like how we ended up like this and what was the problems of empire and what has soften our shift from a monarchy to a democracy .
@Ghost Ghost well its not true , first year in highschool we learn : first civiliation in world such as china , india , mesopotamia , egypt , anatolia , inka's etc. . Than we look more carefully into greek , anatolian and mesopotamian civilizations . We a look little to the history of roman empire . Than in second semester we start with nomadic /turkic / turkish states empires such as : xiongnu , göktürks , uyghurs , karahanids , ghaznevids , seljuks ( crusades included) . In the second year its just ottoman empire and european history like peter the great , habsburgs , frederick the great , charles xii of sweden , 30 years war etc . . In third year we look into last stages of ottoman emipire . Constitutionalism in empire , reforms , babali coup d'etat , ideologies in empire such as islamism , ottomanism , nationalism , modernism . Than ww1 , war of independence . In the forth year the name of the class changes from history to Atatürks ideologies and revolution history . There we see Atatürk his life , his career as a officer , war of independence very closely , what Atatürk did after the republic was found until his dead , we korean war , ww2 and turkish neutrality etc. I cant remember all of them but in first two years you dont even hear the name of Atatürk . And in third year Atatürk is not that important . Only in last year its about Atatürk and i think its not even enough . We dont go nuts if someone calls atatürk a dictator by the way -it is a kind of true -but if you dont know the history of the early republic of turkey than please dont talk . There is a documentry about turkey from united states in 30 s i guess , its says there Atatürk a dictator so turkey may never have a dictator .
Bruh are you dumb?! They have just begun their conquests at that time, 1453. Their downhill started in the early 1700’s 1299-1571: Rise and dominance 1572-1682: Stagnation 1683-1922: Downhill
good video but I feel that it focuses way to much on military conquests/defeats and court intrigue to explain the general "stagnation" of the Empire. There was a huge economic and demographic shift occurring in the Middle East/Eastern Europe at this time as well as changes in administration of provinces. What was happening in Topkapi palace reflects this than the other way around. The sultans were more reactionary to problems they could not or did not care enough about to get a hold of, and in order to truly understand this period of transformation that needs to be explored. But it is a 15 min video, can't expect that much in this time constraint
Ottoman is finished when a Ruthenian called Roxalena ruin the succession in favour of her beloved son. I know it seems like this come from soap opera, but it's real that Woman Sultan (dowager empress) is the cause of ottoman decline
@ahmet özkan 3 times? I thought population of Russia and Ottoman Empire was almost the same. Russia had only about 13 mln people at the begining of century.
Please , do more extensive research about Safavids and Shirvanshahs. They were not persion, but also turkic. Both leaders and nations were of oghuz turks. Thanks for your attention.
Murad didnt succumb to alcohol, he died of gout, the famous Kings disease because of overindulging in food, in his case Protein, he was an extreme bodybuilder and was said to avle to lift a two handed mace woth one Hand, and always had a dumbell in his Hand
Shah abbas the great was the man who defeated the ottomans and recaptures iraq Great man great king in Iranian history The safavid deserve a video of their own as they never let ottoman turks to conquer them completely
@@ireneuszpyc6684 he is no sultan and as a president of turkey he is following in the foot steps of abdul hamid may god bless his soul and is a good leader erdugan
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Can you do a video about the Serbian revolt from 1804 to 1812?
What is the name of the music at 9:30?
Every other RUclips channel: omg merry Christmas
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Nice lol
santa claus born in turkey so its not irrevelant xd
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@@anordinaryboi9506 when it’s still belong to the Christian and he was born on the day of the Sun God later rename to Christmas
The Ottoman Empire is a prime example of what all great Empires share in history:
Rise
Domination
Stagnation
Downfall
Democracies are shorter lived and have equally if not more catastrophic collapses and all societies collapse or decline but the degree does vary but we’ll see by how much.
Like humans
He's talking about Empires.. and whatever the differences they had "democratic, non democratic, god, many gods, no god whatever"... They all fell.
Step 4 also has a chance of reformation and start the cycle again (see the Eastern Roman Empire). In the Ottoman's case, its stagnation lasted longer than most thanks to a strong bureaucracy and constant reformation.
i think GB is better example of that
So to punish the Janissaries he closed down their Starbucks!!! What kind of savage was this Ozman guy!!!!
Seeing this kind of comments on every video makes me upload more often😂
Dude if someone messed with my coffee I would totally revolt. And I say this as a Turkish person.
@Kişisel Gelişim after all u took them from Christians but later this group became it's own factor and was enough worthy and strong and respected so it could do this and that without the Sultans approval. I've read a book on a Bulgarian writer called Tokoraz Isto (its from Bulgarian so it would mean the one who tells history). Its really interesting. About two brothers where 1 becomes a high level commander as a Jenesarrie and then the other becomes a Voevoda (Rebel). The first 1 considered the Messiah or Islamic verison and second 1 being top fighter in the Empire. Interesting. I hope some day the book gets translated.
