Decline of the Ottoman Empire

[@ribohe94]

"This content has been marked as inappropriate to certain audiences" Seriously KZbin... ?

[@walterbell1529]

Riccardo Bove KZbin’s run by tunnel vision lil pansy’s who think everything they say makes them a prophet and should followed without criticism,,

[@KrypandeNej1]

Because these comment sections are usually canceeeeer

[@Prideace93]

even myself find that the censorship is very odd. too odd. KZbin what is wrong you now. Replace your ceo with better one damn it

[@ottomanblitzkrieg4922]

Beacuse is about Islam, really youtube??

[@Prideace93]

youtube was in the hand of a muslim before google bought it and it was GREAT. After google, it seems that jewsan wockcoksi or watever her name was a dog to the anti Muslim movement

[@tsarcastic3722]

Why in the world did KZbin label this as offensive material?

[@Arcaryon]

Turkish ultra nationalism but tbh I don't know why it would effect Yt

[@mirandapillsbury7885]

Armenian and Greeks mass reporting the video

[@donnamicci9996]

Totally sick that KZbin is now a "censor machine" - and this is so benign

[@DB-nu6yb]

We know that knowledge is power, so conversely, who's power is KZbin limiting with this misleading, ridiculous "warning"? There is nothing offensive in this video. Shame on you KZbin!

[@rejvaik00]

@@DB-nu6yb I highly agree. You can't try to fake a claim of offense just to hide history simply because it doesn't match your views. It's unethical and it teaches bad intellectual habits.

[@nefaristo]

@@DB-nu6yb ok but the point is not being offensive or not. Some people can be offended by sheer reality, history, biology and physics. The point is that "I'm offended" should be irrelevant in a context of a rational discourse.

[@mohamud60]

Corporations don't believe in human rights Smh that's probably why YT tried to censor the Red Pill movement and the comments against liberal views 👎🏾

[@CrunchyNorbert]

there's a content warning on this video now. some people

[@Georgios1821]

Liberals and Progressives...

[@sparticuzj19]

@@Georgios1821 it has nothing to do with that you idiot, if you understood Turkish view of history then you would know why.

[@a.d.7888]

Wokes and foolish people who think Islamophobia is real....

[@tosgem]

There are two sides to every story. Many people from former Ottoman territories today still resent the Ottomans. However it's the same with any empire, the Ottomans were no worse than anyone else (in fact they were probably a lot better). I don't see why people can't have a balanced view, instead it's either over-glorified, white-washing about how wonderful the Ottomans were, or over-the-top hatred and ranting and raving about how bad they were. How about we just accept them for what they were? Nearly every nation throughout history, if it had the military and diplomatic ability, expanded and created empires. It wasn't because they were evil, it was simply because they could. The Egyptians, Persians, Greeks, Romans, Mongolians, Arabs, Ottomans, British..... they did what is human nature, with the advantage they had at the time. Let go of the guilt, admire and respect, but also learn for the future not to make the same mistakes.

[@Bondrewd_TheNovel]

+tosgem This is all well and good, but the fact remains that some countries under Ottoman rule suffered a lot because of cultural and religious differences. Had they been conquered or under the rule of some other christian nation - I can only speak for Hungary in this case - the strain inflicted might have been less. For about 150 years, the country was a buffer zone for Austria and the Ottoman. During this period - as far as I'm aware - the population under Ottoman rule had declined drastically because those who ruled them wanted to get as much wealth from them as possible, since the land belonged to the sultan and they only used it for a limited time. I have no hate for the turkish people of today, but that doesn't mean I have to like what happened in the past.

[@meine0wenigkeit]

Of course it wasn't all gloom or doom. But at least for the christians under the ottoman rule it was mostly not a very pleasent thing. Paying higher taxes, not being allowed basic rights. Then there was the blood tax (taking of christian children) and also regular kidnapping of christian brides. So much, that in some regions there were only weddings when there were at least half a dozen couples, in order to be able to fend off any such attempt. It is no coincidence that those parts who stayed the longest time under ottoman rule are less developped even till today (at least in Europe).

