How did Europe React to the Fall of Constantinople? (Short Animated Documentary)
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- The Fall of Constantinople to the Ottoman Empire in 1453 is considered by many to be one the most important events in human history. Yet very little is said about how contemporary Europeans reacted to the event. So how did they? To find out watch this short and simple animated documentary.
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Historians: ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT MOMENTS IN HUMAN HISTORY
People at the time: *meh*
History do be like that. Can’t wait for 2655 when historians will be like: the creation of the microwave marks the beginning of the end of western civilisation
Constantinople: falls
Earlier Crusaders: *shuffle feet as they had sacked Constantinople sometime earlier*
History is only exciting when you study it, living it though.....
Just think about 2020
Portugal's King Afonso V raised an army to join the crusade! But since no other european king was in it, he went on to conquer northern Africa.
@loadsofbuts You can easily see it:
-Muslim Empire now controls most of the ways East. And trade from the East is vital to your economy. The Muslims are enemies because the entire crusade thing.
-the Ottoman Empire was expanding rapidly so it was common sense they would continue to do so. Which would lead inevitably to confrontation with the West.
No one:
Moscow: You know, I’m something of a Roman myself
You deserve more upvotes.
We always laugh about the holy roman empire not being anything of what their name suggest, but what the hell were the russians thinking by claiming the title of third rome
@@youneskasdi Like, several reasons. 1. Russia claimed the title of "Thrid Rome" mostly for the religious reasons, not political, this is why they never took the name officialy, unlike HRE. 2. Vasiliy's son got married to the niece of last Byzantium Emperor, Constantin the 11th, thus making Rurik and Palaeologus dynaties to be raltives. 3. They simply wanted to poke Emperor, by saying something like "look, we are equals to you, you claim to inheret West, we claim to inheret East of Rome. Btw, poits 2 and 3 are also the reasons why Russia has eagle with two heads as their coat of arms.
@@youneskasdi Russians inherited the spirit of Byzantium Empire
Well members of the Byzantine royal family married into the royalty of Moscow so technically Moscow then Russia could be considered the third Rome and when Russia fell to communism and Finland being the only part not communist then technically Finland is the true heir to Rome
I love the fact that Venicians' reaction to this was "oh, my God, I had money there!"
Venice in a nutshell
They kept their trade and money very soon afterwards so even less issues for them. They even had their own independent quarter inside of Istanbul.
@@IslamBenfifi Yeah, the Venetians didn’t cry over their lost trade opportunities for long, the Ottomans’ money was just as good as the Byzantines’, if not better.
Well, they shouldn't have sacked Constantinople in 1204 in the 4th Crusade and fragmented Byzantium thus eventually paving the way for the Turks to rise and take over the area.
@@girlgarde They did the right thing
Nobody:
Every large country in medieval Europe: I'm Rome
@We Scotland wasn't and isn't quite a 'large country'
The HRE and Francia/France were.
@No that wasn’t supposed to happen
Scotland had kings named Constantine...
lol
well they are except the russian
Even the Ottomans claimed to be the successors of Rome.
"Constantinople was conquered by the Ottomans!"
Europeans: Who?
"The Ottomans are people from the-"
Europeans: No. Who asked?
Martin Luther knew who they were, and Pushed for A crusade against them
@@splintercell5551 its a joke
@@splintercell5551 you must be fun at parties
I don't get it.
@@lukad7744 What does that mean
I like how two separate people were able to say "Good, now I'm Rome." The beauty of medieval politics.
The hre did have an almost legit if convoluted claim tbf
Neither of which was the city of Rome ..,
Yeah for some reason everyone wanted to be Rome. HRE, Russia, even Ottomans specially reign of Mehmed II who fancied himself as a Roman
@@fluedgoop Despite the fact the HRE consisted of mostly German people. The same group that destroyed the western part of Rome in the first place.
@@user-ud3gh8fy5n yeah Mehmed even called himself Caesar of Rum
Teacher: The test isn’t that confusing
The Test:
What Year Did Rome Fall
1) 27 BCE
2) 395 CE
4) 476 CE
5) 717 CE
6) 867 CE
7) 1204 CE
8) 1453 CE
9) 1806 CE
10) 1917 CE
11) It is yet to fall
12) All of the Above
13) None of the Above
12) All of the above.
1945
10
@@EfeAksoy08 lol
English occupation doesn't count because it isn't a conquest. After the 1453 İt has been Turkish place and seems they won't give back.