@Kişisel Gelişim Didn't Sipahis fight against the janissaries and eventually took part in dismantling them then they gave up their position and disbanded after the sultan asked them as part of the late ottoman army reforms
they were loyal as fuck! they are hardly mentioned the only history youtuber I've seen mention them is Kings and Generals 2 types of Sipahis are mentioned by him, the Kapikulu Sipahi and the Timarli Sipahis
Timarli were Turkish Landowners i think
@Kişisel Gelişim Öyle bir şey yok kardeşim yanlış bilen sensin, diğer arkadaşın dediği doğru. Tımarlı Sipahiler farklı Kapıkulu sipahileri farklı birlikler oluyor. Senin dediğin Tımarlı Sipahiler oluyor Türk ağırlıklı olan, Kapıkulu Sipahileri devşirme kökenli olanlardır. Tımarlı Sipahiler 1600'lere doğru bozulmuşlardı ve pek hükümleri kalmamıştı, bu celali isyancıları eski Tımarlı Sipahilerdir. Kapıkulu Sipahileri'de en güçlü falan değildi, en isyankar olanlar onlardı ve genelde Yençeriler tarafından isyanları bastırılıyordu. Yemişçi Hasan Paşa'yı oku veya Beylerbeyi Vakasını. 4.Murad'a da en fazla sıkıntı çıkaran yine Kapıkulu Sipahileridir. Yeniçeriler'in desteğini alan Sipahileri tokatlar hükmünü kurardı iki tarafında desteğini alamayan tahttan veya vezirliğinden olurdu. Ha son gülen Sipahiler oldu, Yeniçerilerin kaldırılışında büyük rolleri oldu.
They had stagnated because they didn't had Rights of Man DLC
They should have colonized Iceland or Morocco and moved in on the America's. EU4 players know this.
Some eu4 issues
In my opinion they should type ,,bear has landed in vienna"
@@TurquazCannabiz we colonized morocco. Some moroccon guys reject it but we did it alot of times.
@@shibainu559 we? Bro you have a time travel machine???!!!!!!!??
Osman 2nd was a real reformer they killed him and they killed the empire too
Sadly
How ?
@@arishemghoul9571 He saw the problems within the empire.For example he was about to strengthen anatolian provinces and create a new army (janissaries disliked this idea) he had a lot of plans about internal problems etc
@@tarik1923 interested I wonder how the new army he was going to create would have been
@@arishemghoul9571 jannisarries were innovative for the history of warfare during the foundation and rising eras of the empire, they were elite soldiers and personal guards of the emperor himself. They were less in number and consist of converted christian children who were taken as slaves. As time goes by they became too powerful, traditionalist rather than innovative, disobedient, and in larger numbers. They were not personal guards anymore they became main combatants in the battlefield but they have lost the things that made them elite unit. II.Ahmet wanted to form a modern army using contemporary weapons and tactics instead of jannisarries' traditional ones. He wanted this army to be like 18.century European armys which are disciplined, fighting in lines, commanded by graduates of cadet schools instead of statemen and uses firearms and bayonets instead of swords and arrows.
fun fact: habsburgs and safavids had a pact, when ottomans attacked one of them the other would attack the ottomans from the other side to relieve the pressure.
Cool
Like the pact the Ottomans and the French had against Austria. And the Habsburg Countries Austria and Spain against France.
Some country is always being sandwiched, if it's not an island or peninsula.
Fun fact 1:Ottoman did something similar with France and Shaybanis.
Fun fact 2:Safavids were also Turkish.
@@AnatolianHittite about fun fact number 2. fun fact number 1: they were persianized turks like current azeris.
fun fact number 2: they were turkic not turkish.
@@PrinceOfParthia74 You're better than most Iranian bigot.I met someone who even called the Timur or Uyghur is Iranian.Shah İsmail was not persian.The language of palace and army was Azeri Turkish.Iran has been ruled many times by non-iranians.Seljuk Turks,Ilhans,Umayyad etc.
Nobody:
Osman II: close the coffee shops
Turkish & Greek Janissaries: 👁👄👁 Ree
Turkish peoples couldn't be Jannissaries.If anyone want to Janissaries in Ottoman he shouldn't have been Turkish.Janissaries when they child they were christians.
That was in the early stages of the ottoman empire. But that changed drastically in the later periods when turks were also allowed to join. You can see that their numbers grew a lot by doing that.
@@hamzaraffay7185 and that increased corruption even more.Nizam-ı Cedid could do better than janissaries.
@@erwinrommmel2456 well considering Nizam-i-cedid was the one who *supposed* to be better than Janissery, I think they really want to keep their head attached to their body
@@mertkaraoglu8201
There were Turkish janissaries too. After the 16th century, the devshirme system changed, and Muslim born kids could become a janissary.
I have waited a long time for this
Ifruclips.net/video/NvOgXHKxkes/видео.html
Me too
You were too late it happened 300 years ago
Same
The Ottoman Empire has a fascinating history, yet so many people see it as no more than the Fall of Constantinople and the Battle of Vienna.
Exactly! And endless defeats to Russia and the massacre of Bulkan people and Armenians. That's pretty much how people see the Ottoman Empire. I mean even this video is very very general and didn't cover a lot of important factors in the stagnation period (like Kosem's rule, the corrupt Pashas and Janissaries and also the Koprulu era).
@Galacticos Galatias The Koprulu era is a period in Ottoman history from 1656 to 1683, in which three very powerful and capable Pashas from the Koprulu family were Grand Viziers. The first one, Mehmed Pasha Koprulu, then his son Fazil Ahmed Koprulu, then Mehmed's adopted son Kara Mustafa Pasha. During this time the empire regained its strength and reached a peak similar to that during Suleiman The Magnificent's time.
