@sicat2345 Well, it wasn't much of a tradition then. It was made legal by Selim's grandfather after an interregnum period with four sons of the prior Sultan split the empire and it was lucky to be reunited. But only for the reigning Sultan. And Selim didn't kill Suleiman's brothers (he was an only child), Selim killed his own brothers, and his dad (because none of the above were into letting him succeed the throne). Not certain about the brothers, but taking out the reigning Sultan was definitely not within the borders of Ottoman law. But you can get away with a lot when you win a civil war.
+ultrapwnd Since the dawn of the bronze age, almost continuously. They had goods no one else had for the longest time. The area currently occupied by Iran was one of the main areas of innovation and industriousness for much of human (pre)history.
The Mr. Man Iran: yay we just became a nation in this area of land! Everyone else: k now here’s ya sanctions *before* Dinosaurs: hey we’re living in what will be Iran some day! Other dinosaurs: *S A N C T I O N E D*
To be a slave in the Ottoman Empire (or at very least, a slave to the Sultan) was not the same thing to being a slave to a plantation owner in pre-Civil War US South. Most of the Sultan's personal advisers and administrators were slaves to the Emperor, as were the entirety of the elite Janissary forces. One lessen the Ottoman learned very well from the Byzantine history of Narses and other Eunuchs is that people who cannot inherit the throne in any situation can be far more loyal than anyone who has a chance to conspire for power.
Joseph Attwell The grand vizier, a slave, was effectively the second most wealthy and powerful man in the empire, he also tended to marry the sultan’s sister.
@@jorgeptolemy5999 Eunukh were only used at the harem.... So no, they wouldn't receive any titels at all. Jannisaries and Christian statesmen could marry and have titles, but a christian can't inherit a title of "Sultan" or "Kalif". The Janissaries weren't allowed to marry offcially, so officially they can't found a dinasty, meaning they can't dethrone the sultan. While in Egypt, the Mamelucks dethroned the sultan and took over the coutry.
@@schaihmansur8298 caliph is the leader of muslims like the pope for catholics obviously christians cant receive that. its like a muslim wanna be a pope😆
@@schaihmansur8298 Janissaries can marry after retirement therefore a lot of officer whose father or grandfather is Janissary in Ottoman Empire. Ottoman Sultans used converted Christians in order to balance power of Turkish noble families. Devshirme system wasn't also new to the World, it is used in Qin dynasty to Abbasid Caliphate throughout history.
+Extra Credits Maybe after finishing this series, in the possible future can you make a perspective from the european countries and those who have been under the influence of the Otoman Empire.
So basically Good guy ! Brought the golden age of Ottoman Empire bringing cultural progress and justice system and prosperity in general ! And stood up for against pirates and people who hurt his people unjustly 👏👏
I always look forward to the tactical moves of leaders that cemented history forevermore. It's something that my history textbooks neglect, they just say "He took the city', or 'he outmaneuvered the politician', but they never say how, which is in my opinion the most important part of history. History isn't WHAT happened, it's HOW and WHY it happened. This series never disappoints in that regard.
+Elemental_Phoenix while the series will have to primarily focus on suleimans military accomplishments owing to their extensive history the trade between his empire and the italian city-states is equally fascinating. the whole affair is rather ironic in that their peaceful cooperation both funded ottoman campagins in europe and fueled artistic, scientific and political discovery in europe that would eventually lead to the adversaries of the ottomans turning into industrial superpowers
+5raptorboy1 Lol, eah I guess it is. That eing said, they alluded to Suleiman being somewhat different in character to Justinian, which is why they're parraleling them like that. I look forward to the next episodes.
I personally love Ottoman history and think Suleiman is an excellent choice for Extra History. But I am afraid this series will be very poorly received because of the religious angle. Looking at the comment section seems to be proving me right. Pity, there's a lot to be learnt from history if we look past our prejudices. P.S: Justinian was amazing!
+Mostafa Haque Yeah. Especially considering that the actual problems of islam, are mainly new trends created during the 20th century. The islamic empires of old whether it be the ottomans or the caliphate, are in no way different from the others in the past: Magnificent, awe-inspiring and terrifying at the same time.
+Mostafa Haque I'm Bulgarian, prejudice against the Ottoman Empire is instilled early in history classes. The funny thing is that I couldn't care less for religion, and Islam might as well be the same as Catholic Christianity to me. And the Ottoman oppression on the Balkan countries is painted in a pretty bad fashion as you'd expect. Another amusing thing is that there was a live action drama series on national TV exactly about Suleiman's life, at least from the perspective of his wife I think. I am actually rather curious about these series now, but I doubt whatever patriotism left would be validated in an episode as Ottoman rule wasn't _that_ bad, it held for centuries for a reason. It did put restrictions on people, but they were also given tools to keep on living, the worst part was obviously culture being oppressed, but it wasn't outright denied. And yes, the "blood tax" of taking small children from villages to train them into soldiers, but even then, some people saw it as an opportunity for their kin to escape the mundane rural life for something better.
V Stanev I think the biggest problem is, that the ottoman empire is still a very recent empire. And therefore the decendants of the conquered feel a much strunger kinship towards them, than a french would do to the italians because of roman occupation. Or the brits towards the danes because of viking invasions. But people also seem to forget, that european history has always been about "might makes right". The hungarians were soon after ottoman rule being forced into austrian. The Swedes and Danes took turns to massacre eachother. The spanish killed countless number of people during the inquisition. And if you as a country didn't want to play by those brutal rules, you would be conquered.
Snobby Gamer Hah, you got that right, but it's all muddled in our history where they conveniently don't try to mention the bloodshed between Slavic nations in great detail like constant wars with Serbia. The arch enemy was Byzantine for the most part, who was the one dealing with the Arab nations for the most part.
+Mostafa Haque The like-dislike bar seems to think this an excellent video. So nah I think it will be fine. I hope extra credits does mention that the reformation and the Ottoman Empire are intimately connected.
Wow, you guys get more and more atmospheric with each passing major EH you start. First the beautiful retelling of the tales of Admiral Yi, now this. You never did cease to impress me, boys. Well played.
+joinmarch76 Immersion scientists say that the rate of immersion has increased several-fold since the inception of the EH series. Immersion levels are reaching all new highs with every new episode. I, for one, feel well immersed.
I’m always amazed by how well done the writing on these videos are. I could watch each series 20 times and never get bored. “Extra history, the kings and queens of storytelling”
+Cambrian Are I believe you are joking right? Everybody knew they had the best cannons of the era. I mean they defeated byzantine mostly thanks to those cannons.
