Just look at the Mehmed the Second's opponents: Vlad Tepes, Hunjadi Janos, Skaenderbeg, Uzun Hasan... Their legends could have been much greater if they had lived another time, or Mehmed could have won all the wars he fought if he had any other opponents. I am not sure a different Sultan instead of Mehmed II could hold Ottomans together against these fierce guys from east to west, but I am sure they are all worth to respect.
sultan muhammad II al fatih is a great sultan. prophet Muhammad SAW said "You will conquer Constantinople. Its commander is the best and its army (that will conquer it) is the best."
*I am not sure a different Sultan instead of Mehmed II could hold Ottomans together against these fierce guys from east to west, but I am sure they are all worth to respect.* All Ottoman Sultans around that time were badass. Bayazid was OP as well, but was overshadowed by Tamerlan. The greatest conqueror however is Selim I, while to most just one is Süleyman the magnificant. It is after Süleyman´s death, the Ottoman Sultans start losing quality.
After Suleiman, Sultans didn't go to campaign personally, they just sat in the palace thats why Ottomans started losing wars. ( with exceptions like Murad 4.)
Hey mpye someone is lying here I hear some other guys saying that Muhammad a.s. said " Constantinople and Rome will be free twice times " , so can you tell me are those guys lying or not because there weren't demons in Constantinople but were christians, and Muhammad a.s. didn't say we have to kill Christians but too respect them
I heard Vlad Tepes simply burned the beggars and homeless men alive of his own kingdom to put an end to miserable earthly life of those poor souls. He also stated they're going to a better place............ What a reasonable guy!!
I always find it funny that the Ottoman conquest of Europe (1440s-1520s) is "the battle of Christianity and Islam" when, at best, only a few Muslim or Christian powers were actually fighting. I mean, only Hungary, the Pope, sometimes the Romanian principalities, sometimes the Italian republics and if they're really lucky Poland show up to these Crusades against the Turks while the rest of Europe just sits on the side lines and cheers on, but don't have the willingness to actually fight. On the other hand, the Ottomans are the only Muslim power doing the invading while other Muslim nations sit on the sidelines and cheer on. Clearly the two religions are fighting to the death.
It is always more complicated than "Islam vs. Christianity". Look at Syria. Christian US has its Muslim allies there, Christian Russia has a different set of Muslim allies, the Muslim allies of Turkey and the Muslim allies of Iran are different groups.
As a Turk, I respected Hunyadi after learning about him from Kings & Generals videos. Although he generally seeked help from other european countries, he was not afraid to attack/harrass Ottoman land if help didn't come. For you EU4 players, just think that you're Hungary and taking on the Ottomans in 1v1 with your starting size.
Did you know Vlad the impailer and Mehmed the conqueror grew together at the Edirne Palace.they know each other very well that's why Vlad tried to assasinate Mehmet at the battle night.if not then how could he know who the Mehmet is ?
The Peasants:”Oh no! We have few supplies left! What should we do?!” A random guy:”Let`s sack the enemy camp, we may find some food and perhaps win the battle, although small chances.” 😂
As a Turk and history lover I want to congratulate you. I enjoy watching your videos even though I know what you are talking about. This is one of my favourite channels in TH-cam and I recommend it to everyone.
this is really great!As a Serbian who was born and live in great city of Belgrade I also learned many new things from this posted video!Not only this but Kosovo battle and battle of Ankara(Angora)was done great!Thank you for this!
It's funny watching Mehmed running all over the place fighting on various fronts. It's amazing to see the success and failures of Mehmed, fortunes swinging back and forth. The Ottomans were unstoppable until they reached Vienna. Great video and hope to see more!
drakula wasnt very powerful or important enemy he was only brutal and you know that the Anti Turkishness in the world ... if someone brutal against the Turks he is hero
If anyone is wondering, the guy at the left of Mehmet II at the end is Stephan III, king of Moldavia, and on the paper in his hand it writes in archaic Romanian: "Above our [desire for] quietness stands the holy duty of protecting the being and independence of our country."
Ctrl+F - search envoys. No mention of the envoys? That is a travesty. The war is now inevitable. Edit: Guys, don't discard the battles to the East, they will get more and more important in the future videos.
Although centuries ago, the rise of the Ottoman Empire give us a good understanding of the geopolitical origins of many Eastern European, Middle Eastern and North African nation states today. This video is yet another great explanation of this rise. Thank you!
Important to mention. After the siege of Belgrade the remaining Ottoman army was harassed throughout the Morava valley as it was attacked by a huge number of Serbian gangs of raiders called Haiduks in Turkish. The area had the largest bands of these raiders in the empire and it never trully became pacified. Leading to 1st and 2nd Serbian uprisings 3-4 centuries later.
Talmid important to mentions .serbians during 400 years were some of best soldiers of ottomans .so u make an alogical argument .from 1400 to 1800 like these events happens in 20 years .
It's not their ethnic background that made them so great, because if that was the case then their lands wouldn't have been conquered by the Turks in the first place would they? It's the way they were trained and indoctrinated which turned them into such relentless war machines.
They were mainly Slavic and Albanian boys. Still, Georgians, Greeks and Armenians were also recruited. That's why in certain times there was rivalry between Western and Eastern recruits. These groups were trying to dominate the administration. However, it was Albanians and Slavs who dominated both the army and administration. Ottomans sent military officers to take healthy and smart sons of Christian families from newly conquered Balkan lands. Some of the families were willing to give their sons because one day they might become one of the viziers of the Sultan. However, some of them were resisting against these officers. Later, these boys were converted to Islam and given to Muslim families so that they could learn Islam and mechanics of the Ottoman society. After they grew up, they were either appointed as soldiers, mainly Janissary, or sent to Enderun, where they were trained for leadership positions, either as military leaders or as high administrators to serve the state. By looking at this simple explanation of Devshirme or the recruitment system, it cannot be denied that this system had a great influence on the Ottoman administration. It is crucial to understand how the Ottomans managed to create such powerful centralized empire by the help of this system.
Arda Aslan Only Slavic? The Majority of them were Greek, Armenian, Albanian. Ottomans wanted to copy the Greeks since Byzantine times and they made it in a not so original way
Kings and Generals Allied France and dominated European politics for the next 300 years. At least until France got a personal union with Spain and pretty much annex North America. Then it's the Ottoman Empire, Great Britain, and Brandenburg struggling against the might of France, Spain and the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth. EU4 is fun like that. :-)
A slight correction: capital of Principality of Moldavia was never Chisinau, it was Suceava (1388-1564) and Iasi (1564-1859). In the 19th century Chisinau was still a very small city; it became capital of the Russian oblast of Bessarabia in 1812, region that subsequently became a governorate and then a Soviet republic, and is now called Republic of Moldova, covering only the eastern part of the old principality, while the rest of Moldavia (including both the older and the newer capital - as well as other main cities) has been united with Wallachia since 1859.
Fun fact. Siege of Belgrade, and the fact that christian forces won it, is the reason why bells are rang at noon in churches to this day (: Just google "Noon Bell".
@@yudzin88 There are barely any turkish words in serbian language,maybe 0.0001% other that u think are turkish for example kutija, tepih, charapa, sat, are infact persian words that Turks took and brang to Serbia, those are persian and arabic words
I love and appreciate your work really, you've been doing a great job! These series are amazing and they shouldn't come to and end here. I advise you to add more episodes of some crucial battles after Mehmed II. Such as ; (During the reign of Selim I) Battle of Chaldiran 1514 Battle of Marj Dabiq 1516 Battle of Ridaniyah 1517 (During the reign of Suleiman the Magnificent) Conquest of Belgrad 1521 Conquest of Rhodes 1522 Battle of Mohacs 1526 Siege of Vienna 1529 Battle of Preveza 1538
Kings and Generals its not called Timar system. Timar system is about land distribution to Commanders in return of raising cavalry units (Tımarlı Sipahi) in the upcoming military campaigns. Also by this way, central state was proving security and maintain agricultural production. State was only paying for Janissaries since they were very special and also providing police services in the capital city. Campaigns were planned to take in 2 stages. When the Spring was showing itself, they were beginning for preparations. Whenever they finish their job (arms production, track renewal, raising army etc.), they were marching. Before the end of Autumn, they were turning back to rest.