@Galacticos Galatias Oh boy you have a lot to learn my friend 😂😅
Yes, and no. During Murad IV's reign, the empire managed to temporarily stabilize itself and the army kind of reached the same discipline that was during Suleiman's rule. Unfortunately Murad can only do so much, and died just 8 years later at the age of 27. Had he lived for more he would have undoubtedly taken the empire to the complete height achieved during Suleiman's rule, but nevertheless, he suppressed all the revolts, stabilized the empire and retook Baghdad.
Unfortunately his successor, Ibrahim, was far more weaker than him, and I'll cut it short and just say he completely wasted all of Murad's effort and took the empire back to its status before Murad. Then, there were three years of chaos after removing Ibrahim and ultimately assassinating him from 1648 to 1651. During this time, the Janissaries, corrupt Pashas and Kosem ruled the empire and almost took it to the brink of collapse, and the empire almost went bankrupt as a result of the war with Venice. Kosem wanted to kill Ibrahim's 6 year old son (who is also her grandson) and replace him with another grandson whose mother is "more controllable". Ultimately, Mehmed's mother Sultana Turhan found out about the plot and ordered the assassination of Kosem. A bloodbath in Topkapi happened and the Ottoman Empire finally got rid of the cancerous Kosem who almost doomed the empire with her twisted plots and lust for power. Then, Turhan searched for a powerful figure to lead the empire and guide her son. That man was Mehmed Pasha Koprulu who became Grand Vizier in 1656. He was inspired by Murad IV and liked the way he dealt with the rebels, so naturally, Koprulu was pretty much as ruthless as Murad and managed to get rid of every corrupt man in the empire and executed all the rebels, as well as adding all the wealth of the corrupt Pashas to the empire's treasury, saving the empire from bankruptcy. Then he dealt with the Venetian war and broke the siege Venice imposed on the Dardanelles. Mehmed Koprulu died in 1661 leaving a strong empire behind him and was succeeded by his son Fazil Ahmed Pasha who was even better. Ahmed won a war against Austria in 1663 and captured new lands for the first time since Suleiman's time. He then captured the last fortress in Crete and ended the war defeating the Venetians in 1669. He also lead a campaign against Poland and annexed Podolia, the Cossack region as well as various parts of Ukraine. He was then succeeded in 1672 by his half-brother and close friend Kara Mustafa Pasha, who was as brilliant as him, but a bit cocky and arrogant. Nevertheless, the empire continued to threaten and annoy the European countries, and really achieved the strength it had during Suleiman's time. Kara managed to come to an agreement with Poland and Russia on how to divide the Cossack regions in Ukraine, and broke a war with Austria again and managed to defeat them and take Upper Hungary in the end of 1682(modern Slovakia). That was a massive blow for Austria but Kara wanted more, in 1683 he prepared for the siege of Vienna and lead the army without consulting the Sultan (yes, the Sultan didn't know his army was going to Vienna and had he knew he wouldn't have authorized it). And the rest as you know is history....
@@alidokadri massacre of Balkan people and Armenians ? Lol it’s just your lie
@@umurbugday2766 I'm not saying it's real, I'm just saying that's a stereotype everyone says about the Ottoman Empire without even looking at the history of it.
Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays to all and love the timing of the video
Christianity is suck
@@UnitedNationsSecretariat Is that why Christian world is more advanced?
@@sranmirkov4458 secularism make them advance not christianity
@@UnitedNationsSecretariat it really doesn't look at the enlightenment,islamic golden age, indian golden age. Look at secular states now: Us,France
Have you seen the state of those countries. All these social issues and divisions among the people a common religion unites people of different ethnic groups. Ethnic wars are the most brutal and mostly involve genocide
@@UnitedNationsSecretariat agree, they suck
So the Janissaries revolted after the Sultan took away their coffee? If it was tea I’d be asking are you sure there weren’t secretly Englishmen?
I mean if it was tea they still could’ve been Turkish. Turkey is the biggest tea drinker in the world. I think.... anyway turkey = 🍵
@@saeefrayhan9717 Turkish Tea and Turkish Ice cream are some of the most pleasant things I've ever tasted.
ahah. today most of the turkish people drinking tea like brits but with a different way and i'm pretty sure if there is a ban on tea atm whole nation would revolt now.
The Turks will stage coups when you take away there coffee meanwhile the British will only demand more taxes.
Turkey is the most tea drinking nation in the world, check it out.
After the conquest era ended, the empires should've evolved. The people should've focused on science and technology, if they don't want to end up like Argentina
The conquest era has always existed and will always exist. US has so many bases across globe yo litteraly that is conquest.
@@ivokantarski6220 Military bases isn't a sign of conquest. The US military are mercenaries that provide military equipment, training and protection for other countries
@@containedhurricane nice joke mate. U just called them philanthropists.
@@ivokantarski6220 Their services and products aren't free
@@containedhurricane stop it mate these troops are troops of the Amerikan empire. Technically it's not an empire but rly has most of the signs of being an empire. Btw it does support european colonialism today
Osman 2 contracted with Moldovians at his 16 age.
Me at 22 age, in pandemy, I am waiting new video from Knowledgia
Meanwhile Fatih Sultan Mehmet conquering the most important city (21 years old)
You missed the elephant in the room, the vast wealth brought into Catholic Europe from Spain and its New World conquest. In this period, Europe was ruled by the Spanish Hapsburgs, and gold and silver flooded Latin Christendom.