[@leymanpasha5207]

hey we east asia never forget what christian did to us give high tax if cant pay the answer is he will get kill. ok like yoi said muslim giv tax to christian yea you right not only christian muslim also must pay zakat to goverment so plzs read true history so you can know the truth

[@TheLordboki]

Beat that Strawman hard, Esteban Perz. No one said christian and no one said muslim. This was, obviously, a decision of the Turkish state not Islam. Islam only allowed room for such a morally bankrupt action. Obviously your mind cannot handle the assertion that 'non-whites' can be racist and morally bankrupt assholes.

[@efyization]

Ottomans sick man period is like Todays USA. If people remembered fondly of the Ott Empire, there wouldn't be middle east like todays mess. And it was against the will of colonialists. There was even jewish disguising in muslim clothes and rebelling against state asking for Sheria law rule in modern Turkey. That level of oxymoron and manipulation within society, and with no modern media, pulling off games is somehow easier, because people are not informed on subjects during action. Many false propaganda has been carried out. And the peace within society was heavily injured. And all this was caused due to the necessity to centeralize the power in Istanbul. And that was a perfect fit for Europe's dreams. Because whole world was changing towards more and more centeralized states. And that was completely against the nature of the Ott Empire. You can see a similar faith happening to USA today. They get more and more centeralized, populist and one way of being American. And actually thats against the diverse and local culture of USA, more or less every other city is originally different. But now, that trend is changing. Especially, gentrification makes us loose the real history of cities. Everywhere becomes similar, a trendy cafe in china, a trendy cafe in Stockholm, if you just look at the image you cant guess where you are anymore. Americans will also i guess due to that, become a society where fractions fight with each other openly and thus tolerance decaying. Today USA has way heavier international Intelligence activity within its borders, compared to its history. This also was the case in Ottoman Empire, through the end, a huge influx of foreign intelligence services. Because country can not project enough power. Finally there is one more similarity which i think is the main reason for all of the above. Just like North Atlantic trade deal, Pacific trade deal on the way, Ottomans were crumbling under heavy economical give aways, to more competant countries. China and India by itself is like this today against America. And Americans loose more and more their freedom to put the price tag on for their own products. One similar empire that has certain similarity is Ancient China, but throughout History they have evolved to a Nation where a big margin feels connected and similar, unlike history, where every village has its own way of being a buddhist. But they changed that especially with Culture Revolution, some argue that it proves to be useful. But i think that it caused China to become from a poetically beautiful Empire with fine art and culture, to a concrete farm with no oxygen to smell and no taste not pleasurable architecture at all nearly.

[@TheWorldHasGoneNuts]

That was one of the most unique takes I have yet seen for the decline of the Ottoman Empire. I have such respect for this channel and the work you produce, and may it continue. 👏👏👏

[@graemesydney38]

All true, but you missed the point. The reason for the Ottoman (and Austrian-Hungarian) empire decline was the change in the creation of wealth. The Ottoman were a trading/agricultural empire the new European empires were industrial based. The Ottoman empire was well placed to take advantage of trade and agriculture but was less well endowed with resources of the new industrial revolution. Other factors may have contributed and/or exacerbated but the change from trading/agriculture to industrial was the fundamental cause.

[@nigerianpriest5112]

Graeme SYDNEY it's Austro Hungarian empire not Austrian hungarian

[@danielcaskey]

And no, not all is true. Get some facts from history that actually took place. Learn the life of Muhammad and you will learn the mind of a Muslim. There is no radical Islam and moderate Islam. There is only 1 Islam. There is no perforation between Muhammad slaughtering all that were non Muslim so Islam could create the Ottoman Empire and Pakistan finally becoming a state 70 years ago after a 1,000 year campaign of genocide against India. It's seamless from one to the other and done by the same faith. Now they create a lie called Palestine and look to gain more land from Israel. There is and never was a Palestine nor a Palestinian from a land called Palestine. Science has already proved that to be a fact.