+Nipah Auauau It wasn't left 'unguarded'. The Byzantines sallied out and FORGOT TO CLOSE IT in their haste to get to safety. The soldiers took the chance, seized the gate, and when everyone else saw an inner gate was taken by Ottoman soldiers, they fell back and back and back until they lost.
The Knights of Rhodes/Malta btw... regardless of what you think of them morally. Complete and Total Baddasses... Half Crusader... Half Pirate.... they are Pirate Knights, two of the most awesome things in history in on group. Also they are going to be pretty awesome in this series in Malta ;-D
+OnceUponATimeThereWasAPersonWithALongUsername.TheElongationOfThatUsernameWasPlainlyLegendary To be fair, that is how much of the Arab world pictured the mujahideen that became the Taliban, following the Soviet-Afghan war. Hell, until the War in Afghanistan started in 2001, that was still how much of the world pictured them; the great guerrillas that overthrew their communist overlords. And then bin Laden happened.
+ArtPlays Now I'm no expert on the subject but I was under the impression that Istanbul quickly replaced the old name at least among the lower classes. I know that the two names were interchangeable in official documents until "recently" under Ataturk. If you have further information I wouldn't mind hearing more; my knowledge on the Ottomans is limited and would love learn more.
+ArtPlays Kind of, in official means, yes. Colloquially it was refereed to as Istanbul before the 15th century. I ain't got sources, so I could be wrong, but I remember this from a lecture a while ago. Take this with a grain of salt.
+Quinn Alexander there is a turkish sort of soap opera called precisely Suleiman the magnificent. I know it because my gf watches it, and it is sort of accurate but it centers more around his favourite wife Hurrem (who will be probably talked about later in this series)
He is! 200 million viewers worldwide and for you to watch free on youtube! In english subs. Movie series is 138 parts all 2 hours each. The Magnificent Century (Muhtesem Yuzyil) aired 2011 ended in 2014 new one is out this ones about Sultan Ahmet. But the original one is about Suleyman and hes wife Hurrem, harem, wars etc. Excellent acting and scenes rotten tomatoes rated 7/10 thats high for them.
+Quinn Alexander Hah! Alright, I'll check these out. I must say, every event Extra History has recounted so far, from the Pumic Wars to the Sengoku Jidai have all been unbelievably epic.
There is a historical soap opera/drama, Magnificent century. It’s quite a good show( I mean it managed to become popular in countries that suffered at the hands of the ottomans). It’s filled with drama, mostly regarding the harem( of which quite a lot is petty drama), but it has some great political intrigue and even better gut wrenching moments. The first two seasons are the best and it declined a lot after that(even though the final episode is good). It’s not that historically accurate but it’s not completely off either.
It wasn't the king who had the Ottoman envoy exucuted. It was the barons and magnates in Southern Hungary. Louis II (the king, not the prince) was actually really surprised that the envoy never arrived in Buda...
As a Turkish, I learned more about Süleyman from this 7 minute video than I learned from years of compulsory history education I had back when I was in middle and high school. Thanks for making these topics much more interesting in a way that now I have more interest in history than ever, even though my major is English teaching. Love you extra-credits! Keep up the cool series and original storytelling!
All this hate against Turks and turkish history, this is truely disgusting I've never witnessed so much anger against a particular Culture and their History
+T-Bay Kun Honestly, alot of it probably stems from the fact that Turkish nationalists are some of the most annoying cunts you can ever have the displeasure of talking to.
Sir Robert Walpole Well the Byzantines managed to rebuild themselves through the Nicaean Empire, but was a mere shell of it's former self and it's strength could match a mere kingdom similar to it's size, Turks gave the final blow that sends the Byzantines into a slow death by capturing Bursa and pouring into Europe and separated Constantinople from Peloponnese peninsula. And you know the rest with Mehmed II. The Turks resurrecting the Byzantines is like saying the German Tribes resurrecting Rome after they took it for themselves (both good and bad since German Tribes did expand Roman cities such as London, Paris, and Rome itself later on).
Finally? You Turks have always had a chapter haha. Your empire was one of the greatest musim empires to exist and the most inspiring. Not finally you mean always and forever.
This is awesome! Non-European history, so often ignored in high school History class, has always fascinated me. You guys continually show the amazing stories that lie all around the world, and I can't stress enough how cool that is! You deserve so many more subscribers for all the hard work you do, and I am happy to be one of them
EC: Your series on Suleiman and his ending was down right poetic! I fought hard to hold back my tears and sorrow for this Once Great man of vision who fell to his own insecurities...
+TheBoss We've already seen stories from Korea, South Africa, British economics, and ancient Rome, not to mention a two-part series from just this region of the world a few hundred years prior. Why wouldn't we be interested in this? Also, this was apparently voted for on their patreon, like all the other topics.
Parker Dixon-Word Yeah, so clearly the interest is there. As Dan even said, the reason they love doing this series is because the support and comments from them portray an audience wanting to learn.
Dunno if I like the change in tone for these extra histories. They've gone from being mostly factual historical recounts, to a very dramatised personal retelling. Not meaning any offence by this next statement, but these seem to have gone the way of the History Channel. Something I'd watch for it's information, and now something I'm not quite sure how to take.
+IHazMagics I also notice that but I think this was already the case as far back as the Punic Wars series. The only difference seems to be that the newer series focus on a single historical personage (Justinian, John Snow, Suleiman), while the older ones gave equal spotlight to several key figures of the periods they discussed (like Nobunaga, Hideyoshi, and Tokugawa). Nonetheless, I think it was in one of the first Lies episodes that James admitted that the series is, by design, rooted in the Great Man model of history, so dramatization is to be expected.
+DoubleRu Then they're going to have a really hard time if they ever get to Latin America, the history of each nation is made up of various Great Man in the same period.
One of the biggest things you hear about History from non-history-buffs is how dry and boring it is, just a recitation of facts, names, dates, etc, without the soul in it. I love Extra History, and it brought a non-history-loving friend to enjoy learning about these topics, exactly because of this dramatized edge.