0:34 "Nagykanizsa" (messed up pronunciation)
Me a native hungarian:
Well yes I get it but kinda *cringe*
Well we tried 😔
@@Knowledgia No problem, bruh Merry Christmas btw👌 (if you're turk then just have a great day)
@@davidmagyar6093 I am Romanian :) Merry Christmas to you too, brother!
I blinked at Nagykanizsa being pronounced too :D tbh it's kinda hard
As a Turkish person I learned that I have to pronounce Ivan Nagy as Ivan 'Nodj'. Is that pronunciation the same in this case?
Merry Christmas and greetings to the grandsons of Atilla :)
There are some missing parts. The Stagnation started after Suleiman's son Selim II's death. Selim's son Murad III was a weak guy and dependant to his mother's influence (It was the start of the sultanate of women). The one keeping empire strong was grandvizier Sokullu Mehmed Pasha. He fought against corrupted officers backed by Sultan's mother but after his assasination, corrupted officals took power. Bribery, corruption, unfair treatment of Timar system, unnecessary campaings on Safavids and lack of tecnological developments in military and foreign effects (New Continent, changing trade routes) did a huge impact. Start of long Habsburg-Ottoman war was beggining of trouble. After Murad III's death, his son Mehmed III's reign was mostly chaotic. Him killing his 19 brother was already a bad start and long war took its price, civil uprisings caused big problems and last impact was Safavid attack. Mehmed III was dependent on his mother too and because of his mother's influence and some military unrest he was a paranoid man. He executed his eldest heir Mahmud because of suspicion, after that incident he didn't live longer. His second eldest son Ahmed I throned after these events. He was the first child emperor, he didn't killed his mentally ill brother, because of not having a heir or his mother's influence. After he have sons he still spared him. Reason is not clear, it could be his love for his brother, his favorite consort's influuence or officers convinced him that his mentaly ill brother couldn't be a treat for his son. During his rule long Habsburg-Ottoman war ended. It was tecnically a victory but not a bright one. Ottoman mainly focused on uprisings and Safaids. Safaids were victorious and gained territories back they lost during Murad III era. Most important event was ending uprisings that caused too much civil unrest.
Why Every empires in history only good and rise by first 5 to 10 leaders and the rest start to begin corruption and put puppets as a leader that makes empires poweless
Fun fact, an Albanian named Sami Frasheri 🇦🇱 was the first man to make the French-Turkish (1882) and Turkish-French (1884) dictionary, an Arabic language dictionary (1898) and a two volume Ottoman Turkish dictionary (1899-1901) along with a six volume 🇦🇱
@Çağlar Özgür Albanian writer you mean 🇦🇱😉
@Çağlar Özgür He was actually against ottoman empire and pro Albanian independence at the time along with his brother Naim Frasheri. These 2 are also known to make the best Albanian poems
@Çağlar Özgür in turkish they call him that but his Albanian real name is sami frasheri. I already know a lot about him he was very influential in educating turks and arabs on their own language and others like French as well.
@Çağlar Özgür ottomans were turk oppressors. Albanians were never ottoman, we fight with ottoman for freedom. The ottomans were evil because they did not let us learn our own language in schools and instead of good education the ottomans made us read quran and muslim stuff. I like secular turks because they hated the ottoman system as well
Watching from Malaysia 🇲🇾🇲🇾🇲🇾
born & raised? how do you like it?
awesome videos! merry christmas my dude!
Very small fraction of Turks (Beylik of Ottoman) defeated entire europe, middle east, iran and north africa, caucasus ukraine and russia. Just wow! What if all those lil turkic fractions united!!!
Iran?!
@@cyrusa-ww3ib yes of course you have always been rulled by Turks (seljuks, timurids etc) until very recently. So why shocked??? Persia has been piece of cake for Turks, the weakest!
@@lifeneverends7068 Have Iran always been ruled by Turks? The Achaemedin, Parthian, Sassanid, Sammanid, Saffarid, Safavid, Zand and Pahlavi dynasty are all Iranian Iranian dynasties. The Qajar and Afsharids were were Iranian Turks and and are still Iranian dynasties. In the other hand there have been many Turkic dynasties which became Persinized like the Sultanate of Rum.
@@nice5396 Seljuks, Timurids, Khawezermshah, Gaznevids, Karahans, Safevids, Afshars .... Oh yes my bad😄😄😄
@@lifeneverends7068 The Seljuqs, Timurids, Khwarazmian and Ghaznavids were just one part of the Iranian history. The Safavid were Iranian, they called themself Iranians and saw their empire as Iran. They were culturally Iranian and saw themself as the next in line of the Sassanids. The Afsharids were Turks but they were Iranian Turks and saw their empire as an Iranian empire. A Turk which see his empire as Iran and himself as the ruler of Iran concludes that the dynasty was an Iranian dynasty. A Iranian Turk ruling Iran does not change the fact that he still is Iranian.
But like I said nearly no Iranian empire was in a significant way culturally Turkish yet there are multiple Turkic dynasties which became Persinized.
You should have mentioned the grand viziers, Köprülü Ahmed and Mehmed IMO. they played a big role on securing the succession of Mehmed IV
Ottoman videos are always coming these days.