[@Tripserpentine]

Only if your history teacher is a Christian KKK grand wizard you will get this view Your statements are an affront to history and science on the whole and shows a mindset that is completely isolated from real life. It also shows complete uneducated or religious isolation and an oblivious view of subjective facts. If you read the Old testament you will see the mind of Christians and Jews? so wrath and genocide is allowed? stoning people to death and the keeping of slaves as well? you are saying all Christians and Jews are like this? BECAUSE THE CHRISTIAN AND JEWISH SCRIPTURES ARE ISLAM'S scriptures. Jesus and Moses are part of Islam, they'r teachings are Islams teachings. There is only education, and the lacking of. That is what you have in common with the extremist Islamist, fool.

[@graemesydney38]

Subjective = "based on or influenced by personal feelings, tastes, or opinions." Fact = "A fact is something that has really occurred or is actually true. The usual test for a statement of fact is verifiability-that is, whether it can be demonstrated to ... " Talk about lack of education and logic - there is no such thing as a "subjective fact". The rest of your dibble is illogical dibble and a baseless, uniformed, emotionally 'satisfying for you' rant.

[@TalalAlkayal]

Are you able to prove that +tripserpentine was just dismissing facts. Either you haven't read the bible and koran, or you just like to dismiss whatever doesn't come to your liking.

[@meis]

"The Turks were no longer producing, instead they were consuming." 6:37 It sounds like you-know-who...

[@snowfrosty1]

U.S. Into the cannibal's pot we go...............

[@harrisonsekhon1974]

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[@kevinayalcin3639]

Ying ~ who

[@ThexXxXxOLOxXxXx]

Ying ~ The modern economy is sooo very different, if i try to explain it to you, you would probably get a headache and not understand a word i say. yes some aspects are similar back in those days but still it has evolved to become immensely different.

[@davidmccoy1518]

some do read between the lines

[@mmmcounts]

Hm, this video was flagged by the YT community as offensive to some viewers. I wonder which viewers that would be, and I also wonder what their reasons are for being offended. I'm not inclined to take them seriously, but I am curious nonetheless.

[@katesisco]

Thank You for the wonderful analysis and clarification. Deeply appreciated as this understanding is exactly what is needed.

[@tasinal-hassan8268]

Watches video: IQ increases. Reads comments: IQ decreases.

[@AwoudeX]

except for the many errors in the video regarding the nature of the Ottoman empire, for example the 'beaken of multiculturalism' it never was...

[@GoogleTaqiya]

Tasin Al-Hassan hahaha true my friend

[@polamoussa722]

the most arrogant group of people on the face of this planet and god knows why

[@real43nl38]

greeks turks kurds arabs kroats serbs russian laz zaza hungarians etc etc were al in the ottoman army or goverment, infact serbian greek women maried the sultans, if thats not multiculturalism' wath is?

[@polamoussa722]

no pal that is imperialism these nationalities didn't join the Ottoman Empire by choice and sex slavery is not considered as an indicator for multiculturalism actually modern day ISIL would be considered more multicultural than the Ottoman at least its cross national fighters joined by choice

[@phonesngames]

Two things stood out in this video 1.The minting of money out of this air 2.How the Ottomans went from being great producers to consumers... sounds like America...doesn't it?

[@Awesomeduud]

Except we're not an empire that relies on outward conquest to maintain ourselves. We can turn it around.. But we'd rather spend our money most on out military rather than fix our internal problems.

[@katyqmsp]

+Aleksia Malmgren yes but if we don't contribute money to our military, we would not be able to keep up with new military technology, and God forbid a war breaks out and we do not have the latest military technology...we would be doomed. it's not like we spend money on the military for no reason.