The Hungarians also had a pretty panicked reaction as due to their proximity they now (correctly) predicted themselves next on the Ottoman chopping block. That said, they'd already been panicking about the Ottomans for several decades at this point so it wasn't exactly anything new.
They failed to aid Vlad The Impailer ‘s attempt to hold Mehmet’s army south of the Danube ! In fact all of the Catholic powers at the time failed …….greed power and profits is all they cared about at that time .
Ottomans didn’t succeed in conquering Hungary tho thanks to polish Lithuania habsburgs etc
@@User-79916_ueBut they did? The majority of Hungary was for around a century Ottoman clay
Italy: "he was like a father to me"
Literally everyone else: "oh no... anyways"
More like
Venice: "I wish it was us sacking the city"
@@Gaben38 Also Venice: ...Oh yeah, we already did...
lol
@@gamebawesome
Yeah, history is full of hypocrisy
@@leonardodavid2842 venice had trade posts and trading cities close to constantinople, they never really cared for the city, they cared for the money
Europe: Meh
Later: “The Ottomans are outside Vienna!”
Europe: “Ok, now we should do something.”
Fr. Karma for not helping.
@Wayne Hitchcock that is the second siege
@Wayne Hitchcock
Poland: so I’m about to pull what’s known as a pro gamer move...
1444: Varna.
You all seem to forget the crusade at battle of Nicopolis and battle of Varna
I believe it's important to note that the fall of Constantinople also contributed to Spain and other European countries being more interested in alternate trade routes, because going through Constantinople was a major trading route and the Ottomans taking Constantinople shut down that trading route or restricted it a lot. This helped to convince Spain about 100-150 years later to go along with Columbus's suggestion of sailing west. I think it's important to also note based on this video that Columbus was also from Genoa. Given he grew up there I'm sure he was exposed to the negative reactions of Constantinople's fall and the economic impact that had on Genoa.
Spain and Portugal were looking for alternative trade routes because Europe was in the way.
Columbus sailed 39 years later, not 100-150 years.
Absolute BS, Portugal had already reached Senegal by this point, the myth that constantinople had anything to do with Atlantic exploration is absurd
It grealy affected it, if your mind is open to new ideas, may I suggest there are *multiple* causes to an event? @@pedrolmlkzk
Of course it had a big impact. The otomans started levying huge taxes on the importation of goods coming over the silk road, and while portugal had started going south along the coast of Africa, it spurred the Spanish to find another way to the east indies. Not to mention that a bit later portugal and the otomans had a huge war for access to india.
Constantinople: falls
Vlad the Impaler: "SHARPEN. EVERY. STICK."
And then his head was cut off by an Ottoman sword.
@K.K.Kz.z z.z.z.z buried?) I thought he flew away in his bat form))
@K.K.Kz.z z.z.z.z WALLACIA NEED TO BE PUNSIH!
timur tamerlame the sword of islam
"Imagine forests of corpses dripping on a buffet , you call that a nightmare I call that a Tuesday"
“Hey the Turks took Constantinople!”
“Should we start a crusade to get it back?”
“No, sounds like a lot of work. We’ll just send our thoughts and prayers.”
Pretty much, but replace it with "sounds expensive".
Medieval politics was wild.
Lol like with Republicans and school shootings
"Bro last time we had a Crusade to Byzantine territory we sacked them remember?"
@@redwolf915 XD
@@redwolf915 Pretty much
"Guys, Constantinople fell!"
"Oh, well."
"Guys, the Ottomans are banning us from the Spice Trade!"
Portugal: "OH, HELL NO!"
it's called taxing, not banning.
@@beypazarbagmls6791 a high enough tax is effectively a ban
@@InfernosReaper it wasn't that high
Then war in the Ocean
The strategy of Ottomans, on the other hand, should be greatly appreciated:
Instead of conquering the city (which was extremely well protected by high wall and seawater) directly, Ottomans had purposely occupied most of the original territories of the Empire first and the Empire thus became much weaker before the final war in 1453. Since the Empire had lost control of most trade routes in Argean Sea either, the 'Romans' eventually lacked any financial and material supports outside the city during the time of siege. The victory of Ottomans was then just a matter of time.
Your dry sense of humour combined with your animation and your “in a nut shell” approach makes this one of my favourite channels
" no attempt was ever made to retake the city"
Winston Churchill: "Am I a joke to you?
Winston Churchill more like Winston churshit
@@tryambaknathjha7574 Based af
When Britain and France cut apart the defeated Ottoman Empire after ww1, Europe still did not care about getting that city back when they could have easily.