Türkçeniz var mı bilmiyorum ama umarım vardır.Yavuz Sultan Selim,Muhteşem Süleyman'ın kardeşlerini öldürmedi.Muhteşem Süleyman'ın kardeşleri ömürleri bittiği için öldüler.Yavuz Sultan Selim kendi kardeşlerini öldürdü,çünkü onlar Yavuz'a ihanet ettiler.Bu video bizim dizimiz olan "Muhteşem Yüzyıl" adlı berbat diziden ilham alınarak yapılmış.O dizi berbat ötesi bir dizimizdir,itibar etmeyiniz.Yavuz Sultan Selim Muhteşem Süleyman'dan daha iyi bir padişahtır.Yavuz Sultan Selim sandığınız gibi acımasız değildir.Yavuz Sultan Selim gemi mürettebatından biri geminin altında ezilirken onu gemiden kurtarmak için canını tehlikeye atmış biridir.Size göre Muhteşem Süleyman çok iyi bir padişah gibi gözüküyor.Ama en iyi padişahlarımız Fatih Sultan Mehmet,Yavuz Sultan Selim,1.Murat ve 2.Abdülhamit'tir.Muhteşem Süleyman'dan sonra tahta 2.Selim geçmiş ve Osmanlı devleti duraklamaya girmiştir.Devlet her alanda zayıflamaya başlamıştır.Muhteşem Süleyman devrinde kötü devlet adamları iyilerin yerine geçmeye başlamıştır.Muhteşem Süleyman iyi bir padişahtır,ama yaptığı çok hata vardır.O yüzden en iyi padişahlarımızdan değildir.
I love the change in story telling with this series. Rather than building tension with a story that you presume the audience does not know, you have Suleiman recalling the events of his life like the audience would through the lens of history. Also, you remind the viewers that history does not end when a figure in it dies; each chapter in the great tome of World History is a continuation of the chapter before it. Keep up the good work; I am already looking forward to the next series.
and then you also have to question what a section of history is. History us continuous, so it doesn't really have set boundaries. Ex: several historians argue the renaissance isnt a thing.
Not to be that guy they answer in lies, but the city was still officially named an Arabic version of Constantinople till the modern secular Turkish government came into power in the 1930s. I understand why you'd change it for the series though.
firefox3249 the article i read said it arabic "It is an Arabic calqued form of Constantinople, with an Arabic ending meaning 'place of' instead of the Greek element -polis" butn Turkish would make more sense.
What I hate about Suleiman was the fact that despite all his achievements he didn't appoint a worthy successor among his sons. His eldest and most capable son Musafar should would have been a terrific Sultan and done so much great things perhaps on par with his father. But because Suleiman suspected he was plotting to overthrow him without much proof he just had him executed and allowed that lazy bastard Selim to become Sultan who just left the running of the country to his ministers while so he could have his orgies and go partying, all the while the Ottomen Empire went to hell.
I've always wondered; why would you ever be a diplomat or emissary in ancient times? It seems to me that the official form of declaring war on someone would be to put your head on a spike on top a gate somewhere.
+Инреr sонал Well it was actually amazingly rare for someone to kill an emissary. For two reason really one you never kill a guest as it is dishonourable. And two its a massive insult towards ever nation bordering that nation since its basicly saying i dont care about you. Its mainly something done connected to plays of this era to display a villain and a ruthless tyrant.
So I went through and rewatched all the Extra History. When comparing this one to the first one, the writing of this series has vastly improved! Keep up the good work I look forward to being inthralled by the tale of the once great Ottoman Empire.
+ExtraCredits, the writing on this episode is so SO genius! I love how you've evolved ending of the screenplay from "Join us next time" into real next-episode teaser that is a seamless part of the narrative. Brilliant choice to start and end with an old Suleiman walking along the shore!
+Mephisto - They were the Knights of St John really (the Hospitalers) Not really the Knights of Rhodes but that was their base after they were kicked out of the Holy Land
Suleiman's uncles can feel lucky of having lived so long. If the Ottomans had Gravelkind as their succession law, they would have been killed BEFORE Suleiman's father becomes sultan.
@@oguzkaganonder1331 get your sources updated, morocco went on war against the ottomans and won, that's why Turks never came into morocco, maybe you're talking about Algeria...
YES!!! I am so glad you are making a series for Suleiman after Justinian!! But one kindly request; mention his wife Hurrem Sultan, too.. She was basically the Theodora of Ottomans.
World War I was the chopping off the head of a sick slowly dying man that is of the Ottoman Empire, the empire lost its glory through time and did not gain any advantages that the Europeans got after they discovered the New World. Afterwards their Eastern European subjects began to riot their way into independence as well as their Middle Eastern subjects, finally, when they lost their real last stand in World War I was then end of them forever.
+Manuel Fernandez I thought the exact same thing, only know the history of the empire's lowest and final point. I'm excited to learn about their golden age.
Fun fact , the Knights that occupied Rhodes back then , still exist today and are known as "Knights Hospitallier" or "Knights of Malta" , as they moved to Malta after the Ottomans took Rhodes Obviously they dont hold Malta today , because a certain Bonaparte ended that in the 1800s , but they still exist as an order within the Catholic Church
Dear Constantinople whiners, it's Istanbul then and Istanbul now. Ottoman Empire is one of the greatest empires ending an era and starting a new one with the conquering of ISTANBUL. Deal with it.
Hunyadi Janos and also his son Matyas of Hungary, Stephen III of Moldavia, Vlad the Impaler of Wallachia, and Skanderbeg of Albania. Ah, the glorious EU4 start.
Where we once saw one Emperor, and his glorious reign, now we shall see one who rules that same city, centuries later, and dreams of further glory.The era may be different, as is the faith, but ambition is still ambition, and one cannot help but admire it.
*launches Europa Universalis IV*
*selects Ottomans*
*starts game*
yes :D
Real kings play as Ceylon.
+Philip the Fair
*Learns to not underestimate that tiny island of Rhodes*
+I am Me Only tree-hugging hippies play as Buddhists!
+I am Me And only madmen play as Byzantium.
"His father had spared him that when he murdered all of his brothers" Oooooh so he's a CK2 player.
+jjdude55 Yep. The assassins seem to just come out of the woodwork when you get a genius a few kids in.
+Melon Sherbert
Or you just send them to the church.
It is not true suleiman had no brother.He knew hes gonna be sultan when selim I is alive.
Fucking Iqta succession, amirite?
@sicat2345 Well, it wasn't much of a tradition then. It was made legal by Selim's grandfather after an interregnum period with four sons of the prior Sultan split the empire and it was lucky to be reunited. But only for the reigning Sultan. And Selim didn't kill Suleiman's brothers (he was an only child), Selim killed his own brothers, and his dad (because none of the above were into letting him succeed the throne). Not certain about the brothers, but taking out the reigning Sultan was definitely not within the borders of Ottoman law. But you can get away with a lot when you win a civil war.
"Tame lion" artwork is positively adorable. :3
And that just makes it all the more terrifying
Agreed
+kimarous Want to buy tame lion plushie that you turn inside out to raging tiger plushie
+kimarous >:3
Is... Is your profile picture Yahtzee Kirby?