Happy Turkish noises🌝
Ottomans fought against Holy Roman Empire, Russians, Commonwealth, Venice, and Pope at the same time after a failed siege, which caused a serious amount of military weakness. But still 16 years were required to defeat them. And this happened in 1683-1699 years which is in the stagnation period of Ottoman Empire. So in the Rule of Suleiman the Magnificent, Ottomans were almost unbeatable in a defensive war even if all of Europe would be involved in a coalition.
Because Ottomans are bigger than the other empires so obviously they have more resources and other European countries were also at war with each other, not just the Ottomans.
10 number like. Thank you so much knowlegia.
Dang! Where do you live Knowledgia. I live in Central Time and saw this at 3:32 AM!
ı am a simple turk
saw the title and click it
Sen gürcü değil misin
U get an orgsm from such vids right? It's ok mate I'm same when Krum the fearsome enjoys the skull of a Roman (dead) emperor
@@ivokantarski6220 lmao
Gobble Gobble
@Mr. Iqbal Muhammad lmao simple arab
2.Osman had plans to disband the Janissaries and form a new army out of Turkish soldiers in Anatolia. He also planned to move the capital to Anatolia as well. Before he could go to Anatolia and muster a new army to end the Janissaries, they killed 2.Osman and installed 1.Mustafa also known as Mustafa the Mad (Deli Mustafa) due to his psychological problems.
It was worth it just to hear the pronunciation of the town of Nagykanizsa.
the only big empire that didn't left any substantial heritage...
@ahmet özkan First modern professional army wut?
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theres so many historians in this comment section all with different logics and it gets worse the more I look at them
under Brexit videos it's even more hardcore
I hope you’re not using public education to school people lol. Public education is usually government propaganda excluding the essential courses; math, applied sciences and literature.
7:17 I’d suggest reading up on how exactly he was strangled. Really not a fun way to go
Ah. The decline of the ottomans. Thanks for uploading such a good video at such a good time.
the melodious music in background at 09:44 is created by legendry musician of India late Naushad for tv series the sword of tipu sultan (one of finest)
Good Video!
Took a while, but it looks like Ottomans finally understood what it means to be Roman emperors
He closed their coffee shops? Damn little harsh don't you think? Hahaha you can close our bars and brothels, but damn it don't you dare close our coffee shops😂😂😂
*Mehmet III*
Sultan Mehmet III.
0:52 _sponsored by The Great Courses Plus_
1:59 A Third Front.
*Ahmed I*
2:17 Ahmed I
2:56 Ottoman-Savafid War
3:29 1605
*Mustafa and Halim*
5:45
*Osman II*
6:09 Treaties.
6:48 Blaming Janissaries for military Inadequacy.
*Morab IV*
7:55 September 1623. A Beacon of Hope.
8:16 Heavy Handed Brutality.
10:04
*Memeh IV*
10:18
10:43 The Battle of Vienna, 1683.
The Ottomans suffered a Devestating defeat against The Polish-Lithuanian Holy League.
11:40 Recapture of Belgrade 1690
*Ahmed II*
12:30 Heavily reliant on his advisors. Death in 1695.
*Mustafa II*
13:13 Victory and Defeat. 1699 Treaty of Carlavitz 1670 Treaty of Constantinople.
Russia's Capture of Azov.
4:00 that music sounds like a orchestral version of Dune.
Yes I love the Ottoman Content, Thanks
Now that I’m used to a cup a day, I’m afraid to stop drinking coffee ... you know, I get all regicidal...
lol
Ahmed’s biggest unfortunate was her grandmother Safiye Sultans role in ottoman politics during the reign of Ahmed’s father Mehmed III. There were always corrupt pashas and aghas in ottoman divan but Safiye bring it to another level and because of that Ahmed took over a corrupt state pashas weren’t met the criteria because they earned their positions by bribing the old Valide sultan Safiye. Safiye also was very active in foreign politics she had close ties with Venice and she was a letter friend with Queen Elizabeth I.
Pls more Ottoman videos👍
One of the 5 greatest empires in history
One of 10
@@hassanabdulsalam1000 5 indeed
@@hassanabdulsalam1000
623 years
Three continents
70-80 different ethnicities
600 years superpower
@@papazataklaattiranimam he said greatest
Not powerful
@@hassanabdulsalam1000 both great and powerful
You should do one on Safavid empire
If you want to see the advert: 0:53 to 1:59
Lets not forget Jannisaries are also the main cause of their decline
History is fascinating
The most mistake of the Ottomans that they conquered to many areas and extended so much land . So it was the so hard to led entire lands by the one capital .
The biggest mistake of the Ottomans was the fratricide, which was banned during the reign of Ahmed I, and the corruption of the timar system. These two events prepared the collapse of the Ottoman Empire.
Love you knowledgia
Murad IV THE BEAST!!!!! THIS GUY WOULD HAVE TAKEN VIENNA IF HE HAD LIVED LONGER
Possibly. He lived during the 30 years war. 1618-1648. During that time AFAIK Habsburg payed for peace.
Yes possibly easier near the end of his live when the 30 years war had destroyed Germany. But earlier like in 1623 he would have sent troops into a totally militarised country not weakened yet.
p.s. The Germans had set aside their internal wars in 1529 also.