Turkey ,Iran ,Iraq ,UAE and Saudi Arabia were made up by France and Britain after WW1.
@@hussain6469 not even nearly based, hes indian
@@Crashed131963 Not Turkey Mr. Obergruppenführer
Comments:
30% Genuinely analyzing the event.
20% Talking about history.
50% "Oh no.... Anyways."
You forgot James Bizonet comments
So, just like Europe at the time?
Agreed. Historians should put their skills and knowledge to good use.
And not one single person singing “Istanbul was Constantinople” because you’re all a bunch of uneducated heathens. 😋
They could not fund their crusade because James Bizenet’s trade company in Venice had just gone under
I swear James Bizenet is legally obligated to keep his Patreon at this point because the shout out section wouldn't be the same anymore without him
They did a crusade like when Suleiman was sultan or something but the Christians lost once again.
They had to seek funding from the Parthia and Bologna Company
The PartYBoYCo if you will
Yea well if the Venetians hadn't just sat their fleet in the Aegean twiddling their thumbs, then Constantinople wouldn't have fallen in the first place.
@@benr.4238 the venetians have alot of interest fr money they dont have ANY INTEREST for war
I think that there wasn't a great reaction because it was basically expected. By 1453 the Byzantine empire was in an advanced zombified state and surrounded by the Ottomans, so while the fall of the city was symbolic, the writing on the wall was there since some time already
Ottomans: *Literally changes an age with a single conquest*, *turns their eyes on europe*
Europe: LoL i DoN't CaRe
Roman empire: falls
Holy Roman empire: there is another
Ah yes, when it's neither holy nor roman nor an empire
Russian Principalities: no, there is another other
Ottoman Empire: no, there is another nother other
@@thomasscream4179 Papacy: Uh guys I’m the one who actually controls the actual city of Rome so I don’t know why you guys are arguing about?
Unfortunately, those are the ones who rule the world ATM..
we wuz romans
Venice 1204: *leads a sack and takeover of Constantinople, crippling the empire irrevocably*
Venice 1453: surprised pikachu face
god damn 1204 crusade
Hey if Constantinople can't rebuild after 250 years then that's on them.
@@ethank5059 the city was rebuild but the manpower never could be regained due the constant wars
@@ethank5059
They did.
But it took them long enough just to retake the city, and they lost mosy of their other territory.
It's something extremely hard to recover from.
It took the miracle of both the mongols and timurlane for them to even survive that long of a period.
venice in 1453: how dare those muslims take constantinople!!!!
''hey didnt you just do the exact same thing 200 years prior?''
''...shut up''
1:50 - "Also, no one could argue about who was the true successor to the Roman empire anymore."
*Russia has entered the chat*
mehmet the second said declared he is the new caesar by using title kayser-i rum,so he is the true successor of the roman empire.
Ironically, since the Russian Orthodox culture of the modern era liked (and continues to like) to make a big deal about how flawed the Catholic church was to ape the Roman Empire and how this made Orthodoxy _special_ and _good._
@@tatarramazan8202 Mehmet was a godless heathen, as such nobody ever took his claim to the imperial throne seriously.
@@costakeith9048 bla bla bla
@@tatarramazan8202 Different civilizations, different standards of legitimacy. Mehmet couldn't claim the Empire of the Romans any more than the Emperor of the Romans could claim the Mandate of Heaven.
I have been waiting for your reaction videos. Great.
James Byzantinette was devastated.
Lol
I tip my hat to you
Nah he was more devastated when the crusaders looted every square centimeter of his city
Bastard, I was going to write something like that.
Underrated comment of the century. Uptoke this one to karma heaven, baby!
Oops, you missed a spot. Don't forget to ban Europe from the Indian spice trade.
"What? That's bullshit!" Said Portugal, spiceless.
Well i guess we'll have to find another way to Indiaaaa
Sup kimmy how are those ICBMS doing
"Oh no! Now my porridge is going to taste as bad as it looks!"
@@Veriox22 Wait! said Christopher Columbus, probably smoking crack.
BILLWURTS YEAH!
Has anyone told you how amazing your animations are?
Very succinctly put 👏
HRE: "Look at me. Look at me. I'm the Roman Empire now."
Russia "Look at me. Look at me. I'm the Roman Empire now."
Ottomans "Look at me. Look at me. I'm the Roman Empire now."
HRE: "Look at me. Look at me. I'm the Roman Empire now."
Russia begs to differ
Eric Rogers I mean every educated Roman could speak Greek and Romans would even buy Greek slaves just to teach their children Greek. Rome was such a Greek fanboy that they took Greek gods. But I agree, Byzantines are not Romans.