The narrative opening in this episode was a nice surprise. Gave it a keen sense of continuation. :3
Forspan! Agreed
Best opening in Extra Credits history imo
During Ottoman times, he was actually called Kanuni Sultan Suleyman, translating into, Sultan Sulieman, The Lawgiver
I think Suleiman the Magnificent sounds better. Such a dope title.
In Turkey he is called The Lawgiver, in Europe The Magnifiecent
@Antonio Hodge 🤣🤣🤣
No, he known as in Europe Suleiman the Magnificent
In Arabia his called al-qanoni which means the lawgiver
I remember Suleiman from AOE3, he was hilarious.
"You advanced to the second age much faster than me, but every man has his own way of eating yogurt"
This is actually a turkish proverb. Meaning that everyone has his own ways to do things. Still used by people in normal life :D
I'm going to start using this in lieu of "to each, their own"
To someone who don't get that it's a proverb. That's just a weird thing for someone to say.
we use that phrase still today bruh
AOE3 is garbage compared to AOE2
"To world: DO YOU EVEN LIFT?"
okay that's it I'm never drinking anything while watching this again
rip
"Do you even Turkish get-up?"
Suleiman: "Hold my ayran"
3:30 "Lifted a much hated prescription on the sale of Iranian goods"
Damn those Iran sanctions have been going on for a while.
+ultrapwnd Since the dawn of the bronze age, almost continuously. They had goods no one else had for the longest time. The area currently occupied by Iran was one of the main areas of innovation and industriousness for much of human (pre)history.
*_Since the Big Bang._*
The Mr. Man
Iran: yay we just became a nation in this area of land!
Everyone else: k now here’s ya sanctions
*before*
Dinosaurs: hey we’re living in what will be Iran some day!
Other dinosaurs: *S A N C T I O N E D*
Iran still got sanctions before the earth was formed and still just many rocks in space, the rock that would make iran one day was under sanctions
4:01
"What's Aleppo?"
I like how EC makes these leaders of the past into actual human beings.
They are real.
@@eren7350 *were. They're dead now.
@@billcipherproductions1789 do people become fake when they die?
@@pheonixbloodclan6257 yes
Yes I feel like people often treat those of the past as characters or they just vulgarise their descriptions and talk about their flaws
I just finished for the 3rd time the Justinian series, and now starts this one... Couldn’t stop myself for crying at the beginning ;-;
wait until the end of 4th episode then lol
To be a slave in the Ottoman Empire (or at very least, a slave to the Sultan) was not the same thing to being a slave to a plantation owner in pre-Civil War US South. Most of the Sultan's personal advisers and administrators were slaves to the Emperor, as were the entirety of the elite Janissary forces.
One lessen the Ottoman learned very well from the Byzantine history of Narses and other Eunuchs is that people who cannot inherit the throne in any situation can be far more loyal than anyone who has a chance to conspire for power.
Joseph Attwell The grand vizier, a slave, was effectively the second most wealthy and powerful man in the empire, he also tended to marry the sultan’s sister.
@@jorgeptolemy5999 Eunukh were only used at the harem.... So no, they wouldn't receive any titels at all. Jannisaries and Christian statesmen could marry and have titles, but a christian can't inherit a title of "Sultan" or "Kalif". The Janissaries weren't allowed to marry offcially, so officially they can't found a dinasty, meaning they can't dethrone the sultan.
While in Egypt, the Mamelucks dethroned the sultan and took over the coutry.
the grand vizier is the second most powerful man in the state. and guess what he is a slave. imagine that in the west
@@schaihmansur8298 caliph is the leader of muslims like the pope for catholics obviously christians cant receive that. its like a muslim wanna be a pope😆
@@schaihmansur8298 Janissaries can marry after retirement therefore a lot of officer whose father or grandfather is Janissary in Ottoman Empire. Ottoman Sultans used converted Christians in order to balance power of Turkish noble families. Devshirme system wasn't also new to the World, it is used in Qin dynasty to Abbasid Caliphate throughout history.
Wilhelm II: "Halt in Belgrade."
Suleiman: "Do not halt in Belgrade"
SmugLookingBarrel
Holy shit
Lol
That is eerie!
Suleiman ascends the throne of the Ottoman Empire. He wants to be benevolent, but he must prove that he is no pushover.
+Extra Credits
there wasn't any mention of a old bearded Italian man with a hidden blade in this video
+Extra Credits I sooooo wanted this
+Extra Credits Well, at least you guys are getting closer to the romanian countries.
+creier pane Maybe soon enough, they will start with our voievods. I mean who can resist to Vlad the Impaler story :)
+Extra Credits Maybe after finishing this series, in the possible future can you make a perspective from the european countries and those who have been under the influence of the Otoman Empire.
let us thank the Ottomans for helping The jews for the thing Nobody Expected
Sultan Bayazid was I man of Tolerance
Jewish inside job
S p a n I sh I n Q u s I t I o n
Stupid choice
What do you mean?
So basically Good guy ! Brought the golden age of Ottoman Empire bringing cultural progress and justice system and prosperity in general ! And stood up for against pirates and people who hurt his people unjustly 👏👏
You forgot to add that Ezio was one of the assassins who killed Suleiman's brother!
uncle
But Ezio is a fictional character created in the assassin's creed universe :P
Plus if u watch the cutscene again if revelations. It was Suleiman father still who killed his uncle.
+Joshua Graham Quiet! do you want to end up on abstergo's watchlist?
but wait that's just a theory a game theory
I always look forward to the tactical moves of leaders that cemented history forevermore. It's something that my history textbooks neglect, they just say "He took the city', or 'he outmaneuvered the politician', but they never say how, which is in my opinion the most important part of history. History isn't WHAT happened, it's HOW and WHY it happened. This series never disappoints in that regard.
+Elemental_Phoenix while the series will have to primarily focus on suleimans military accomplishments owing to their extensive history the trade between his empire and the italian city-states is equally fascinating. the whole affair is rather ironic in that their peaceful cooperation both funded ottoman campagins in europe and fueled artistic, scientific and political discovery in europe that would eventually lead to the adversaries of the ottomans turning into industrial superpowers
+Elemental_Phoenix "History isn't WHAT happened, it's HOW and WHY it happened." I'm absolutely stealing this quote
Cyan Cat a
So this guy is basically Justinian 2: Islamic Boogaloo
+5raptorboy1 Lol, eah I guess it is. That eing said, they alluded to Suleiman being somewhat different in character to Justinian, which is why they're parraleling them like that. I look forward to the next episodes.
+5raptorboy1 This is the best comment ever written.