I always love seeing the Kingdom of Hungary brought up in these. Such a forgotten part of Medieval history, they were a bigger player than people seem to realize.
A continuation of the Ottoman conquest of Balkans series? Hell yeah! Edit: BTW, János (Jan) Hunyady is a terribly underrated commander. Generally speaking, the military and economic might of Kingdom of Hungary in terribly underrated too.
Too bad that the majority of wallachian nobles (where he originated from) in that time were consisted of cuman's, people who totally integrated into hungarian society.There is just no solid evidence about what you sayin but i know romanian historian's think it otherwise...but history is not a fairytale.
@@adldy8618 Not "it", but he, and he was completely Hungarian according to the perception of the time, he was a Hungarian lord, and he considered himself as such. He was probably fluent in both languages, but that didn't matter at the time. You are wrong if you mix the modern national idea here, this is the late Middle Ages. János Hunyadi was Hungarian, not Romanian.
When you were Sultan Mehmed II, you had a lot of deadly rivals and you had to fight many fronts both sea and land... Your life would be enjoyable with your badass Jannisaries.
@Arcana Imperii it isn't about their background or religion ... The reality is they fought for a Muslim Empire which was fighting against Christian european empire
@Arcana Imperii Believe me i have no love for Islam either, but what you are saying is simply not true. They started as abducted christian children, that´s correct, however they became the most elite unit of Ottoman empire in which a lot of christians wanted to belong, thanks to its many priviledges and a chance to live very succesful life. In the latter times they even became huge political players with a lot of influence over them Ottoman empire. So yeah, not that black and white, but still, Islam is an evil ideology I don´t disagree there.
@Arcana Imperii Being Christian or nationality has nothing to do with the reality of being good at battles. The most important thing is training. Btw, although janissaries were elite part of the Ottoman army, there weren't many of them, for example, 10.000 - 15.000 of them were serving the state in the era of Suleiman the Magnificent. We didn't take all Christian children. If a Christian family had had more than one male child, yes, we took them into the army. Some of them became a great general and some of them became soldiers as janissaries.
@@KokosNaSnehu2 sure, that is why the said tax in children was known in Serbia under name "blood day or blood tax" because it was volontary and because poor Serbian families wanted their children taken away, converted and then sent back to Serbia to kill, killing their own...sure...good carrier move...sure
@@magandakarta ideologies are evil because what they teach not because someone claiming to follow the ideology does something. Islam is a supremacist political ideology as much as it is a religion
"The siege took an unexpected turn the next day, a group of poor Hungarian peasants decided to loot the ottoman camp, despite receiving no such order" Wait wtf?!
Battle of Otluqbeli was fight between 2 great Turkic empires. Battle of brothers (Modern day Turkey and Azerbaijan) Before Otluqbeli, Ak Koyunlu won against Ottomans in battle of Malatya same year. Also, let me give you 1 interesting fact. I’am from Azerbaijan, in Azeri language “UZUN”means tall. According to some historical facts Uzun Hassan was taller than 2.2metres. Thats’s why his name was Uzun Hassan. HUGE THANKS FOR MAKING ANOTHER GREAT VIDEO '!!! You make my every sunday joyful with your videos !!
@@eklezia2829 Akkoyunlu devleti bir Azerbaycan devleti değildir bir Türkiye devletidir kurulduğu yer Türkiyedir Azerbaycanı istila etmişlerdir bu savaş günümüzdeki Türkiye Azerbaycan savaşı değil batı Türkiye ile doğu Türkiye'nin savaşıdır
Actually, one could argue that the Roman Empire ceased to exist not in 1461 with the surrender of Trebizond, but in 1475 with the fall of the principality of Theodoro in southern Crimea, when it's capital - Doros (now Mangup) was captured, along with the Genoese colony of Caffa, by Ottoman troops. Alexander, the prince of Theodoro, was beheaded in Istanbul. His son was forcibly converted to Islam, and his wife and daughters became part of the Sultan's harem, thus brutally extinguishing the last remnant of the Roman Empire.
Well, I haven't studied closely specific sources about Theodoro from that period, but, if I remember correctly, the theodoran princes did take on the title of "autokrator" after the Komnene surrender in Trebizond and added the imperial crown to their coat of arms. Also, the letter "β", which traditionaly stands for '"basileus" does start showing up on state symbols during that period. Besides that, for example, there is a theory that Stephen III of Moldavia married Maria of Mangup, daughter of theodoran prince Manuel (Olubei) specifically in order to be able to lay claim on the throne of Byzantium should Constantinople be retaken from the Ottoman Turks. In my opinion, that would all point to the Theodoran Dynasty asserting their claim to the eastern roman (byzantine) empire.
Then there is Russians who thought no muslim could become the Roman Emperor, therefore declared the Third Roman Empire. Tsar means Caesar. And there is the Holy Roman Emperor, the Kaiser, existing since 800's but no one actually cared after Charlemagne... Italians always had the ambition to make Italy Great Again and so on. Everyone wanted a piece of that Roman title cake.
And claiming roman title gives you prestige, and somewhat legal claims over the land Roman Empire held, which is basically Europe. Right of conquest isn't really about titles, it's about land. Mehmed II's grandmother was a Byzantine Princess, so his claim actually comes from there.. But then again, Russians took a lot of Byzantine Princess'es aswell, so they have the claim too. Anyway, only Mehmed II titled himself Kayzer-i Rum, the Sultans following him did not prefer the title.. His son Bayezid used it.. His grandson Selim didn't even bother and his rule saw the prominence of Islamic titles such as Caliph during his late reign, and Suleiman had more important titles, at least to him. Mehmed used the title to get involved in European politics in equal standing, and gave him legal reasons to invade italy.
@@StelssonYou should be thankful that Ottomans did not assimilate you like other European colonizer who spread their language and religions forcely to other minor nations. If so, you all'd be speaking Turkish and be muslim 🙂
@@eren.8577 They have tried many times and keep trying. We have fought against them and against you at the same time. No one has been able to melt us with fire and sword. But you cannot deny that the Balkan states were bled by the Ottoman Empire's policy towards them.
@@Stelssonyou are delusional ottomans occupied you for over 5 centuries if they wanted they could forcefully assimilate you or execute and sell you to slavery if they wanted you ungrateful parasites look at native tribes in America and South America they are virtually gone
@@hamzamusa6793Ottomans wanted, but Ottomans couldn’t, that’s why Eastern Turkey is Muslim and Turkish speaking, that’s why Eastern Thrace is Muslim and Turkish speaking, that’s why Albania, Bosnia and parts of Bulgaria are Muslim and Turkish speaking.
Did you know that Vlad the Impaler is coming from Basarab dynasty which is founded by Basarab, a Cuman Turk, and named the region after him as Basarabia, Basar means "conqueror" in old Turkic, and "pusher", "presser" in modern Turkish, while "-ab" with corrected version "-aba" means "father, leader, chief" so Basaraba is like other Cuman Turkic clan names such as Terteraba or Arslanapa in history.