@@peterii3512 wouldnt byzantines be romans until they stopped using latin?
@Eric Rogers that's a bit too broad of a statement. I mean, the Western Roman Empire was the lesser half for basically the 4th and 5th centuries, and even after the 476 fall of Rome the "Byzantines" did not experience a drastic change. Sure, they slowly evolved into something different than the 2nd century romans, but even then, the roman empire wasn't culturally stable for it's entire existence either. Also, you need to remember that for it's entire existence as a massive empire, Rome was half Latin and half Greek, so it's hard to pinpoint what "Romanised" really even means.
Fun fact : The reason why Vasily II eyes were blindfolded because after he was released by a golden horde khan , a noble by the name Dmitri Shemyaka ( who had ruled over the principality of Moscow during his absence ) blinded him and send him into exile.
He would later assembled his supporters and defeat Dmitri Shemyaka. Thus regained his throne.
Side note : Vasily II was held captive in 1445 after being defeated by a Khan from the Kazan Khanate who had laid siege on Moscow 6 years earlier and forced him to flee from his capital.
Cool. Thanks for the info
@@somerandomstudent988 Much obliged my friend 😁
thanks for fact I thought he just blindly ignored fall of Constantinople
@Hoàng Nguyên Đậu Because it is a way to remove your opponent from politics without killing him. In the case of Vasily II, this obviously did not help.
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The HRE was busy with internal conflicts
Imagine my shock
The HRE was busy with internal conflicts
This comment is true no matter when you read it.
Ultimately it fell to an external conflict, Napoleon Bonaparte.
You can drop the 'Holy' and it's still true.
French Crusaders: *Literally burnt a third of Constantinople into the ground in the late 13th century.*
Constantinople a century and a half later: *falls*
The French: *oh no that's sad*
No good in geopolitics back then
France also became one of the biggest supporters of the Ottomans later btw. Meanwhile the countries that actually defended Europe were forgotten.
Wasn't that early 13 century? 1200 + some crumbs?
All the crusaders were not french during the 4th Crusade
@@beaumontjean6418 I know but they were one of the few countries that actively supported muslim expansion into Europe.
The negligence of Western Europe to take back Constantinople has been 1 of their greatest blunders. Even when Russians were at the verge of reaching there in late 19th century, the British stopped them.
I mean… we’ve been doing pretty alright. I don’t think anyone in the modern world think “man, if only we had Istanbul, then we’d be amazing.”
@@striker8961 We'd be a lot better
@@striker8961 At least then they wouldn't have been able to turn Hagia Sophia into a f*cking mosque. They're destroying it!
@@keelahrose … like physically? Or you are you crying about them “desecrating” a holy site with their own religion?
@@dokidelta1175 if you say so
I love this guy and the channel
This is the topic I've always wanted from you!
Didn’t expect to see you here! Glad to see you’re doing well!
History matters air 2
holy shit
Tf2 air was a piece of history in of its self
Wheres tf2 air part 3
Everyone wanted to be Rome till it was time to do roman things.
Lol
@@Rares0101 Russia be like: light ottomans yaaaaaaa
Damn Right!
Great content!
Thank you for video sir
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Actually the lack of reaction from many Catholic states could be attributed to the defeat of Crusade against the Ottomans just a decade prior to the fall of the City, in which Poland, Hungary, HRE took part. Catholic alliance of potentially interested major powers was soundly beaten and one of the strategic goals of the coalition was hampering of Ottoman expansion towards Byzantines. Once the Crusade of Varna failed, Constantinopole was pretty much lost, it just took 10 years to die.
Oh I know this thanks to EU4!
Actually No. The crusaders made major succession against the Turks. Turks lost way more in the war than the crusaders the main reason it was lost because both the monarchs of Poland and Hungary were killed in the war and the successors of those nation werent so interested in the war so they ordered to end the war immediately
Also not to mention. Most of the time crusaders didnt even do anything, It was mostly just the hungarians recruiting peasants with no good equipment
@@levranz1054 "actually no"
"proceeds to concede the entire argument"
Ottomans may have lost more troops at Varna, but they could afford it, but hungarian crusaders could not and never again threatened the Ottos. How many troops is losing a king of three kingdoms worth? And the flower of knighthood? Crusaders got owned, end of story, no matter how you spin it.