İ know the referance, its muslim boogaloo
Yup
5raptorboy1 yeah pretty much
Props for the accurate drawing of the small Turkish horn bows. As a historic archer I really appreciate that detail :)
Selim I: **fulls money of the empire and dies**
Suleiman I: **pays all of them for army and uses this army**
Others: omg suleiman is the best
LoL.İt was not Eu4 bro
@ali akbulut Kardeşim ben Ayvuz Sultan Selim kötü mü dedim ki böyle cevap yazıyorsun?
@@hamzabeg2072 I didn't talk about EU4.
@@user-dv6ww3zr7w İnteresting
@@hamzabeg2072 overrated bir sultan diyoruz arkadaşla kısaca
"For eight days they rode hard."
That's what she said!
Must've been a heck of a pain in the groin.
No
yes ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)
Dick Tingeler
No
You guys are such epic storytellers! I mean listen to the intro! It's so awesome!
It's thought provoking... Oh god I need to go stare at a tree now
+Nick Steiner So true. If only more history teachers could do it this epicly.
of course, revolt starts in syria.
''dıdım tıss''
And so does revolt start in Russia or many other countries... What are you saying?
He's saying that lots of conflicts start in Syria. @@TheBeanBunny
@@TheBeanBunny That joke flew right over your head and into the twin towers.
@@MattJohno2 I feel bad for laughing my ass off at that
I like the phrase "the Byzantine waters of Istanbul", it's perfectly ironic
I personally love Ottoman history and think Suleiman is an excellent choice for Extra History. But I am afraid this series will be very poorly received because of the religious angle. Looking at the comment section seems to be proving me right.
Pity, there's a lot to be learnt from history if we look past our prejudices.
P.S: Justinian was amazing!
+Mostafa Haque
Yeah. Especially considering that the actual problems of islam, are mainly new trends created during the 20th century.
The islamic empires of old whether it be the ottomans or the caliphate, are in no way different from the others in the past: Magnificent, awe-inspiring and terrifying at the same time.
+Mostafa Haque
I'm Bulgarian, prejudice against the Ottoman Empire is instilled early in history classes. The funny thing is that I couldn't care less for religion, and Islam might as well be the same as Catholic Christianity to me. And the Ottoman oppression on the Balkan countries is painted in a pretty bad fashion as you'd expect.
Another amusing thing is that there was a live action drama series on national TV exactly about Suleiman's life, at least from the perspective of his wife I think.
I am actually rather curious about these series now, but I doubt whatever patriotism left would be validated in an episode as Ottoman rule wasn't _that_ bad, it held for centuries for a reason. It did put restrictions on people, but they were also given tools to keep on living, the worst part was obviously culture being oppressed, but it wasn't outright denied. And yes, the "blood tax" of taking small children from villages to train them into soldiers, but even then, some people saw it as an opportunity for their kin to escape the mundane rural life for something better.
V Stanev
I think the biggest problem is, that the ottoman empire is still a very recent empire. And therefore the decendants of the conquered feel a much strunger kinship towards them, than a french would do to the italians because of roman occupation. Or the brits towards the danes because of viking invasions.
But people also seem to forget, that european history has always been about "might makes right". The hungarians were soon after ottoman rule being forced into austrian. The Swedes and Danes took turns to massacre eachother. The spanish killed countless number of people during the inquisition.
And if you as a country didn't want to play by those brutal rules, you would be conquered.
Snobby Gamer
Hah, you got that right, but it's all muddled in our history where they conveniently don't try to mention the bloodshed between Slavic nations in great detail like constant wars with Serbia. The arch enemy was Byzantine for the most part, who was the one dealing with the Arab nations for the most part.
+Mostafa Haque The like-dislike bar seems to think this an excellent video. So nah I think it will be fine. I hope extra credits does mention that the reformation and the Ottoman Empire are intimately connected.
what is it with Hungary always blocking the way.
+Hyper7 LOOOOOL :D
Hungary: Probléma? *Trollface*
Are they secretly French?
Of course! Hungary was a Hapsburg kingdom and we all know that France loves the Hapsburgs! Of course Hungary isn’t French!
And Hungary always fucked
"He mad?
He mad.
Like REALLY mad."
He is your real Father you son of bitch 😂😂😂🤣🤣
You are mad
Wow, you guys get more and more atmospheric with each passing major EH you start. First the beautiful retelling of the tales of Admiral Yi, now this. You never did cease to impress me, boys. Well played.
+joinmarch76 Immersion scientists say that the rate of immersion has increased several-fold since the inception of the EH series. Immersion levels are reaching all new highs with every new episode.
I, for one, feel well immersed.
The island of the Knights is a pain in the ass in eu4
+DexterzPlace meh if you play as Venice they are quite easily subjugated, they make a good vassal, but they make a better march
Always raiding my shit...
@@angramainyu676 just atack them and g venice from land so after you make venice surrender then take the Rhodes easly.
I’m always amazed by how well done the writing on these videos are. I could watch each series 20 times and never get bored. “Extra history, the kings and queens of storytelling”
Ottoman cannons cant melt byzantine walls
wha?
+Umut umut parody of the 9/11 joke
+Cambrian Are I believe you are joking right? Everybody knew they had the best cannons of the era. I mean they defeated byzantine mostly thanks to those cannons.
+Limonkufu
Actually the canons, on the whole, didn't do shit. They got in because a minor outpost gate was left unguarded.
+Nipah Auauau It wasn't left 'unguarded'. The Byzantines sallied out and FORGOT TO CLOSE IT in their haste to get to safety. The soldiers took the chance, seized the gate, and when everyone else saw an inner gate was taken by Ottoman soldiers, they fell back and back and back until they lost.
The Knights of Rhodes/Malta btw... regardless of what you think of them morally.
Complete and Total Baddasses... Half Crusader... Half Pirate.... they are Pirate Knights, two of the most awesome things in history in on group.
Also they are going to be pretty awesome in this series in Malta ;-D
+Arthur 0/10, not the Teutonic order
"Last of the crusaders bastions" mission
+Arthur now if only they had managed to get ninja in there too, they would have been the most badassest ever.
+OnceUponATimeThereWasAPersonWithALongUsername.TheElongationOfThatUsernameWasPlainlyLegendary To be fair, that is how much of the Arab world pictured the mujahideen that became the Taliban, following the Soviet-Afghan war. Hell, until the War in Afghanistan started in 2001, that was still how much of the world pictured them; the great guerrillas that overthrew their communist overlords.
And then bin Laden happened.
+Arthur They would be perfect if they were also undead, ninja and robots.
Extra History, Constantinople wasnt renamed to Istanbul until the 1920s, when Ataturk renamed it that after the Turkish revolution.
They probably know but are using the modern term for clarity.
+ArtPlays If you have a date in Constantinople she'll be waiting in Istanbul.