Basarab was not of Cuman origins, even the name may seem so. Lately a very good romanian historian wrote a book about this: "Ioan Basarab, un domn român la începuturile Ţării Româneşti- 2013" by Matei Cazacu, still is written in romanian. And another interesting book about Vlad the Impaler: "Vlad Tepes -Dracula Intre legenda si adevar istoric 2015" written by Stefan Andreescu also only in romanian for the time being.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/House_of_Basarab What it says: "The name is likely of Cuman or Pecheneg Turkic[1][2][3][4] origin and most likely meant "father ruler". Basar was the present participle of the verb "to rule", derivatives attested in both old and modern Kypchak languages. *The Romanian historian Nicolae Iorga* believed the second part of the name, -aba ("father"), to be an honorary title, as recognizable in many Cuman names, such as *Terteroba, Arslanapa, and Ursoba." SPEAK BY SCIENCE, NOT WITH YOUR PEASANT PERSONAL OPINIONS*
Let's look *TERTEROBA,* a Cuman clan which was like *BASARAPA:* en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terteroba *"The Terter or Terteroba (Bulgarian and Russian: Тертер-оба, Тертровичи)[1] was a Cuman-Kipchak tribe or clan that took refuge in Hungary and then Bulgaria in the mid-13th century and may have produced the Terter dynasty that eventually ruled Bulgaria."* And Terter dynasty which ruled Bulgaria en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terter_dynasty : *"Terter (Bulgarian: Тертер), also Terterids or Terterovtsi (Тертеровци), was a Bulgarian noble and royal house of Cuman origin,[1] a branch of the Cuman noble dynasty of Terteroba, that ruled the Second Bulgarian Empire between 1280 and 1292, as well as between 1300 and 1323."*
Bonus, en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ladislaus_IV_of_Hungary "Ladislaus the Cuman (Hungarian: IV. (Kun) László, Croatian: Ladislav IV. Kumanac, Slovak: Ladislav IV. Kumánsky; 5 August 1262 - 10 July 1290), also known as Ladislas the Cuman, was king of Hungary and Croatia from 1272 to 1290." Bonus 2, the Cuman Arslanapa clan's name still lives, en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aslanapa : en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aslanapa "Aslanapa is a town and district of Kütahya Province in the Aegean region of Turkey." *KNOW THE TURKIC CUMANS' ROLE IN BALKANS AND KNOW THAT EVEN THE NAME BALKAN IS A TURKIC NAMING BY TURKIC AVARS AND TURKIC OGURS, SPEAK BY SCIENCE, STAY WITH SCIENCE, NOT WITH YOUR PEASANT OPINIONS.*
The person on the left at 14:26 is "Stefan the Great" (Modavian ruler) and the parchment in his hand translates to something like "Above all our comfort is the holy duty to defend the being and the independence of our country". #envoys
Kings and Generals yes, he is our national hero😃 I don't want you to hurry with the battle of Vaslui video but all I want is just to be sure that you will release that video in the future as it is one of the most important battles of South Eastern Europe and my favorite of Stefan's battles as he defeated a army 4 times bigger in a pitch battle with very good use of maneuver. Also plz... Only if you could, make other videos about his battles as he fought and won against all his neighbors when they attacked Moldova, being almost always outnumbered by them.
And just an interesting fact about him, even if it doesn't matter too much. Did you known that he fought a total of 36 battles and lost only 2 in his reign? A very challenging win ratio for a military leader.
Hunyadi, a great warrior and general. Here in Kruja in Skanderbegs castle, there is a memorial for him. Also there a few roads and Squares named after Janosh Hunyadi across Albania.
The fact that sometimes influential people get wounded in battle, like Scipio and Mehmet II, always makes me wonder how history would have been different if they were killed in action.
Yeah, true, but despite that, he was still pretty unique in his approach to battling Hannibal. Any lesser man might have failed the Republic. Also, like always: amazing video! :D
Correct, but Hannibal was Rome's greatest enemy at the time and my mans Scipio defeated him by his own tactics. Imagine if Hannibal wasn't stopped what could've happened to Rome... and in turn, the world? I still am a Hannibal fanboy though, haha.
00:15 It's quite funny that the theme music, *Ceddin Deden* is usually related with Ottoman conquests, janissaries and Ottoman military band; however the song (hymn) was composed in 1917, 91 years after the disbandment of Janissary corps and several centuries after the last Ottoman conquests.
I love it how you show the developments in 1459 with flags & figures (the Bosnian prince Stephen trying to take over the Serbian Despotate and expelled by the Ottomans) even though you leave it out from the voiceover in order not to burden the narrative with details.
Definitely, these videos on the Ottoman-European wars are my favorite. Also liked the battles of Frederick the Great. Keep doing the good job, you certainly won a Patreon supporter.
Great Video about the important wars, victories and defeats of Mehmed II. I think after the conquest of Constantinople, his major achivement was to reorganise the Administration, the Army and the Science. Also it was the start of the classical age of the Ottoman Empire. But sadly to say is, that Hunyadi and Uzun Hasan are heavily underrated and not known Kings of their countries.
There was a big rivalry between Hunyadi and Capistrano. Both reclaimed the victory and the loot for themselves. The crusaders who ran out the fortress on 22/06 didn't obey Hunyadis orders because they only followed Capistrano. Some Crusaders also wrote/said, that Hunyadi didn't fight in the last battle, because he was on his ship watching the battle from a safe distance. But for sure Hunyadi was responsible for the victory on the danube river and the ambush of the Janitsars inside the fortress. Hunyadi also was respected by the Turkish enemies way before the battle of Belgrade. He was the "terror of the Turks"
The video is great as usual! Although the battle at Belgrade is not exact, the essence is right. But I the fact is that the Hungarian attackers were not from the castle, but Capistran himself was, with crossing the Sava river with the Hungarian boats. The struggle of Capistran, attacking the Ottomans personally made the whole Crusade peasant army to follow him (he was very charismatic, even though he was not speaking Hungarian). The Sultan attacked the Crusaders with his reserve. That made the possibility for Hunyadi to attack from the castle. As I know, the Hungarians even captured the Ottoman artillery and turn against them. This video is more detailed, but only in Hungarian language: th-cam.com/video/gQAiPq0Rwqc/w-d-xo.html
tbh so many what-ifs, like what if there was no disease epidemic and hunyadi wasnt killed, or vlad managed to assassinate mehmed? It was a surprisingly close battle considering wallachia was not even 1/10th as strong as the ottomans in terms of soldiers and training
I would like to mention that I saw "Chisinau" on the map of Moldova, yet, the city we know today was only a small town of 7000 people in the 19th century. The capital of the Principality of Moldova was at Suceava during this time period, and later moved to Iasi in the 16th century. Source: Wikipedia -- and I was born in Chisinau, so, it caught my attention.
I like it how no one commented on the picture of Stefan cel Mare si Sfant (Stephen the IIIrd of Moldavia), in the last 2 minutes of your video. Nice teaser there :). Do him justice in the next video. He fought 36 battles and only lost 2 (both defensive sieges) and died of old age, still the ruler of his country. Defeated the Hungarians, Wallachians, Otomans, Polish and Tatars in open battle. Do him justice!
wow, really like the Ottoman empire, As it was the last Great empire - After then colines. Never been a long superpower after Ottomans - max was 100 years! first Spain, France, Germany, UK, Russia, and USA - all in 400 years!
The romanian countries were strong back then , with some help from their neighbors they might defeated the ottomans decisively , instead what those neighbors did? 8:54 ... and many other situations like that happened back then , their main enemies weren't the ottomans but their own christian brothers.
Toto Luci, No country in Eastern Europe could have taken on the Ottomans alone. Especially small vassal states like Wallachia and Moldavia. What are u talking about man?
I believe that even if Christians win the battle that would not have been enough. Reason being the ottomans seem to had such a big manpower pool and also were more efficient to wage wars against the feudalistic Christian states. I learned that in feudal Europe no country were able to sustain a bigger army than 30 000 man at any one time but the Ottomans were able to have 60 000-100 000.
Nice appearance there of Vlad Dracula , and in the end the image of Stefan the Great , arguably two of the most famous roumanian leaders ! Go Romania ! :) For whoever is interested in what is written on the paper Stefan the Great holds in his hands , it says : ''Above our own personal comfort , lays our holy duty to defend the body and the freedom of our country. ''
One funny fact. When I was young I didn’t know about Vlad Dracula, but when I learned about him he reminded me about a guy from my village (located in south Albania) who was at 30’s maybe. He was looking exactly like Vlad is presented in his more popular portraits. Long dark hair, black eyes, with a similarly nose and long black mustache. Freaking scary. Specially when he show a big smile 😝. As children we use to avoid walking around his neighborhood, but seeing him during the day in the public space was like seeing Batman visiting our country. He was vlach by origin(aromanian).