Why i say he could have taken vienna was because he was young aggressive powerful and was lucky to be alive many of his family members were murdered in palace intrigues and growing up his mother ruled and the first thing he did was to remove his mother from power and the powerful Grand Vizier's and once done he solidified his control of the empire with new laws and crushed rebellions and then he was the first sultan in nearly 100 years to lead his army to victory reconquering iraq and parts of armenia and western iran his experienced generals failed initially but he didnt he distilled a presence on the battlefield he led from the front and was powerfully built(wielding a 60kg mace) fearless this drew respect from his soldiers including the unruly jannissaries all at a young age he had just concluded the peace with Saffavids and was turning his attention to Europe now his soldiers would not turn and flee with such a sultan leading them he put discipline not only in his soldiers but the entire empire Alchohal/drugs/coffee houses were all shut down by him and if anyone disobeyed they could be killed on the spot this was a sultan who wanted to shake up the empire and reinvigorate it sadly he died at just 26 i strongly believe he was the true last great ottoman sultan he needed more time he could have done more
@@salzx5196 Maybe - maybe not. You do not see all the problems during the Ottoman-Habsburg wars. The Sublime Porte never fully understood them either.
Vienna was always at the edge of the strategic reach of the Timariot cavalryman from Anatolia whose service started in spring. Each mile West meant shorter time on the battlefield. But that is the lesser problem.
Vienna was always in Germany not only in the realm of the Habsburg dynasty with whom the Ottoman dynasty wared for Hungary and other territories for many centuries. The German estates did not pay for the Habsburg cause and their private wars with the Ottomans - unless German interests were affected. After that it would take some time before the German estates would have voted on war taxes.
But once the Turks had ridden through the border to Germany in an obscure river that did not even make the bellies of their horses wet - they had attacked Germany and the Germans. After that money and troops were allocated from the whole of the Holy Roman Empire of the east Franconian kings. And that stretched from Italy in the south until the North sea and the Baltic sea in the North and East. So eventually troops would arrive from Holland, Brandenburg ...
Most of the time France was the partner and ally of the Ottomans - so the Germans usually fought a two front war.
During Murad IV's reign Germany and Central Europe fought internal religious wars. Most notably the German 30 years war - 1618 - 1648. Between the Vienna attacks of 1529 and 1683 the Central Europeans developed their pike and shot tactics into a combined arms tactic that proved superior to Turkish numbers in the 1683-1699 war.
An attack by Murad IV would have stopped the 30 years war that had weakened Germany and the Habsburgs prior to the 1683-1699 war. He would have send troops into a highly militarised wasps nest that had already developed the combined arms tactics.
But AFAIK Murad IV would have been also in a two front war with the Iranian Safavids between 1623-1639.
After 1500 the economic power of the Ottoman empire shrunk in comparison with Europe. There was a plague so...
@@12345sterndaler 👍
@@selcukbagriacik9518 yes :) - guess You mean the same - I also gave a hardy laugh when i found the passage over the border between Habsburg Hungary and the Habsburg German possessions. Water does not reach to the belly of a horse, normally.
Imagine You ride through 70 cm of water and cause a world war in 1529 or 1683.
p.s. Since before 1529 the Title of German Emperor was mostly honorary. How could the omnipotent Padishah an Caliph know.
It was plain funny after all that time. :D
Austria:Prepare for Trouble
Russia:And Make it Double
Persia:How bout a Triple?
Poland Lithuania:Yall up for a Quadruple?
Too many commercials, @RUclips has diminished your product quality and lost my interest. Stop viewing around 3:00 bc of the 2nd commercial (2 ea)
I was waiting
Siege of Nagykanizsa
9.000 Ottoman Against 100.000 european
Merhaba 👋🏼
Which year?
@@LUSO_ 1601
*Looks at siege of Malta*
tr)kanije savunması
ruclips.net/video/vdyuJrjhLE4/видео.html
You can look at the Siege of Nagykanizsa from this link
Keep up the great stuff
Could you put subtitles in Spanish, French or German? Thanks!! 👍
2:16 I noticed that Ankara was on the map of 1600's - 1700's anatolia. Ankara would have been an extremely minor settlement at that time, for all intents and purposes, it wouldn't have existed.
🇦🇱 Fun fact, After Skenderbeg died of malaria sultan Mehmet the conquerer said " Europe has lost their sword and shield" and also " There will never be another a greater lion like Skenderbeg " which just shows how powerful Albania was to Europe and the ottomans at the time of Skenderbeg 🇦🇱💪
Nice video. Very informative.
Can you do the West indies Federation next?? im from the Caribbean but there's little information about it
nice video
Videonun özeti ne kısaca?
Osmanlının 1600lerde duraklamasının sebepleri
Always enjoyed your videos. Curious though... why the random pauses lol?
Fun fact, Enver pashas mum was albanian 🇦🇱, Ataturk father was THOUGHT to be of Albanian origin, Hayreddin barbarossa was Albanian and also grand vizier Ayas Mehmet pasha family were Albanian, Mehmet Akif Ersoy the writer of National anthem of Turkey had an Albanian father . Anddd last but not least, Muhammad Ali Pasha who took control of the entire lands of Egypt during ottoman rule was also an Albanian. There are many more Albanian contributors in the world that people still don't know about 🇦🇱
Also One of the greatest Pope in Vatican was Albanian Origin Papa Clement XI origjinal name Giovanni Francesco Albani with Origin from Northern Albania 🇦🇱
@@gashi5135 oh wow i never knew that, thank you for telling me bro 🇦🇱🙌
@@jonkras2737 no problem
WHAT THE FUCK ATATURKS FATHER WASNT AN ALBANIAN?!?!