+ArtPlays lies episode here we come.
+ArtPlays
Now I'm no expert on the subject but I was under the impression that Istanbul quickly replaced the old name at least among the lower classes. I know that the two names were interchangeable in official documents until "recently" under Ataturk. If you have further information I wouldn't mind hearing more; my knowledge on the Ottomans is limited and would love learn more.
+ArtPlays Kind of, in official means, yes. Colloquially it was refereed to as Istanbul before the 15th century. I ain't got sources, so I could be wrong, but I remember this from a lecture a while ago. Take this with a grain of salt.
ibraheem pasha, was christian, but...converted to islaam. ☪️
Why the fuck is this not a movie yet!? I really must say, history is pretty fucking badass.
+Quinn Alexander there is a turkish sort of soap opera called precisely Suleiman the magnificent. I know it because my gf watches it, and it is sort of accurate but it centers more around his favourite wife Hurrem (who will be probably talked about later in this series)
He is! 200 million viewers worldwide and for you to watch free on youtube! In english subs. Movie series is 138 parts all 2 hours each. The Magnificent Century (Muhtesem Yuzyil) aired 2011 ended in 2014 new one is out this ones about Sultan Ahmet. But the original one is about Suleyman and hes wife Hurrem, harem, wars etc. Excellent acting and scenes rotten tomatoes rated 7/10 thats high for them.
+Quinn Alexander Hah! Alright, I'll check these out. I must say, every event Extra History has recounted so far, from the Pumic Wars to the Sengoku Jidai have all been unbelievably epic.
+Quinn Alexander admira yi is my fav
There is a historical soap opera/drama, Magnificent century. It’s quite a good show( I mean it managed to become popular in countries that suffered at the hands of the ottomans). It’s filled with drama, mostly regarding the harem( of which quite a lot is petty drama), but it has some great political intrigue and even better gut wrenching moments. The first two seasons are the best and it declined a lot after that(even though the final episode is good). It’s not that historically accurate but it’s not completely off either.
I find it hard to get behind Suleiman.
I haven't finished grieving over Justinian yet
+PharmacyCzar It's been 1450 years, but on the other hand, this is Justinian we're talking about. Take as much time as you need.
+FoxEatingBamboo
Naw, it's been two weeks
lol, I would have said it's too soon, but damn, it's really been over 1450, get over it!
you should do an EH on Charlemagne
+TheThunderbirdRising Battle of Tours. Yep.
+TheThunderbirdRising Charlemagne is good, but Richard the Lionhearted is better me thinks.
+Zach Thoroman What would really be interesting is a video series on Owain Glyndŵr's rebellion against English rule in Wales.
***** Yes, yes indeed.
The tame lion is almost violently adorable, please use it again!
"Do you even lift?"
I laughed so hard, I scared my dog.
So Constantinople got the works. Why?
(And no, I couldn't resist)
Venetians
Could it be... Walpole?!
Alex Pope (in a flat deadpan) it was Walpole. Walpole gave Constantinople the works.
I DARE by the same people who changed New Amsterdam into Old New York!
That's no one's business but the Turks!
*10 seconds into the video* OMG! You guys just cannot let go of Justinian can you!?!? XD
+Skylos Reviews None shall let go of Justinian and Theodora.
+lcmiracle or Belisarius, who was the best in that series!
+Jose Angel C Hannibal too
+Erkut Aydın My favorite emperor was Heracleus and my favorite sultan was Orhan.
Erkut Aydın they should do a short series on the seige of Constantinople
1:20 Drawing blood out of nowhere, again? It's as if we have something connecting our heads to our shoulders.
+Robert Walpole nice job trying to blame other people, walpole. We all know it was you.
Do you know the onion man
Go away Walpole and ruin the British economy again.
It wasn't the king who had the Ottoman envoy exucuted. It was the barons and magnates in Southern Hungary. Louis II (the king, not the prince) was actually really surprised that the envoy never arrived in Buda...
+Lockret Stay tuned for the "Lies" episode.
It would be great to do a series on frederick the great of prussia
ok
This part of the series has alway left me a bit emotional. The way Extra History has told Suleiman’s story is inspiring.
As a Turkish, I learned more about Süleyman from this 7 minute video than I learned from years of compulsory history education I had back when I was in middle and high school. Thanks for making these topics much more interesting in a way that now I have more interest in history than ever, even though my major is English teaching. Love you extra-credits! Keep up the cool series and original storytelling!
+Apax X
Turk?
You got like from be because you are turk.
Polish-Turkish Love-hate Relationship
+ProxPlayerPL What is a relationship, if there is no drama no? :)
@@proxplayerpl6116 we do have a complicated relationship, dont we? :D
The Ottoman Empire is my jam! Thanks to whoever voted on this!
Magnificent century on youtube :)
All this hate against Turks and turkish history, this is truely disgusting
I've never witnessed so much anger against a particular Culture and their History
it probably all started when they killed the byzantine empire.
+T-Bay Kun
Honestly, alot of it probably stems from the fact that Turkish nationalists are some of the most annoying cunts you can ever have the displeasure of talking to.
+marvelfannumber1
No not because of that The hate existed long before the internet was invented.
+99batran
You're thinking of the fourth crusade, the Turks just resurrected what was left.
Sir Robert Walpole
Well the Byzantines managed to rebuild themselves through the Nicaean Empire, but was a mere shell of it's former self and it's strength could match a mere kingdom similar to it's size, Turks gave the final blow that sends the Byzantines into a slow death by capturing Bursa and pouring into Europe and separated Constantinople from Peloponnese peninsula. And you know the rest with Mehmed II. The Turks resurrecting the Byzantines is like saying the German Tribes resurrecting Rome after they took it for themselves (both good and bad since German Tribes did expand Roman cities such as London, Paris, and Rome itself later on).
Finally! we Turks have our chapter here :D
@Aslanian onu israyil aJanları kaldırmış yani yayınlanmayacak
Finally? You Turks have always had a chapter haha. Your empire was one of the greatest musim empires to exist and the most inspiring. Not finally you mean always and forever.
@Mogaaj Fghgf who?
@Mogaaj FghgfAbbasid for science and knowledge advancements and ottomans for military strength and conquest of Constantinople.
@@Ardaagafilimada
I prefer ummayads over Abbasids by a long shot
2:18: The _Byzantine_ waters of Istanbul? I see what you did there!