@@phunkracy Even Polish King died in this crusade lol
@@levranz1054 I dont think you realize how Ottoman Empire actually functioned militarily. Larger loss of soldiers is literally irrelevant to the ottoman empire as long as they win the war as they are capable of replenishing their numbers due to how Sipahi cavarlies were provided. If you look at any war aganist ottomans that was won, its usually due to logistical issues caused by the sheer size of the armies.
Question: when did Asia learn of the americas and how did they react?
Oooooh, that's a good question!
@@tbotalpha8133 yes
yes it is
Good question, and if ya ask me since they didn't colonize it.... they probably thought it'd be waste of time and money to invest into that venture.
The Ming Empire was at least somewhat aware of it since the 1500’s since they traded with the Spanish for all the Silver they mined from Peru and there other western American colonies. Though they wouldn’t trade anything back so they sort of stock piled the Silver causing massive inflation problems in the empire, one of many contributing factors to Ming’s collapse.
Brandon Lyon I thought Ming’s problem was lack of silver not abundance of it. Spain changed stopped trading silver with the Ming causing inflation in Spain and deflation in Ming.
You forgot to mention the reaction of the kingdoms in the Iberian peninsula. The fall of Constantinople was one of the major causes of Atlantic exploration, which eventually led to the discovery of America.
To the colonisation of America by the Europeans say that sir.
@@zuheyrcade6239 No
To the sadness of the indigenous people there
@@gomul13 why not to say ?
Do you have evidence that the Europeans didn't go to there to colonise it?
@@zuheyrcade6239 no, I just think it's dumb to be remarking constantly that they didn't discover it even though it was a discovery to them, and they didn't go there to colonize it in the first place, they found it by accident
I really miss the longer videos!
These moments when he says things like "caught a small case of death" so nonchalantly are why I am here.
Let us not forget the thump that sounds after said death.
I'm here for James Bizinet
I'm here for the skipping through fields of flowers!
Amen
Yes and the signs
In a nutshell, most of Europe when like this: "Oh No! Anyways..."
(Edit: Guys, other people have said this before me, why the hell do I have more likes? go Like their comments too.)
Monarch of Europe: "First thing to care about? The city of heretics is gone! What's next on the agenda? Internal conflicts! Now what to have for dinner?"
I was expecting someone to say this in the comments and low and behold, it was the very first comment
Dammit, beat me to it
More like
Italins: Oh noes we have to reneg our deals
Rest of the Europe: Sad, but meh
Muscovy: No! (Yay!)
why u repost?
I love that a small case of death but I do learn something every time I watch one of you're programming. Thank you very much
I love this channel. ❤
First Rome: fails
Second Rome: fails
Moscow: it’s show time!
Moscow: ,,I'm Third Rome! I'm invincible! No one can beat me!"
Polish-Lithuanian Commonwelth in 1614: *hello*
Patryk Podbiał ooof, I forgot about that:)
@@Admiral45-10 actually 1610-1612 and they were cannibalising each other while besieged by the russian army later. And neither they nor the tatars before nor the French later could ever understand that Moscow was just a place capturing which was just a moment of war and never a victory.
@@alexbort3082 I know, French didn't fully take Moscow. But Poland-Lithuania sustained it for over 2 years. And remember, how Polish-Lithuanian Army was welcomed in Moscow - with flowers and cheers from local population.
@@Admiral45-10 Poland was, in fact, pretty popular among Russian nobility by the end of the Rurikid dynasty, and when the end finally happened, the hopes were high that Russia would have a Polish Czar, and would join the Commonwealth as the third constituent party. On one condition though - the new Russian Czar must adopt the Orthodox faith. But the Poles screwed the pooch on that one (along with engaging in other unpopular activities like Lisowczycy raids, and the Poles' general attitude towards what they called "Muscovy" as a territory to be conquered and colonized). So the anti-Polish boyar faction eventually prevailed, and that's how we got Messrs Minin and Pożarski, Susanin, and the Romanov dynasty.
BTW, a certain minor German princess didn't make the same mistake some time later, became a Romanov empress, and look how well that turned out for Poland…
Portugal: "Constantinopla was taken? Oh, what a shame."
Ottomans: Ok imma tariff spices for Europe.
Portugal: FILHO DE UMA P-
Brazil: Que coisa estranha é aquela flutuando no Horizonte....