Kings and Generals also the idea of ottomans raising an army of 100 000 soldiers is legendary and the number 20 000 is legendary as well.A lot of europians historians are based in previous historians and use that number even when ottomans dident have 20 000 troops in battle 😂😂😂
europeans sources lie about ottoman numbers and casualities even in modern times where even small nations have millions of population cant raise 500 thausend troops in few years loosing 20 000 every batte they fight the ottomans at the time maybe had 10 million population with not even 5 millon turks
rimiserk you have been there in our days not during medieval times i guess.Also most part of SE were not under fully control of ottomans and the population fo europe was far largier than ottomans.Europe census of 1450 numbered 70 millions of people
Your videos always do two things to me; teach me something new first and foremost, but also get me pumped for that next TW game that's coming out. Got to love the effectiveness of a TW clip + a little slow-mo for dramatic effect.
Just look at the Mehmed the Second's opponents: Vlad Tepes, Hunjadi Janos, Skaenderbeg, Uzun Hasan... Their legends could have been much greater if they had lived another time, or Mehmed could have won all the wars he fought if he had any other opponents. I am not sure a different Sultan instead of Mehmed II could hold Ottomans together against these fierce guys from east to west, but I am sure they are all worth to respect.
sultan muhammad II al fatih is a great sultan. prophet Muhammad SAW said "You will conquer Constantinople. Its commander is the best and its army (that will conquer it) is the best."
*I am not sure a different Sultan instead of Mehmed II could hold Ottomans together against these fierce guys from east to west, but I am sure they are all worth to respect.*
All Ottoman Sultans around that time were badass. Bayazid was OP as well, but was overshadowed by Tamerlan. The greatest conqueror however is Selim I, while to most just one is Süleyman the magnificant. It is after Süleyman´s death, the Ottoman Sultans start losing quality.
IgluTV Orhan and murad are the best sultans
After Suleiman, Sultans didn't go to campaign personally, they just sat in the palace thats why Ottomans started losing wars. ( with exceptions like Murad 4.)
Hey mpye someone is lying here I hear some other guys saying that Muhammad a.s. said " Constantinople and Rome will be free twice times " , so can you tell me are those guys lying or not because there weren't demons in Constantinople but were christians, and Muhammad a.s. didn't say we have to kill Christians but too respect them
1. Thou shalt not kill Mongol envoys
2. Thou shalt not chase fleeing cavalry
3. Thou shalt pay your tribute to the Ottomans
Let's call it the first three commandments of the Kings and Generals channel. :-)
**Laughs in Polish** **Rolls on the Floor in Austrian**
acca Thou shalt respect Arabs
Just call russians and see turks melt away.
the third one is wrong...
I like how Vlad Skaenderbeg Uzun Hasan Mehmet and Hunjadi ruled in same timeline. Its like allstars of history
I heard Vlad Tepes simply burned the beggars and homeless men alive of his own kingdom to put an end to miserable earthly life of those poor souls. He also stated they're going to a better place............ What a reasonable guy!!
why u stole my photo?
Bkuzu even Stefan III of Moldavia!
@@sozibrahman8504 How cool you heard about that, Now get real facts.
Similar to how people like Hitler, Mussolini, Stalin Churchill all lived at the same time
I always find it funny that the Ottoman conquest of Europe (1440s-1520s) is "the battle of Christianity and Islam" when, at best, only a few Muslim or Christian powers were actually fighting.
I mean, only Hungary, the Pope, sometimes the Romanian principalities, sometimes the Italian republics and if they're really lucky Poland show up to these Crusades against the Turks while the rest of Europe just sits on the side lines and cheers on, but don't have the willingness to actually fight.
On the other hand, the Ottomans are the only Muslim power doing the invading while other Muslim nations sit on the sidelines and cheer on.
Clearly the two religions are fighting to the death.
It is always more complicated than "Islam vs. Christianity". Look at Syria. Christian US has its Muslim allies there, Christian Russia has a different set of Muslim allies, the Muslim allies of Turkey and the Muslim allies of Iran are different groups.
You forgot to mention the Ottoman armies included a bunch of Christians
Byzantium frequently used Turkish mercenaries also.
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You can make a video about the modern wars in syria or something like that...?
James Tang Haven't you watched the video on the crusade of Nicopolis? The bulk of the army was from western Europe!
Otlukbeli= Showed the differences between Military Tech 6 and Military Tech 7.
Good one. :-)
Thanks!
I actually got this comment. Great one
Artillery sucks at those techs tho
a year ago you made a really funny comment that i like. thanks
"bosnia decided to stop giving tribute"
Mehmed : Aww sheit, here we go again
Here Bosnia is actually Serbia
@@darktiger6518 Never, Bosnia is Bosnia not Serbia
@@darktiger6518 maybe not part of serbia but bosnia is historically serbian land
Turks loving the Bosnian because of they are become Muslim and joined to me
@@maggayvrsuluman1218 boooo
As a Turk, I respected Hunyadi after learning about him from Kings & Generals videos. Although he generally seeked help from other european countries, he was not afraid to attack/harrass Ottoman land if help didn't come. For you EU4 players, just think that you're Hungary and taking on the Ottomans in 1v1 with your starting size.
Did you know Vlad the impailer and Mehmed the conqueror grew together at the Edirne Palace.they know each other very well that's why Vlad tried to assasinate Mehmet at the battle night.if not then how could he know who the Mehmet is ?
Yes there is even blood brotherhood between them
coooooooooooool. that is a great story
Another trivia is in christian world the bells toll at noon because of the victory in Belgrade by Hunyadi János.
@Muhammet Ali, Vlad Romanian the Mehemed Ottoman wtf are you talking about.
Vlad had been kept at the Edirne Palace as a result of a previous treaty between Romanians and Ottomans.
When a random bunch of hungry Hungarian peasants change the tide of battle 😂
"Hangry". :-)
The Peasants:”Oh no! We have few supplies left! What should we do?!”
A random guy:”Let`s sack the enemy camp, we may find some food and perhaps win the battle, although small chances.” 😂
serbian peasants..
Doesn’t it so weird. Turks are always stop by their ancient brothers “Hun”gurians😂
burgers from the burgomaster???
As a Turk and history lover I want to congratulate you. I enjoy watching your videos even though I know what you are talking about. This is one of my favourite channels in TH-cam and I recommend it to everyone.
Thanks for watching!
this is really great!As a Serbian who was born and live in great city of Belgrade I also learned many new things from this posted video!Not only this but Kosovo battle and battle of Ankara(Angora)was done great!Thank you for this!
Thanks for watching!
It's funny watching Mehmed running all over the place fighting on various fronts. It's amazing to see the success and failures of Mehmed, fortunes swinging back and forth. The Ottomans were unstoppable until they reached Vienna. Great video and hope to see more!
Thank you, more on the way! Indeed, they fought on many fronts, and there will be more fronts in future videos. :-)
Kings and Generals Look forward to more. Love your channel and content. Cheers!
:-)
Poor Mehmed lol he was moving through the whole video, cant breathe for a moment. He also died on his way to battle
feelsgoodman He was such a nice conqueror. He deserved his title.
The legend says that Vlad tried to bite Mehmed's neck one time but the sun came up ...
Mehmed is so tough, he survived attack from Drakula.
he is hamon user tho
@@KunglawAdy Yeah, that could be it.
Actually, Skanderbeg was a much tougher opponent for the ottomans.
drakula wasnt very powerful or important enemy he was only brutal and you know that the Anti Turkishness in the world ... if someone brutal against the Turks he is hero
@@messer5624 His brutality spread fear in his enemies souls so they lost!
Finally some more Ottoman Empire!