Enver Pasha, his mother yes his father is disputed he was either a Gagauz Turk or an Albanian. Sure for Mehmet Ali Pasha too but Ataturks father was from the village of Kodzazik in Macedonia. His father came to Salonica at the age of 7.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kod%C5%BEad%C5%BEik
They even made a replica of his fathers family house there in the village!
Kodzazik village is even today has only Turkish population. They were Turkmens that were placed there by the Ottomans from Aydin, Soke. His mother side too was from a very rooted Turkish family called Hacisofular, originally from Konya.
Sure they must have mixed with the local population just like every Balkan Turk but that is that.
Enver Pasha was Gagauz,Hayreddin Barbarossa was Turkish
power does corrupt
The correct pronunciation is Sa Fa Vid. Not Sa Wa Fid.
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And then
The Winged Hussars arrived
Better say then Serb militia led by Monasterlija arrived.😉😁
And the Germans and the Russinas and the Spanish....
Then Poland splitted byAustria, prussia and Russia
@@bombacmulayim2987 I mean the Polish can't really complian about that, they were a very aggressive country. Especially in the post WW1 era....
@@hopeindarktimes9535 e who dat
You guys should make a video with Kings and Generals
Ottoman Empire is weird as hell. The sultan is a Muslim slav, the “king’s mother” a Christian sex slave, the janissary a group of teen eunuch slaves, the population mostly Greek, Persian, Arab, and Anatolian. The only thing Turkic about it is the administrative language and even that’s quite different from the original Turkic language
A very underrated comment 👏 👌
Very accurate comment, but jannisaries were generally not eunuchs. Quite the opposite some of them were enjoying themselves in the harems. 😂
I like this series alot
The downfall of the Ottoman empire was when Sultan Suleiman killed his 1st born prince Mustafa.
After this the strong line of legendary Ottoman rulers became weak puppet Sultans.
Why did he killed his first son?
@@ivokantarski6220 power struggle
@@ivokantarski6220 because Prince Mustafa was loved by all the army most of the generals and the people.
Prince Mustafa was going to be the 11th legendary Ottoman Sultan in a row.
Hm..... not really there were still a few great ottoman sultan's to come MURAD IV - ABDUL HAMID
@@salzx5196 Abdul Hamid was overthrown and was losing land, not his fault but at least he wasn't a puppet.
Yay thank you keep it up :)
Every time you deliver nicely...I did to a vidéo about thé Ottoman Wahhabi Saudi War 1811-1818 in my Channel...are you going to make one about that' in thé future ? I would love to send you sources about that' and Egyptian Khedivate 1805-1882
You have a good channel, subbed...check out mine aswell
but egypt hidrvate still vassal of ottoman empire
@@BoqPrecision thanks I will do the same :) yeah my channel it is not terrible but needs to be more specific and better quality :)
@@Euzuner41 yes it is true...but in the years 1831-1841 was de facto an empire...but the world powers destroyed them and after 1841 they were ottoman vassals and after 1882 just a british colony
There is a book written in the in medieval times about this subject by an erudite Moldavian Prince: it is called something like Incrementa adve decrementa aule Otomanice ( i.e. the Raise and fall of the Otoman Empire power, in Latin). The main reason for their fall was said to be the consequence of an inferior overall scientific progress and economic growth compared especially to their enemies in the west. Which led to an weaker Otoman military. The story of the demise of all Empires .
The Ottomans were just so unlucky from the 1700s and onward.
Exactly, like for example in the last decade of the 1600s when they recovered Belgrade and other lands in Serbia, they were actually preparing to retake Hungary, and the Holy League thought it was just a matter of time before they lose the territories they gained from 1683 onwards, however, the Grand Vizier died in a battle and suddenly all hopes were lost. So so unlucky.
@@alidokadri that's what happens when a state is ruled by one man, his ambitions die with him, so does the state.
and they were lucky 1600s
@@moetasembellakhalifa3452 Every empire falls one day, it has nothing to do with the ambitions of the state leader
@@ahmedislam2580 true. With all their internal problems Europe was too busy with the thirty years war so they didn't attack the Ottomans.
300 years of rising
300 years of falling
The romanian principalites map is corect! Respect!
Thank you Florin
The Best!
What a green gift for Christmas!
Do Turkish people stop looking at Ottoman Empire video after the 17th century just like french people after 1812 with napoleon ?
After 16 th century we study more the reigns of importent sultans in history classes , for example we look more deeply to Osman the second ( the young Osman ) , Murad the fourth ( the counqueror of Baghdad ) , Mehmed the fourth ( mehmed the hunter ) . We start to learn the reforms of the Sultans that they bring more than the wars , the conflicts or the battles . As you see in 17 th century the Ottomans rather lose territory than gain so stabilization , reforms and the shifting objection from an offensive one to an defensive one . Every turk that has a little interest about Ottoman history , knows the first 10 Sultans very well but from the next 26 Sultans we only know 5 to 10 of them . Of course the last 20 - 40 years of the empire is more importent than anything cause its related with our new found republic . So after 16 th centry its more like how we ended up like this and what was the problems of empire and what has soften our shift from a monarchy to a democracy .