No hàbles pòrtugàsé
Actually the ottomans were not involved in the spice trade at all at that time
The Mamluk Sultanate dominated the spice trade till it got yoinked and taken by the Portugese in the early 1500s
An effort the portugese were trying since the early 1400s by trying to find a way to India directly
@@mikhailgorbachev7851 reeeeeeeeeeeeee
@@JasonDoe1000 yeah, but the Portuguese couldn’t take the shortest route anymore, so even if Ottomans weren’t trading spices, the Portuguese spice trade was harmed or at least had to adapt
I rewatched your video for a homework, thank you again mister
"He caught a small case of death" LOL. I love these videos
This does undersell what happened in England, as Henry VI slid into a catatonic state a few weeks later and was declared insane and unable to rule, thus setting the stage for the War of the Roses. There's speculation that the one-two punch of the fall of Constantinople (29 May) and the final defeat (for the English) of the Hundred Years War at Castillon (17 July) both contributed to Henry's slide into madness in August.
would happen to any true patriot tbh.
@@Sargassian I also heard the man was quite religious
Are you sure new travelled that fast back then? It would have taken months until the news from Constantinople reached England.
@@anneneville6255 eh, it would only take a month and a half for word to travel from Constantinople to anywhere in France. Which, conveniently for this narrative, is when and where this battle took place.
Honestly though, it's just correlation. We'll never know if bad news triggered a mental break, or if there was any meaningful cause for his illness at all. It could have just been something he was bound to develop with age.
Syphilis will do that to a man
Constatinople: "You guys take your sweet time... Thanks for nothing!."
Europeans also sacked Constantinople, worse than Ottomans
@@comradekenobi6908 yh
@@comradekenobi6908 Yeah at least the Ottomans respected the Byzantine and the Roman legacy. The Genoese would be the closest to help out, while the Venetians attempted to have a redemption arc but got in too late
@Imperator The Christian part was just an exception. They like Rome but not Christianity. Not so sure if Mehmed liked changing it, but it would’ve changed anyway since the Ottomans knew it would strengthen Islam and piss off the the Christians. Damn. . . if only the Byzantine time stopped screwing themselves over, they would’ve avoided the mess
@Imperator As in constant civil wars. But I agree they are playing hardmode when they are surrounded by
strong enemies
Interesting video on perspective
I live at the point where Constantinople was conquered (Ayvansaray). My house is just below the Roman Empire Palace. I get very emotional when I think of the war and conquest that took place here. When the municipality excavates any street here, the bones of people who fought in that period are still revealed. Right next to us, a 100-year-old house was destroyed and a Byzantine tomb was found under it. We live on a very large and rich history. I have endless respect for the Roman Empire, who created this history, and the Turks who preserved and maintained it.
the turks did neither of the last two hate to tell you but they muslimed the place up converting buildings and such tearing down artifacts oh and aalso making sure not a single citizen of constanople lived
@@flamingrubys11 How many book did you read about the Ottomans or the fall of Constantinople?
@@silentbullet2023 The Turks when they invaded Greece purposely used the Parthenon to store their gunpowder. It blew up destroying most of it. They cared little about preserving culture or history. The only reason why Hagia Sophie stayed in decent condition is because they literally forgot that they had covered over the important artwork until the modern period of secularisation (and because the true God preserved it).
@@flamingrubys11you have 0 clue abt what you’re saying, the crusaders themselves did more damage to Constantinople than the ottomans, during the fall itself the city was only but a shadow of its former self at that point, the Turks renovated the city and as a whole always respected Roman archipelagos, it’s no wonder why they declared themselves the successors of the Roman Empire
This is like oversimplified but not too childish humor and MUCH more consistent 🙌
Humor is subjective
And not some over repeated facts that everyone knows already
I like Oversimplifed more because of the higher production value but I also like this channel a lot too
I like both but oversimplified has much more thorough animation and unique scenes.
@@toast2980 Yes, humor IS subjective, but in a way that different people find different things funny/humorous. Childish humor is childish, ironic humor is ironic, etc, that's not really subjective.
But I don't really think that OS humor is childish though. Lighthearted, yes. But childish? Eh I don't know
Either way, History Matters is waaaay better, worlds more informative
I'm a lifelong student of history and yet you continue to come up with topics that I have always wondered about! I don't know how you do it, but I am so glad that you pull it off. I'm always excited to see one of your videos pop up. I love your sense of humor, animation, and your pithy way of telling the story. My only complaint is that there just aren't enough of them! Lol. Thanks so much for another awesome video! Please keep the outstanding videos coming and God bless you, my friend!
no homo, you forgot to write no homo because that was very very gay, deep and nice but still gay.
Don't forget to read about the countries that were actually fighting the Ottomans at the time (and for hundreds of years), as this video just blatantly ignored them.