Edit:I’m honoured to receive so many likes thanks everyone
(Gets bad EU4 Ottoman Blob flashbacks)
It will get even worse in 16th century :D
Well it's kinda start of ottoman golden era what do you expect?
Glad that +5% discipline is removed in Patch 1.23.
@@heavenwatcher100 fuckking haters
Bruh I smashed the ottomans as the commonwealth during the age of absolutism
Great video! Greetings from Belgrade, Serbia. :)
Thanks for watching!
Congratiulation from Romania.
Vojvodina and Belgrade are Hungarian territory
@@ABCefgy In your dreams, maybe. ;)
@@ABCefgy lol, no
If anyone is wondering, the guy at the left of Mehmet II at the end is Stephan III, king of Moldavia, and on the paper in his hand it writes in archaic Romanian: "Above our [desire for] quietness stands the holy duty of protecting the being and independence of our country."
"Mai presus de tihna noastră stă datoria sfîntă de a apăra ființa și neatîrnarea țării noastre"
Ctrl+F - search envoys.
No mention of the envoys? That is a travesty. The war is now inevitable.
Edit: Guys, don't discard the battles to the East, they will get more and more important in the future videos.
when is going to be batlle for belgrade in 1440
Do you want to make the next video about rise of Stephen the Great in Moldavia and his victories against ottoman empire?
Always love the ottoman series ! thanks
More on the way!
Laslus want to remind barbarism again killing civilians too in the name of religion.with Ottoman We watch armies and multiple kings battels
Although centuries ago, the rise of the Ottoman Empire give us a good understanding of the geopolitical origins of many Eastern European, Middle Eastern and North African nation states today. This video is yet another great explanation of this rise. Thank you!
Thanks for watching!
Important to mention. After the siege of Belgrade the remaining Ottoman army was harassed throughout the Morava valley as it was attacked by a huge number of Serbian gangs of raiders called Haiduks in Turkish. The area had the largest bands of these raiders in the empire and it never trully became pacified. Leading to 1st and 2nd Serbian uprisings 3-4 centuries later.
Talmid I am Turk but I dont know what is the haiduks we have "haydut" but we call all raiders or bandits with this name it is not special for serbians
"Haydut" still means criminal(more like a raiding gang type, not regular criminal) in Turkish. I didn't know the word's origin, nice info!
M.Yasin Yılmaz means thief.. I guess
I would say it's the other way around, that "Hajduk" was derived from your word for criminal. That makes more sense to me. (I'm from Serbia.)
Talmid important to mentions .serbians during 400 years were some of best soldiers of ottomans .so u make an alogical argument .from 1400 to 1800 like these events happens in 20 years .
Oh surprise appearance by Dracula himself!
Janissaries were badasses that's for sure. A couple of thousands of them nearly captured the whole city!
Well they were technically Europeans. The Janissary Corp was composed of captured Europeans boys by the Ottomans.
It's not their ethnic background that made them so great, because if that was the case then their lands wouldn't have been conquered by the Turks in the first place would they? It's the way they were trained and indoctrinated which turned them into such relentless war machines.
They were mainly Slavic and Albanian boys. Still, Georgians, Greeks and Armenians were also recruited. That's why in certain times there was rivalry between Western and Eastern recruits. These groups were trying to dominate the administration. However, it was Albanians and Slavs who dominated both the army and administration.
Ottomans sent military officers to take healthy and smart sons of Christian families from newly conquered Balkan lands. Some of the families were willing to give their sons because one day they might become one of the viziers of the Sultan. However, some of them were resisting against these officers. Later, these boys were converted to Islam and given to Muslim families so that they could learn Islam and mechanics of the Ottoman society. After they grew up, they were either appointed as soldiers, mainly Janissary, or sent to Enderun, where they were trained for leadership positions, either as military leaders or as high administrators to serve the state. By looking at this simple explanation of Devshirme or the recruitment system, it cannot be denied that this system had a great influence on the Ottoman administration. It is crucial to understand how the Ottomans managed to create such powerful centralized empire by the help of this system.
Arda Aslan Only Slavic? The Majority of them were Greek, Armenian, Albanian. Ottomans wanted to copy the Greeks since Byzantine times and they made it in a not so original way
YUCK FOU Les butts hurtées
I pretty much conquered the entire Balkans using Mehmet by the 1480s in EU4. Ottoman Empire is OP
What happened next? :-)
Kings and Generals Allied France and dominated European politics for the next 300 years. At least until France got a personal union with Spain and pretty much annex North America. Then it's the Ottoman Empire, Great Britain, and Brandenburg struggling against the might of France, Spain and the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth. EU4 is fun like that. :-)
Beautiful :-)
A slight correction: capital of Principality of Moldavia was never Chisinau, it was Suceava (1388-1564) and Iasi (1564-1859). In the 19th century Chisinau was still a very small city; it became capital of the Russian oblast of Bessarabia in 1812, region that subsequently became a governorate and then a Soviet republic, and is now called Republic of Moldova, covering only the eastern part of the old principality, while the rest of Moldavia (including both the older and the newer capital - as well as other main cities) has been united with Wallachia since 1859.
This is one of your best videos, tons of content, huge pitched battles and interesting historical figures.
Thanks for watching! :-)
Don't kill the envoys!!!! oh, wrong vid, sorry....
this time envoy he was a king of his kingdom so they imprison him
Yeah, a different envoy age. :-)
Jon Harper This time its more like
PAY YOUR TRIBUTE!
Jon Harper You should still not kill the envoys.
Love to Serbian Brothers from Hungary!
Thanks! Greetings from Serbia
My hometown Belgrade, thank you for this great story!
Thanks for watching!
Fun fact.
Siege of Belgrade, and the fact that christian forces won it, is the reason why bells are rang at noon in churches to this day (:
Just google "Noon Bell".
The White City :)
yudzin88 Even i think that.
@@yudzin88 There are barely any turkish words in serbian language,maybe 0.0001% other that u think are turkish for example kutija, tepih, charapa, sat, are infact persian words that Turks took and brang to Serbia, those are persian and arabic words
One of the important thing that i like from this channel is that the comment section is quite informative
Yep, we also love our audience. :-)
I love and appreciate your work really, you've been doing a great job! These series are amazing and they shouldn't come to and end here. I advise you to add more episodes of some crucial battles after Mehmed II.
Such as ;
(During the reign of Selim I)
Battle of Chaldiran 1514
Battle of Marj Dabiq 1516
Battle of Ridaniyah 1517
(During the reign of Suleiman the Magnificent)
Conquest of Belgrad 1521
Conquest of Rhodes 1522
Battle of Mohacs 1526
Siege of Vienna 1529
Battle of Preveza 1538
Chronology.
Man it seems like Turks life style was rest.in winter march into Europe next summer they nerve get tired of fighting
Timar system.
Kings and Generals its not called Timar system. Timar system is about land distribution to Commanders in return of raising cavalry units (Tımarlı Sipahi) in the upcoming military campaigns. Also by this way, central state was proving security and maintain agricultural production. State was only paying for Janissaries since they were very special and also providing police services in the capital city. Campaigns were planned to take in 2 stages. When the Spring was showing itself, they were beginning for preparations. Whenever they finish their job (arms production, track renewal, raising army etc.), they were marching. Before the end of Autumn, they were turning back to rest.
I don't know how what we said contradicts each other. :-)
Kings and Generals my bad, I thought you called this seasonal campaign thing as Tımar system :)
Next spring you mean.
Kings and Generals, thank you for mentioning the Night Attack at Targoviste. That attack is a very important page in our country's history.
Thanks for watching!
Also, I saw you put something else in romanian 14:15-14:27. From where did you guys get that?
It is a popular painting of Stefan.
How about radu del fermous slaying vlad?
Stefan the Great.
Never heard of these battles before, learning new things every day
Glad you enjoyed it. :-)
You should know about it as the Battle of Belgrade is the reason why bells ring at noon every day in Europe
I always love seeing the Kingdom of Hungary brought up in these. Such a forgotten part of Medieval history, they were a bigger player than people seem to realize.