@Ghost Ghost well its not true , first year in highschool we learn : first civiliation in world such as china , india , mesopotamia , egypt , anatolia , inka's etc. . Than we look more carefully into greek , anatolian and mesopotamian civilizations . We a look little to the history of roman empire . Than in second semester we start with nomadic /turkic / turkish states empires such as : xiongnu , göktürks , uyghurs , karahanids , ghaznevids , seljuks ( crusades included) . In the second year its just ottoman empire and european history like peter the great , habsburgs , frederick the great , charles xii of sweden , 30 years war etc . . In third year we look into last stages of ottoman emipire . Constitutionalism in empire , reforms , babali coup d'etat , ideologies in empire such as islamism , ottomanism , nationalism , modernism . Than ww1 , war of independence . In the forth year the name of the class changes from history to Atatürks ideologies and revolution history . There we see Atatürk his life , his career as a officer , war of independence very closely , what Atatürk did after the republic was found until his dead , we korean war , ww2 and turkish neutrality etc. I cant remember all of them but in first two years you dont even hear the name of Atatürk . And in third year Atatürk is not that important . Only in last year its about Atatürk and i think its not even enough . We dont go nuts if someone calls atatürk a dictator by the way -it is a kind of true -but if you dont know the history of the early republic of turkey than please dont talk . There is a documentry about turkey from united states in 30 s i guess , its says there Atatürk a dictator so turkey may never have a dictator .
@Ghost Ghost ATATÜRK > allah
One can say that the beginning of the decline of the Ottoman Empire was the conquest of Constantinople. That was the highpoint.
Uh, no. They expanded further into Europe and completely conquered the Mamluk sultanate long after taking Constantinople.
That's just objectively not true
Bruh are you dumb?! They have just begun their conquests at that time, 1453.
Their downhill started in the early 1700’s
1299-1571: Rise and dominance
1572-1682: Stagnation
1683-1922: Downhill
Ottomans: We're going to war with Austria!
Habsburgs: *INBREEDING INTENSIFIES *
Good video!!!!
After the second siege of Vienna the empire becomes less interesting
Fell into decline, not unlike their Byzantine predecessors.
good video but I feel that it focuses way to much on military conquests/defeats and court intrigue to explain the general "stagnation" of the Empire. There was a huge economic and demographic shift occurring in the Middle East/Eastern Europe at this time as well as changes in administration of provinces. What was happening in Topkapi palace reflects this than the other way around. The sultans were more reactionary to problems they could not or did not care enough about to get a hold of, and in order to truly understand this period of transformation that needs to be explored.
But it is a 15 min video, can't expect that much in this time constraint
Knowledgia and mispronouncing names
Name a better duo, I'll wait
Are you telling me it's not pronounced Muh Gaul empire?
Ottoman is finished when a Ruthenian called Roxalena ruin the succession in favour of her beloved son. I know it seems like this come from soap opera, but it's real that Woman Sultan (dowager empress) is the cause of ottoman decline
"and even russia" - Yea, but at this time Russia was probably the weakest enemy of Ottomans.
@ahmet özkan 3 times? I thought population of Russia and Ottoman Empire was almost the same. Russia had only about 13 mln people at the begining of century.
Please part 5 🥰
Please , do more extensive research about Safavids and Shirvanshahs. They were not persion, but also turkic. Both leaders and nations were of oghuz turks. Thanks for your attention.
Murad didnt succumb to alcohol, he died of gout, the famous Kings disease because of overindulging in food, in his case Protein, he was an extreme bodybuilder and was said to avle to lift a two handed mace woth one Hand, and always had a dumbell in his Hand
🤣🤣🤣
And a steak in the other hand.
Shah abbas the great was the man who defeated the ottomans and recaptures iraq
Great man great king in Iranian history
The safavid deserve a video of their own as they never let ottoman turks to conquer them completely
" completely" lol
Then Iran is already losing the war
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capture_of_Baghdad_(1638)
This was after his death and in the reign of his grandson shah safi
Always interested about the ottoman history goodjob knowledgia 👏👏
Unwatchable. Commercial breaks every couple of minutes.
there are so many mistakes on the map its insane
If Osman II lived he would be great as suleyman the magnificent
Mehmed IV was the last strongest ottoman sultan
which sultans are the strongest? is Erdogan one of the strongest?
@@ireneuszpyc6684 Erdogan is not a sultan, but a president of a secular Turkey. Turkey is an entire different entity of the Ottoman Empire.
No strongest sultan after Sulieman the magnificent was Murad IV he was the last strong sultan and maybe abdul hamid after him the rest garbage
@@salzx5196 is Erdogan strong or garbage?
@@ireneuszpyc6684 he is no sultan and as a president of turkey he is following in the foot steps of abdul hamid may god bless his soul and is a good leader erdugan
Good one ...
Dude its always ottomans VS whole world wtf
Ever heard of the word:
Its hard to be a turk because you are against the world but its harder to not be a turk because you are against the turks
Aurangzeb (Sultan of India) could have helped but the request was declined
@@seymentheboss5194 Yeah Russia had no problem with beating Turkey
@@shriyanv4407 ooo please they got their first victori thanks to a german that became their queen
@@shriyanv4407 Yes Russia liked to gather allies from Europe and attack. Only when the Ottoman fell from power, Russia alone dared to attack
Fascinating.