Yes!! The ottomans! So awesome! Thank you Extra Credits! : )
This is awesome! Non-European history, so often ignored in high school History class, has always fascinated me. You guys continually show the amazing stories that lie all around the world, and I can't stress enough how cool that is! You deserve so many more subscribers for all the hard work you do, and I am happy to be one of them
That intro was written so well
EC: Your series on Suleiman and his ending was down right poetic! I fought hard to hold back my tears and sorrow for this Once Great man of vision who fell to his own insecurities...
oh my god fuck yes i wanted to suggest this as im turkish but thought no one would like the idea
+TheBoss Are you kidding? Suleiman was a great leader, a uniter, a lover of people and culture. His story is one I eagerly await the telling of.
+TheBoss We've already seen stories from Korea, South Africa, British economics, and ancient Rome, not to mention a two-part series from just this region of the world a few hundred years prior. Why wouldn't we be interested in this? Also, this was apparently voted for on their patreon, like all the other topics.
Parker Dixon-Word Yeah, so clearly the interest is there. As Dan even said, the reason they love doing this series is because the support and comments from them portray an audience wanting to learn.
+TheBoss These are my favorite parts of history.
Roger Wilko Why exactly? What makes these era so interesting to you?
Please do ataturk after this, it would finish the history of Anatolia
yes pls ataturk is a guy that changed the course of history in a way pls do this
+Bilge Khan They don't take suggestions from the youtube comments- there's a vote on their pateon.
+Parker Dixon-Word then this message is to patreon people :P
If they do Ataturk, they would need to do Erdogan too who I think is the 2nd Ataturk. So, let them not bother.
I literally laughed out loud at "DO YOU EVEN LIFT?" ^^
Dunno if I like the change in tone for these extra histories. They've gone from being mostly factual historical recounts, to a very dramatised personal retelling. Not meaning any offence by this next statement, but these seem to have gone the way of the History Channel. Something I'd watch for it's information, and now something I'm not quite sure how to take.
+IHazMagics I also notice that but I think this was already the case as far back as the Punic Wars series. The only difference seems to be that the newer series focus on a single historical personage (Justinian, John Snow, Suleiman), while the older ones gave equal spotlight to several key figures of the periods they discussed (like Nobunaga, Hideyoshi, and Tokugawa). Nonetheless, I think it was in one of the first Lies episodes that James admitted that the series is, by design, rooted in the Great Man model of history, so dramatization is to be expected.
+DoubleRu Then they're going to have a really hard time if they ever get to Latin America, the history of each nation is made up of various Great Man in the same period.
IHazMagics I
One of the biggest things you hear about History from non-history-buffs is how dry and boring it is, just a recitation of facts, names, dates, etc, without the soul in it. I love Extra History, and it brought a non-history-loving friend to enjoy learning about these topics, exactly because of this dramatized edge.
سبحان الله
الحمد لله
لا اله الا الله
الله أكبر
لاحول ولاقوه إلا بالله
استغفر الله العظيم وأتوب إليه
اللهم صل وسلم على نبينا محمد.
This way of telling history is glorious! Unbelievably well written! 10/10
Correct me if I'm wrong, but I thought that the city was called Constantinople at this point, not Istanbul.
+Draktand01 When the Turks took over they renamed it Istanbul.
Same here, because even in World War 1 it was constantinople if i am not wrong as well
BulletBill64 Only if you mean the modern turkish republic I think.
+Draktand01 when the Ottomans captured the city, they renamed it Istanbul
Draktand01 nope I mean the medieval Turks.When they captured Constantinopel in 1453 they renamed it Istanbul
Dammit. Now I have the Civ V theme in my head.
+Herbivore The Carnivore same
+Herbivore The Carnivore Ceddin Deden m8
+Herbivore The Carnivore *Belly beating intensifies*
ThePilot4ever BY MY BEARD AND BELLY
pum pum pum....PU PU PUM PU PUM
Türkçeniz var mı bilmiyorum ama umarım vardır.Yavuz Sultan Selim,Muhteşem Süleyman'ın kardeşlerini öldürmedi.Muhteşem Süleyman'ın kardeşleri ömürleri bittiği için öldüler.Yavuz Sultan Selim kendi kardeşlerini öldürdü,çünkü onlar Yavuz'a ihanet ettiler.Bu video bizim dizimiz olan "Muhteşem Yüzyıl" adlı berbat diziden ilham alınarak yapılmış.O dizi berbat ötesi bir dizimizdir,itibar etmeyiniz.Yavuz Sultan Selim Muhteşem Süleyman'dan daha iyi bir padişahtır.Yavuz Sultan Selim sandığınız gibi acımasız değildir.Yavuz Sultan Selim gemi mürettebatından biri geminin altında ezilirken onu gemiden kurtarmak için canını tehlikeye atmış biridir.Size göre Muhteşem Süleyman çok iyi bir padişah gibi gözüküyor.Ama en iyi padişahlarımız Fatih Sultan Mehmet,Yavuz Sultan Selim,1.Murat ve 2.Abdülhamit'tir.Muhteşem Süleyman'dan sonra tahta 2.Selim geçmiş ve Osmanlı devleti duraklamaya girmiştir.Devlet her alanda zayıflamaya başlamıştır.Muhteşem Süleyman devrinde kötü devlet adamları iyilerin yerine geçmeye başlamıştır.Muhteşem Süleyman iyi bir padişahtır,ama yaptığı çok hata vardır.O yüzden en iyi padişahlarımızdan değildir.
Hello, it's me.
I love the change in story telling with this series. Rather than building tension with a story that you presume the audience does not know, you have Suleiman recalling the events of his life like the audience would through the lens of history. Also, you remind the viewers that history does not end when a figure in it dies; each chapter in the great tome of World History is a continuation of the chapter before it. Keep up the good work; I am already looking forward to the next series.
and then you also have to question what a section of history is. History us continuous, so it doesn't really have set boundaries. Ex: several historians argue the renaissance isnt a thing.
Not to be that guy they answer in lies, but the city was still officially named an Arabic version of Constantinople till the modern secular Turkish government came into power in the 1930s. I understand why you'd change it for the series though.
+Sam Leduc More content for the Lies episode! It's okay!
+Sam Leduc I'm pretty sure "Konstantiniyye" is Turkish, not Arabic.
firefox3249 the article i read said it arabic "It is an Arabic calqued form of Constantinople, with an Arabic ending meaning 'place of' instead of the Greek element -polis" butn Turkish would make more sense.
Sam Leduc I don't know if it has Arab origins, but Google agrees with me and translates it as Turkish.
konstantinyye is Arabic not Turkish ."iyye" part is an Arabic suffix
"You know what would be weird?" said Suleiman, wearing an onion hat,
Its KAVUK oki?
What if the Ottoman Empire was big,really big
@@farahnaveed2581 What if Russia was big said Ivan trying not to be terrible.