True, for a few centuries there they were one of the strongest realms in Europe.
and their kings Sigismund de Luxembourg and Matthias Hunyadi were the greatest personalities of their generation
A continuation of the Ottoman conquest of Balkans series? Hell yeah!
Edit: BTW, János (Jan) Hunyady is a terribly underrated commander. Generally speaking, the military and economic might of Kingdom of Hungary in terribly underrated too.
We are getting there. :-)
too bad he was actually romanian, not hungarian.
SIBINJANIN JANKO!
+Biting Fingers Were did I even once mentioned his nationality, and why does it even matter?
Too bad that the majority of wallachian nobles (where he originated from) in that time were consisted of cuman's, people who totally integrated into hungarian society.There is just no solid evidence about what you sayin but i know romanian historian's think it otherwise...but history is not a fairytale.
Janos Hunyadi the White Knight is a national hero of Hungary. There's a bell ring in churches every day at midday in memory of his victory at Belgrade
it was half romanian
Yeah he is also Serbian hero I mean we treat him like hero we call him Janko Hunjadi
@Jojo Momo problem cockroach?
@@nikolamiladinovic8518 wow a slave can answer to his master 21 century really crazy
@@adldy8618 Not "it", but he, and he was completely Hungarian according to the perception of the time, he was a Hungarian lord, and he considered himself as such. He was probably fluent in both languages, but that didn't matter at the time. You are wrong if you mix the modern national idea here, this is the late Middle Ages. János Hunyadi was Hungarian, not Romanian.
When you were Sultan Mehmed II, you had a lot of deadly rivals and you had to fight many fronts both sea and land... Your life would be enjoyable with your badass Jannisaries.
@Arcana Imperii it isn't about their background or religion ... The reality is they fought for a Muslim Empire which was fighting against Christian european empire
@Arcana Imperii Believe me i have no love for Islam either, but what you are saying is simply not true. They started as abducted christian children, that´s correct, however they became the most elite unit of Ottoman empire in which a lot of christians wanted to belong, thanks to its many priviledges and a chance to live very succesful life. In the latter times they even became huge political players with a lot of influence over them Ottoman empire. So yeah, not that black and white, but still, Islam is an evil ideology I don´t disagree there.
@Arcana Imperii Being Christian or nationality has nothing to do with the reality of being good at battles. The most important thing is training. Btw, although janissaries were elite part of the Ottoman army, there weren't many of them, for example, 10.000 - 15.000 of them were serving the state in the era of Suleiman the Magnificent. We didn't take all Christian children. If a Christian family had had more than one male child, yes, we took them into the army. Some of them became a great general and some of them became soldiers as janissaries.
@@KokosNaSnehu2 sure, that is why the said tax in children was known in Serbia under name "blood day or blood tax" because it was volontary and because poor Serbian families wanted their children taken away, converted and then sent back to Serbia to kill, killing their own...sure...good carrier move...sure
@@magandakarta ideologies are evil because what they teach not because someone claiming to follow the ideology does something. Islam is a supremacist political ideology as much as it is a religion
"The siege took an unexpected turn the next day, a group of poor Hungarian peasants decided to loot the ottoman camp, despite receiving no such order"
Wait wtf?!
finally bought a sponsorship you guys are the only channel to ever get me to do this.
Coach, is that you?
Hi
Battle of Otluqbeli was fight between 2 great Turkic empires. Battle of brothers (Modern day Turkey and Azerbaijan) Before Otluqbeli, Ak Koyunlu won against Ottomans in battle of Malatya same year. Also, let me give you 1 interesting fact. I’am from Azerbaijan, in Azeri language “UZUN”means tall. According to some historical facts Uzun Hassan was taller than 2.2metres. Thats’s why his name was Uzun Hassan.
HUGE THANKS FOR MAKING ANOTHER GREAT VIDEO '!!! You make my every sunday joyful with your videos !!
Thanks for watching!
I was surprised when he said Uzun Hasan instead of Hasan the tall. IMO it would be better.
Azerbaijanian Turkish
Exactly.
@@eklezia2829 Akkoyunlu devleti bir Azerbaycan devleti değildir bir Türkiye devletidir kurulduğu yer Türkiyedir Azerbaycanı istila etmişlerdir bu savaş günümüzdeki Türkiye Azerbaycan savaşı değil batı Türkiye ile doğu Türkiye'nin savaşıdır
Actually, one could argue that the Roman Empire ceased to exist not in 1461 with the surrender of Trebizond, but in 1475 with the fall of the principality of Theodoro in southern Crimea, when it's capital - Doros (now Mangup) was captured, along with the Genoese colony of Caffa, by Ottoman troops. Alexander, the prince of Theodoro, was beheaded in Istanbul. His son was forcibly converted to Islam, and his wife and daughters became part of the Sultan's harem, thus brutally extinguishing the last remnant of the Roman Empire.
To be honest, I completely forgot about the Crimean colonies. Thanks! Are you sure the principality made the claim?
Well, I haven't studied closely specific sources about Theodoro from that period, but, if I remember correctly, the theodoran princes did take on the title of "autokrator" after the Komnene surrender in Trebizond and added the imperial crown to their coat of arms. Also, the letter "β", which traditionaly stands for '"basileus" does start showing up on state symbols during that period. Besides that, for example, there is a theory that Stephen III of Moldavia married Maria of Mangup, daughter of theodoran prince Manuel (Olubei) specifically in order to be able to lay claim on the throne of Byzantium should Constantinople be retaken from the Ottoman Turks. In my opinion, that would all point to the Theodoran Dynasty asserting their claim to the eastern roman (byzantine) empire.
Then there is Russians who thought no muslim could become the Roman Emperor, therefore declared the Third Roman Empire. Tsar means Caesar. And there is the Holy Roman Emperor, the Kaiser, existing since 800's but no one actually cared after Charlemagne... Italians always had the ambition to make Italy Great Again and so on. Everyone wanted a piece of that Roman title cake.
I don't know why they kept draging a dead horse by claiming to be the Roman Emperor. It's redicilous.
And claiming roman title gives you prestige, and somewhat legal claims over the land Roman Empire held, which is basically Europe.
Right of conquest isn't really about titles, it's about land. Mehmed II's grandmother was a Byzantine Princess, so his claim actually comes from there.. But then again, Russians took a lot of Byzantine Princess'es aswell, so they have the claim too. Anyway, only Mehmed II titled himself Kayzer-i Rum, the Sultans following him did not prefer the title.. His son Bayezid used it.. His grandson Selim didn't even bother and his rule saw the prominence of Islamic titles such as Caliph during his late reign, and Suleiman had more important titles, at least to him. Mehmed used the title to get involved in European politics in equal standing, and gave him legal reasons to invade italy.
Great as always! GJ! Jan Hunjadi and Vlad Cepes were so interesting. Best wishes from Serbia
MEHMET THE CONGUEROR He would definitely be among the top 3 commanders in the world
Mehmet would have been nothing without the blood of the Janissaries, the Balkan boys and the enslaved Balkan women...
@@StelssonYou should be thankful that Ottomans did not assimilate you like other European colonizer who spread their language and religions forcely to other minor nations. If so, you all'd be speaking Turkish and be muslim 🙂
@@eren.8577 They have tried many times and keep trying. We have fought against them and against you at the same time. No one has been able to melt us with fire and sword. But you cannot deny that the Balkan states were bled by the Ottoman Empire's policy towards them.
@@Stelssonyou are delusional ottomans occupied you for over 5 centuries if they wanted they could forcefully assimilate you or execute and sell you to slavery if they wanted you ungrateful parasites look at native tribes in America and South America they are virtually gone
@@hamzamusa6793Ottomans wanted, but Ottomans couldn’t, that’s why Eastern Turkey is Muslim and Turkish speaking, that’s why Eastern Thrace is Muslim and Turkish speaking, that’s why Albania, Bosnia and parts of Bulgaria are Muslim and Turkish speaking.