This is a much watered down and biased version.
love the animation
this is beyond amazing
*crusaders litterally crippling Byzantium*
*Ottomans threatens Europe
Europe: i should not have dont that, I should not have done that
He means the crusade against the byzantines where the crusaders destroyed parts of constantinople.
To be fair though, the Ottomans would’ve taken the city either way, it would’ve just taken longer probably.
GB 420 thank you
4th Crusade: “Take that Byzantium! Wrong kinds of Christians!”
Ottomans: “Thanks for softening them up for us.”
4th Crusade: “Oh...”
,,Hey, Turks took Cons_"
Polish Kingdom: *I'm in kind of a big deal*
@@Admiral45-10
Rest of Europe: thank u but U r FoOD nOw DiE
“Don’t cry because it’s over, smile because it happened”
-Sun Tzu
Nice
The Art of War
Aww mine got deleted :(
Zachary Durocher
“Don’t believe everything you read online”
-Abraham Lincoln
"Bing bong bing bing bong"
-Donald Trump
I'm impressed by how you animated that one guy squinting. That's attention to detail there!
I really love ur videos
"Time to sail west, I guess."
Then Sulieman threatens Vienna.
Ghost of Nicholas V: "You could have avoided this..."
Also ghosts of most balkan leaders.
@@ovidiunicolau4599 LOL
Not suleiman selim the most incompetent sultan of ottomans
@@MuhammadHamza-fi1lb Selim is the one that conquered the Mamluks and fought the Safavids, he is one of the best Ottoman Sultans/Caliphs
@@orangejuice4734 just search selim son of suleiman he is other selim
Stable video 👍
1:44 The subtle squint is amazing.
Caught a small case of death Lmao
Never change HM.. never change XD
You must be new here haha
The 4th Crusade: "Off to save Christianity"(Constantinople sacked by the crusaders). 200 years later: (Constantinople falls under Muslim rule), The World "Meh"
@@jessesinclair3861 No you cannot be offensive to them. They're oppressed!!! Remember uighur!! Save palestine!!! Who cares if europe become europistan?1!!1
@@siegfried2k4 so u r saying that Europe is so weak that a few thousand refugees can Islamize all of Europe? Not sure if u just called Europeans weak or call Muslims super strong 🤔🤔
@@alvirarahman2690 Few thousand? have you seen London or Paris lately maybe few thousand europeans Islam is a primitive aggressive ideology that should be repressed in Europe as much as possible.
@@justsomeguywithoutamustach5603 give me ur address, I need to send u some tissue boxes since u r still crying
@@alvirarahman2690 He doesn't want to be suicide bombed
"He caught a small case of death" that is the best line ever
I’d like to see this topic in regards to Caliphate-era Baghdad. A sacking so complete that a major city is left abandoned for centuries afterwards has got to have made waves somewhere.
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@@hisroyalfatness8430 do you feel good now, for telling the joke
@@hisroyalfatness8430 There is not going to BE a siege your fatness
@@mcvgs1780 give all salvation to my face!
"Constantinople falls"
Europe: "Yall hear something?"
Shame...loads gun to deal with internal conflicts
Dark pre-internet times
And this is why the video IS WRONG - there was other reaction in Europe but since nobody care about the European countires which didnt speak French, English or German nobody bothered to look up for what their thouht.
Just a few quick example:
-Kingdom of Hungary (where the king had the second biggest income only overshadowed by the King of French at the time) all of a sudden stopped the almost 50 year long civil war between the Pro-Habsburg and Pro-Jagello faction, strated to strenghten the border fortress system in the southern border and started a military campaign against the Ottomans (which culminated in the Battle of Krusevac in late 1454 and aimed to push the Ottomans out of Serbia and create a safe route of communication between Hungary and Albania)
-Bohemia and Poland also supported Hungary in these Anti-Ottoman endeavors both financially and with raw manpower, so their acted too - just more indirectly.
-Portugal de-facto started the whole "explore the unknown regions and hopefully get India with a boat" endeavor because of the Fall of Constantinople.
But all of this is not fit into the western-europe centric historical revisionism, i know, i know. We are just useful idiots who didnt do anything until the Horde come for us and beg the West to save us in the region all the time - its not like we fight against the Horde to from the getgo or anything while the "enlightened" West have the luxury of ignoring everything happening in the world. Being the Bulwark of Christendom is really a undervalued and ungrateful thing... Hundreds of Millins died to protect Europe didnt even make it into the side note and counted as "everyone had more pressing issues" or "just didnt cared". The Ottoman issue WAS the main issue since the second half of the 14th century till early 18th century in the Kingdom of Hungary - just saying.