Walpole is a descendant of Ibrahim, just so you kow
This series is going to get awkward when we cover how Suleiman strangled one of his sons to death.
No, really, this is a thing that actually happened.
^_^ -----> x_x
That transition always cracks me up.
This looks great so far. Love the narrative time jumping and the Justinian cameo.
What I hate about Suleiman was the fact that despite all his achievements he didn't appoint a worthy successor among his sons. His eldest and most capable son Musafar should would have been a terrific Sultan and done so much great things perhaps on par with his father. But because Suleiman suspected he was plotting to overthrow him without much proof he just had him executed and allowed that lazy bastard Selim to become Sultan who just left the running of the country to his ministers while so he could have his orgies and go partying, all the while the Ottomen Empire went to hell.
You know this from the TV serial?
Spoiler alert: Next episode we will see that La Vellete was really Walpole
Cool Justinian made appearance.
I've always wondered; why would you ever be a diplomat or emissary in ancient times? It seems to me that the official form of declaring war on someone would be to put your head on a spike on top a gate somewhere.
+Инреr sонал Well it was actually amazingly rare for someone to kill an emissary. For two reason really one you never kill a guest as it is dishonourable. And two its a massive insult towards ever nation bordering that nation since its basicly saying i dont care about you. Its mainly something done connected to plays of this era to display a villain and a ruthless tyrant.
So I went through and rewatched all the Extra History. When comparing this one to the first one, the writing of this series has vastly improved! Keep up the good work I look forward to being inthralled by the tale of the once great Ottoman Empire.
This amazing work of y’alls relaxes me before I finally settle into synth music to sleep. I love the history brought into today feel .
+ExtraCredits, the writing on this episode is so SO genius! I love how you've evolved ending of the screenplay from "Join us next time" into real next-episode teaser that is a seamless part of the narrative. Brilliant choice to start and end with an old Suleiman walking along the shore!
The Knights of Rhodes were so fucking bad ass.
+Mephisto -
And tiny...
+Mephisto - They were the Knights of St John really (the Hospitalers) Not really the Knights of Rhodes but that was their base after they were kicked out of the Holy Land
But they became the Knights of Rhodes so they are pretty much the Knights of Rhodes.
Suleiman's uncles can feel lucky of having lived so long. If the Ottomans had Gravelkind as their succession law, they would have been killed BEFORE Suleiman's father becomes sultan.
you got that right
+scarfacemperor gavelkind smavelkind CK2 intrigue focus will solve that ;)
norse is primitive and loced to gavelkind till you reform the faith the true religion is true pagan for the demonic armies and sexy witches to bed ;)
I wish I could wait till the whole series comes out so I could watch the whole thing in one go but my name is Daniel and I'm an addict. :(
I wish they could do these more often too
Your name is Daniel...
Daaaaaaaaa- I feel so sorry for you, having to deal with those memes.
FhantoBlob Thankfully I don't go by Daniel with friends and family lol but it works better for doing the support group joke. :P
+InMaTeofDeath That's good. I can't imagine what it must be like to practically be a living meme.
FhantoBlob I actually did have to deal with that for awhile haha, what I do go by is DJ(J for middle initial) and then the song Go DJ came out....:(
How big you want us to expand my sultan?
Yes!
Also Morocco: No
@@zakidine Damn yeaah boy
@@zakidine Morocco paid taxes to Sultan after 1578 otherwise Ottomans would atack and annex them.
@@oguzkaganonder1331 get your sources updated, morocco went on war against the ottomans and won, that's why Turks never came into morocco, maybe you're talking about Algeria...
onion hat
as you first talked about justinian i thought about king Vendrick from Dark Souls 2
Justinian's theme should be Lord of Cinder.
LordofDragns yeah why not
A great start to this new series! Looking forward to seeing history unfold :)
Ah do I smell the Ottoman-Hapsburg wars coming, this is going to be interesting.
YES!!! I am so glad you are making a series for Suleiman after Justinian!!
But one kindly request; mention his wife Hurrem Sultan, too.. She was basically the Theodora of Ottomans.
Still can't believe he's gone... this Christmas will be our 455th without him...
I think Terenas Menethil II said it best: 'No king rules forever.'
+Joshua Sweetvale
"....even if you're an immortal death knight."
hahahahahaha I heard his sound in my head..
Oooo, this looks interesting.
This should be good.
Man, this is fricking awesome! Extra History's story telling ability never ceases to amaze me.
Yeah, dude. Like no one else have, Extra History have me interested in history.
I'm always looking forward to Saturdays now ^_^
Why aren't these longer? :c
i like how you organize this story, from when he's old and remembering
thats new for me, history of the Ottoman empire. sad thing what I remember about the empire was at end of WWI.
World War I was the chopping off the head of a sick slowly dying man that is of the Ottoman Empire, the empire lost its glory through time and did not gain any advantages that the Europeans got after they discovered the New World. Afterwards their Eastern European subjects began to riot their way into independence as well as their Middle Eastern subjects, finally, when they lost their real last stand in World War I was then end of them forever.
+Manuel Fernandez I thought the exact same thing, only know the history of the empire's lowest and final point. I'm excited to learn about their golden age.
it wasn't sad
Now that is how you do an intro.
true
and so the story of Istanbul goes on...
Seriously this series is going to feel like a sequel to Justinian and Theodora.
For quite a large part of history Istanbul was in the centre of the world stage.
Fun fact , the Knights that occupied Rhodes back then , still exist today and are known as "Knights Hospitallier" or "Knights of Malta" , as they moved to Malta after the Ottomans took Rhodes
Obviously they dont hold Malta today , because a certain Bonaparte ended that in the 1800s , but they still exist as an order within the Catholic Church
Dear Constantinople whiners, it's Istanbul then and Istanbul now. Ottoman Empire is one of the greatest empires ending an era and starting a new one with the conquering of ISTANBUL. Deal with it.
As if the name Istanbul isnt any less Greek or Christian.
Now we need a series on Hunyadi Janos the guy who defended Belgrade
+Janos Jalics We need it!
No, along the vast historic persona, he is not that important. You are exaggerating.
Janos Jalics also known as Iancu de Hunedoara.
Hunyadi Janos and also his son Matyas of Hungary, Stephen III of Moldavia, Vlad the Impaler of Wallachia, and Skanderbeg of Albania. Ah, the glorious EU4 start.
Yì Yáng 3 of those people are big stars among romanian national heroes.
Where we once saw one Emperor, and his glorious reign, now we shall see one who rules that same city, centuries later, and dreams of further glory.The era may be different, as is the faith, but ambition is still ambition, and one cannot help but admire it.