This is one of your best videos yet. great production.
Thanks for watching!
Did you know that Vlad the Impaler is coming from Basarab dynasty which is founded by Basarab, a Cuman Turk, and named the region after him as Basarabia, Basar means "conqueror" in old Turkic, and "pusher", "presser" in modern Turkish, while "-ab" with corrected version "-aba" means "father, leader, chief" so Basaraba is like other Cuman Turkic clan names such as Terteraba or Arslanapa in history.
Basarab was not of Cuman origins, even the name may seem so. Lately a very good romanian historian wrote a book about this: "Ioan Basarab, un domn român la începuturile Ţării Româneşti- 2013" by Matei Cazacu, still is written in romanian. And another interesting book about Vlad the Impaler: "Vlad Tepes -Dracula Intre legenda si adevar istoric 2015" written by Stefan Andreescu also only in romanian for the time being.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/House_of_Basarab What it says: "The name is likely of Cuman or Pecheneg Turkic[1][2][3][4] origin and most likely meant "father ruler". Basar was the present participle of the verb "to rule", derivatives attested in both old and modern Kypchak languages. *The Romanian historian Nicolae Iorga* believed the second part of the name, -aba ("father"), to be an honorary title, as recognizable in many Cuman names, such as *Terteroba, Arslanapa, and Ursoba." SPEAK BY SCIENCE, NOT WITH YOUR PEASANT PERSONAL OPINIONS*
Let's look *TERTEROBA,* a Cuman clan which was like *BASARAPA:* en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terteroba *"The Terter or Terteroba (Bulgarian and Russian: Тертер-оба, Тертровичи)[1] was a Cuman-Kipchak tribe or clan that took refuge in Hungary and then Bulgaria in the mid-13th century and may have produced the Terter dynasty that eventually ruled Bulgaria."*
And Terter dynasty which ruled Bulgaria en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terter_dynasty : *"Terter (Bulgarian: Тертер), also Terterids or Terterovtsi (Тертеровци), was a Bulgarian noble and royal house of Cuman origin,[1] a branch of the Cuman noble dynasty of Terteroba, that ruled the Second Bulgarian Empire between 1280 and 1292, as well as between 1300 and 1323."*
Bonus, en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ladislaus_IV_of_Hungary "Ladislaus the Cuman (Hungarian: IV. (Kun) László, Croatian: Ladislav IV. Kumanac, Slovak: Ladislav IV. Kumánsky; 5 August 1262 - 10 July 1290), also known as Ladislas the Cuman, was king of Hungary and Croatia from 1272 to 1290."
Bonus 2, the Cuman Arslanapa clan's name still lives, en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aslanapa : en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aslanapa "Aslanapa is a town and district of Kütahya Province in the Aegean region of Turkey."
*KNOW THE TURKIC CUMANS' ROLE IN BALKANS AND KNOW THAT EVEN THE NAME BALKAN IS A TURKIC NAMING BY TURKIC AVARS AND TURKIC OGURS, SPEAK BY SCIENCE, STAY WITH SCIENCE, NOT WITH YOUR PEASANT OPINIONS.*
Kirman Selçuklularının Haritasını Arayan Dost, *That Cumanian dynasty of Romania is what are we talking about right now mate, Basarabas :D
Congrats!!! Nice teaser at the end with Stephen the Great of Moldavia!Looking forward to the battle of Vaslui
Thanks!
Mehmed is a great son who fought many battles I respect him alot 😍🙏🏻
The person on the left at 14:26 is "Stefan the Great" (Modavian ruler) and the parchment in his hand translates to something like "Above all our comfort is the holy duty to defend the being and the independence of our country". #envoys
It is Stefan. :-)
Kings and Generals yes, he is our national hero😃
I don't want you to hurry with the battle of Vaslui video but all I want is just to be sure that you will release that video in the future as it is one of the most important battles of South Eastern Europe and my favorite of Stefan's battles as he defeated a army 4 times bigger in a pitch battle with very good use of maneuver. Also plz... Only if you could, make other videos about his battles as he fought and won against all his neighbors when they attacked Moldova, being almost always outnumbered by them.
And just an interesting fact about him, even if it doesn't matter too much. Did you known that he fought a total of 36 battles and lost only 2 in his reign? A very challenging win ratio for a military leader.
the ratio might be a bit inflated for propaganda reasons but indeed he was a brilliant one
yes i know ;)
Hunyadi, a great warrior and general. Here in Kruja in Skanderbegs castle, there is a memorial for him. Also there a few roads and Squares named after Janosh Hunyadi across Albania.
There's also a small stone remembering Iancu de Hunedoara in Kalemegdan fort in Belgrade and each week somebody puts fresh flowers. Guess who ?
قمنا ب دعسه وتحجيمه هاذا الشقي
Great respect for John Hunyadi. The bells at 12 in all Catholic states bongs for him.
you are the best! I do enjoy your Ottoman battle videos. Keep up your good work!
Thanks, we will!
Thanks for this awesome content as usual, and thanks for recommending the audible on the Ottomans!
Thanks for watching! :-)
This is great .
Thank you for the great efforts.
Thanks for watching!
The best history channel!
I enjoy watching your videos even if they were 30 minutes long.
Thank you very much!
its very enjoyable watching history when u dont have it :)
NOOOOOOoooo HUNYADI... Rest in peace.
Monsterxdude its a shame he died of sickness. Not suitable for a great general
I mean, if you can't be defeated in battle...you're gonna die somehow. Especially in a time where many diseases were deadly
Monsterxdude cant argue with that
Monsterxdude You do know Hunyadi was defeated twice by Sultan Murad II right?
I meant dying in battle. Btw ur sultans got beaten plenty of times by Hunyadi and others
The fact that sometimes influential people get wounded in battle, like Scipio and Mehmet II, always makes me wonder how history would have been different if they were killed in action.
Well, the Roman system was more stable, they would have probably replaced him with another general. :-)
But Mehmet is the sultan, Scipio remain just a general.
Kings and Generals
Scipio was the best that Rome had at that time, losing him may even make Rome lose that Punic war.
Yeah, true, but despite that, he was still pretty unique in his approach to battling Hannibal. Any lesser man might have failed the Republic. Also, like always: amazing video! :D
Correct, but Hannibal was Rome's greatest enemy at the time and my mans Scipio defeated him by his own tactics. Imagine if Hannibal wasn't stopped what could've happened to Rome... and in turn, the world? I still am a Hannibal fanboy though, haha.
well done guys, this was very satisfying.
Thanks!
Really amazing work . A treasure for history lover.your style is unique and excellent .
Thank you very much!
oh finally you post vid about ottoman again
Didn't want these episodes to overlap with the Mongols. Would be tad confusing, to be honest.
*Sees Wallachia on the map*
Vlad Tepes soon?
American : ''What is Wallachia? Vlad is the vampire of Transilvania''
=)
@LIVIU DRAGNEA
What part of ''American'' have you missed.
Adica asta ar zice un american... in general :P
00:15 It's quite funny that the theme music, *Ceddin Deden* is usually related with Ottoman conquests, janissaries and Ottoman military band; however the song (hymn) was composed in 1917, 91 years after the disbandment of Janissary corps and several centuries after the last Ottoman conquests.
Love these videos ! The narrators voice is perfect. Thanks for posting these
Thanks for watching!
This style, these animations, this narrator and this kind of editing I want to see in future please. Keep on following your original orthodox path.
Shout out to Vlad the Impaler, a king who fights his own battles, and does his own reconnaissance XD
Yeah, it is kinda cool. :-)
He was very brave but he was also an insane son of a bitch.
prince-voivode
Ottomans learned Vlad to impale people, so it`s not his fault. :D
M Y
Wasn't he impaled ? I thought that was a thing.
I live in Târgoviște and I like that you made a video about the history of my city.
love the ottoman themed music in the background!