HRE: “I’m Rome now!”
Moscow: “No me!”
Rome: “… I’m still here you know.”
the reaction video everyone wanted
That’s a great topic, but your video has a couple inaccuracies
1) It wasn’t like the Italians or even Europe only knew about the situation after the city had already fallen. They were aware of the siege, but for the most part had faith in the famous walls that had defeated so many invaders. Since they were unaware of the Ottoman canons, they thought it was just another failed siege. And the Italians, include the Pope himself even sent a couple soldiers to help the Byzantines.
2) When the city eventually fell, it wasn’t ignored by Europe. At least by all of it. King Afonso V of Portugal gathered a large army and was ready to lead the crusade, but had to cancel his plans since no other major power joined and he was in the opposite part of the continent. So at least Portugal *did* react, it simply hadn’t the means to do anything alone.
The Europeans were confident in the mythic Walls of Constantinople. The use of canons was something relatively new to them. They only full understood the danger of the Ottomans when Constantinople fell, and nothing could be done.
Europeans hated greeks and were amused by the fall of Constantinople .
Constantinopol falls;
Eastern roman empire: shit
Venetians: wanna trade?
Europe: meh
Ottomans:yayyy
Cruseders: welcome to club!
When a muslim boi joins a flippin crusade
Ottomans: EZ REKT LMAO
Moscow: RIP F in the chat F F F F F
Europe:oh no!anyway~
Other muslim nations: pogchamp
Greeks: ur baad ur so bad ill call my brother he will destroy u
The crusaders had conquered Constantinople two centuries earlier, in the fourth crusade, and held it for close to a century, so I expect there was no love lost.
@@drrtfm
Bruh they held it for like 50 years not close to a century
Lol
0:53 "Its crusade o'clock gentlemen" is a criminally underrated joke
Many are cold, but few are frozen.
Love the videos their great but I think it would be a bit better if the countries borders were outlined. I feel this would make it a bit more clear
Now it's Turkish delight on a moonlit night
Nobody's business but the Turks
If you have a date in Constantinople , she'll be waiting in Istambul .
Istanbul was Constantinople
Long time gone
Every gal in Constantinople lives in Istambul not Constantinople
Even old New York was once New Amsterdam
Why they changed it i cant say
People liked it better that way
Your documentaries are so interesting every time. And I especially love that you cover world wide history and even events and subjects not really “famous” and “popular”
Please make long form content!
One of the most important cities in European history: Falls
Venetian Traders: This will greatly affect the economy
"They really like money"
I can relate.
Fun to see kinda comment like this from a guy who has an american flag on his profile pic lmao
@ꅏꑀꁲꈜꑀ꒒ what does it mean ?
hussein boulahlib it's a signal of distress
But they actually had it.
Constantinople: falls
Rest of Europe: OH NO!!
anyway...
no, they simply didn't give a fuck about orthodoxe faith
they cared baout catholicsm
and their own internal probelms because europe was always busy within their ocuntry and leading divded kingdoms and duchies and states
busy burning witches especially
It's a meme...
“Small case of death” bro makes history funny asf ngl
Constantinope: **falls**
Europe: Oh no! Anyway...
I appreciate how your quality of writing has slowly improved over time. Keep it up!
The Holy Roman Empire: No Romans were hurt during the making of this Empire.
Its absolutely NOT true that the Venetian concern was only or primarily financial. Venetians helped to defend Constantinople when there was no Hope. Moreover, they fought the Ottomans several times after 1453 in the name of Christianity.
That animation of "news spread further with the horse" gets me every time....
Constantinople: Hey guys...I know we haven't been that close, but let's just put that all behind us and- oh no! I'm having an invasion! *dies*
"So now Rome's the only Christian city left..."
the only christian city ruled by christians
but there is still christian cities
alexandria, jerusalem constaninople are still christian cities but not under christian rule
even though they have strong influance there
@@gutsjoestar7450 no influence whatsoever😂
@@peasantarcher2486 yep; they do have;,
there is churches there, and major priests
Only in alexandria i thing
Ah yes. Oversimplified reference
You thank us for watching, we thank you for creating ❤
This is immensely satisfying
He said he caught a small case of death. Had me rollin.
Love your videos! Keep the great work up!
This is like a bullet point of pure facts. Precise and to the point. You sir have my support.
That's the Arnolfini portrait behind the credits, I knew I recognised the lady's clothes.
So now I would love a video about the reactions to the first fall of Constantinople (1204)