I love it how you show the developments in 1459 with flags & figures (the Bosnian prince Stephen trying to take over the Serbian Despotate and expelled by the Ottomans) even though you leave it out from the voiceover in order not to burden the narrative with details.
One of your best video ever..!
Thanks!
Another fantastic video. Ive said it before but this channel and a few others have been fantastic inspiration for my own! Cheers!
Good luck. :-)
Thanks but as a viewer which was meant to be my main point keep up the great work!
Awesome as always
Thank you!
I hope you will cover battles of Vaslui and the first battle of Mohacs .Love your work
We definitely will.
Definitely, these videos on the Ottoman-European wars are my favorite. Also liked the battles of Frederick the Great. Keep doing the good job, you certainly won a Patreon supporter.
Thank you very much! :-)
a great video with the most talented narrater
Thanks!
Great Video about the important wars, victories and defeats of Mehmed II. I think after the conquest of Constantinople, his major achivement was to reorganise the Administration, the Army and the Science. Also it was the start of the classical age of the Ottoman Empire.
But sadly to say is, that Hunyadi and Uzun Hasan are heavily underrated and not known Kings of their countries.
János Hunyadi (the one who won at Belgrade) wasn't a king he was the regent of Ladislaus V. von Habsburg, only his son became king later.
There was a big rivalry between Hunyadi and Capistrano. Both reclaimed the victory and the loot for themselves. The crusaders who ran out the fortress on 22/06 didn't obey Hunyadis orders because they only followed Capistrano. Some Crusaders also wrote/said, that Hunyadi didn't fight in the last battle, because he was on his ship watching the battle from a safe distance.
But for sure Hunyadi was responsible for the victory on the danube river and the ambush of the Janitsars inside the fortress. Hunyadi also was respected by the Turkish enemies way before the battle of Belgrade. He was the "terror of the Turks"
He was not on a ship during the battle for sure. His army needed commander.
Thanks for informations that I never heard of, or was never learned in history classes on my home city! Thank you.
Thanks for watching!
I just love your videos ..keep doing this and 1 million is not too far!!!
Thank you very much!
The video is great as usual!
Although the battle at Belgrade is not exact, the essence is right.
But I the fact is that the Hungarian attackers were not from the castle, but Capistran himself was, with crossing the Sava river with the Hungarian boats. The struggle of Capistran, attacking the Ottomans personally made the whole Crusade peasant army to follow him (he was very charismatic, even though he was not speaking Hungarian). The Sultan attacked the Crusaders with his reserve. That made the possibility for Hunyadi to attack from the castle. As I know, the Hungarians even captured the Ottoman artillery and turn against them.
This video is more detailed, but only in Hungarian language:
th-cam.com/video/gQAiPq0Rwqc/w-d-xo.html
tbh so many what-ifs, like what if there was no disease epidemic and hunyadi wasnt killed, or vlad managed to assassinate mehmed? It was a surprisingly close battle considering wallachia was not even 1/10th as strong as the ottomans in terms of soldiers and training
I would like to mention that I saw "Chisinau" on the map of Moldova, yet, the city we know today was only a small town of 7000 people in the 19th century.
The capital of the Principality of Moldova was at Suceava during this time period, and later moved to Iasi in the 16th century.
Source: Wikipedia -- and I was born in Chisinau, so, it caught my attention.
That was our mistake, sorry about that.
I really don't mind it being on the map :)
It was a settlement, just not a very important one at the time!
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I like it how no one commented on the picture of Stefan cel Mare si Sfant (Stephen the IIIrd of Moldavia), in the last 2 minutes of your video. Nice teaser there :). Do him justice in the next video. He fought 36 battles and only lost 2 (both defensive sieges) and died of old age, still the ruler of his country. Defeated the Hungarians, Wallachians, Otomans, Polish and Tatars in open battle. Do him justice!
Another piece of excellent work...Thanks.
Ceddin dadan in the background is so amazing!
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It's CIV5 version of Ceddin Dedden.
wow, really like the Ottoman empire, As it was the last Great empire - After then colines. Never been a long superpower after Ottomans - max was 100 years! first Spain, France, Germany, UK, Russia, and USA - all in 400 years!
Adam England the usa might fall during this century
how about abbasid , umayyid , and mughal india ?
Oh, I see what you did there, at the end of the video. Hope we see the The Battle of Vaslui next :)
That is the plan. :-)
Great as usually!. Thx for the battle of Targoviste , :D :).
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Excellent Diction 👍
Good luck
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Mehmed: Thanks for the guns Venice!
The borders betwean wallachia and the ottomans were at the Danube!
Thank you for this! Another great video my best channel on you tube
Thank you!
Yesss our narrator and usual videos are back! I missed it so much! Great video as always
The last one was just a week ago.
The romanian countries were strong back then , with some help from their neighbors they might defeated the ottomans decisively , instead what those neighbors did? 8:54 ... and many other situations like that happened back then , their main enemies weren't the ottomans but their own christian brothers.
Toto Luci, No country in Eastern Europe could have taken on the Ottomans alone. Especially small vassal states like Wallachia and Moldavia. What are u talking about man?
Yeah its not like this video mentioned an invasion from a turkic muslim empire the ottomans had to face elsewhere...oh wait...
The last hope for expelling the Ottomans out of the Balkans and Europe was the Battle of Nicopolis.
Maybe the world isn't as simple as you see it?
I believe that even if Christians win the battle that would not have been enough. Reason being the ottomans seem to had such a big manpower pool and also were more efficient to wage wars against the feudalistic Christian states. I learned that in feudal Europe no country were able to sustain a bigger army than 30 000 man at any one time but the Ottomans were able to have 60 000-100 000.
Nice appearance there of Vlad Dracula , and in the end the image of Stefan the Great , arguably two of the most famous roumanian leaders ! Go Romania ! :)
For whoever is interested in what is written on the paper Stefan the Great holds in his hands , it says : ''Above our own personal comfort , lays our holy duty to defend the body and the freedom of our country. ''
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Dimka Lie Go Romania? Romania is the second poorest country in EU after Bulgaria
One funny fact. When I was young I didn’t know about Vlad Dracula, but when I learned about him he reminded me about a guy from my village (located in south Albania) who was at 30’s maybe.
He was looking exactly like Vlad is presented in his more popular portraits.
Long dark hair, black eyes, with a similarly nose and long black mustache. Freaking scary. Specially when he show a big smile 😝.
As children we use to avoid walking around his neighborhood, but seeing him during the day in the public space was like seeing Batman visiting our country. He was vlach by origin(aromanian).
Did he go for asses to impale?
Only one problem.....they were not both Romanian buddy.Read on.Find out who Stefan was before you look stupid.
Have u noticed about the legendary number that is used about ottomans casualities?? It is 20 000
20 000 here 20 000 there .WTf
Yeah, I also noticed that. :-)
Kings and Generals also the idea of ottomans raising an army of 100 000 soldiers is legendary and the number 20 000 is legendary as well.A lot of europians historians are based in previous historians and use that number even when ottomans dident have 20 000 troops in battle 😂😂😂
To be honest, we used different sources. :-) For instance, most of the battle of Otlukbeli/Malatya is from the Persian sources of the period.
europeans sources lie about ottoman numbers and casualities even in modern times where even small nations have millions of population cant raise 500 thausend troops in few years loosing 20 000 every batte they fight the ottomans at the time maybe had 10 million population with not even 5 millon turks
rimiserk you have been there in our days not during medieval times i guess.Also most part of SE were not under fully control of ottomans and the population fo europe was far largier than ottomans.Europe census of 1450 numbered 70 millions of people
Great video, thank you!!
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Your videos always do two things to me; teach me something new first and foremost, but also get me pumped for that next TW game that's coming out.
Got to love the effectiveness of a TW clip + a little slow-mo for dramatic effect.
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No worries, thank you for the content!
I hope someday the comments section will be as quality as the documentary videos.
Thanks. :-) It is ok, I guess.
at 14:25 you can clearly see how the sultan smoke the region