[@jasondenton5432]

+Aleksia min skatt except america is actually an empire that actually conquest to force other countries to accept their market rules and invade countries like iraq for resources

[@kashifsiddiqui182]

+Aleksia min skatt USA is an empire, How ? you may ask.. sweetie, the ultimate goal of any empire used to invade, conquer and then pillage the resources of the invaded land. this is old school, thing of the past when you could not have US dollar as the only currency for international trade enforced by various means, only currency to trade oil because US declares a war on them. Saddam is an example. World bank and IMF to subjugate entire countries through their corrupt leaders. When you get a chance, read the book titled "Confessions of the economic hitman" by John Perkins and you will understand the game. you will understand how it is being done in this new world. Once upon a time, America was the greatest country in the world and it is continuously going down in pretty much every field. There are several reasons for it, one is Americans being in denial of this reality. I am an American myself and I do not take any pleasure in saying all of this rather I am bleeding from inside.

[@abdullahansari7565]

+nimer e Every great empire comes to an end

[@nonconformalism]

One of the biggest reasons for their decline was the sultans and Islam's growing opposition to science and innovation. The printing press was banned on penalty of death for over 400 years in favour of traditional calligraphy. As a result, literacy rates in the Ottoman Empire remained shockingly low compared to Europe. A sharp contrast with the Islamic golden era where science, mathematics and technology was championed.

[@shanks6404]

+C Mac Totally agree

[@TrollFace902]

Dont talk shit there, the literacy rate was low because my peole in the ottoman empire, especially the population was peasants.

[@nonconformalism]

Most of Europe were peasants too. The only difference was that the printing press allowed the mass production of books, in particular the Bible. With books now more available to the general public there was a gradual increase in literacy.

[@katesisco]

Yes. And now in the US we public are captive to 'fake' news and even 'fake' legislation where bills are passed in the last days of an administration merely to have them mitigated by the new administration. Actual legislation is passed on the sly and under cover of a nonsense media storm. The military seems to govern itself with goals of world domination with western expansion exactly the author describes as seen in the failure to take Vienna. Note the failure of public education here in the US. Note that the numbers of hires from India and China. Note that the wars in the MIddle East and the coming wars in Africa are underwritten by keeping strong men in power by Visa bribes for entire sects and power groups. The US does not have a single tech improvement to offer. We are spinning drone warfare and selling cars. Cel phones are radios. Fusion will never happen. The rest of the world is actually practicing solar while we lag. Clean water will define the future survivors lives.

[@ThexXxXxOLOxXxXx]

C Mac What "The printing press was banned on penalty of death" that's new any proof?

[@josephchang3780]

I've listened to three of your videos, CaspianReport. I don't always know enough to agree, or always agree, but I enjoy listening. Keep up the good work.

[@julianm8215]

Wow. I really enjoyed the content today. Thank for researching and putting this all together

[@Sheehan1]

Brilliant analysis, I'm impressed that you were so thorough in such a brief video. Excellent

[@walterbell1529]

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[@themitri5643]

yes

[@volcryndarkstar3283]

@@themitri5643 How?

[@YaseminAkay]

@caspianreport I have been watching your videos and I love them! You give a very balanced, unbiased view on a lot of histories based on the facts. I wish all historians were like that :) Thank you!

[@Jinseual]

He actually is biased. He didn't mention that most of the Christian soldiers in the Ottoman Empire were actually kidnapped since they were children. They didn't stay Christian as they were raised Muslim, many Christians revolt because of this but were brutally suppressed every time. The Ottomans also helped other Muslim empires raid Europe and Africa for more slaves to use in their harems and their armies.

[@YaseminAkay]

Was my comment directed to you? No. My comment was directed to this video provided by Caspian Report. If you want to direct your message to this video, I suggest you add a comment right below the video description instead of replying to me. Thank you!

[@Jinseual]

Yasemin Akay I'm sure he already knows this but refuses to state it. You can't just gloss over the slave trades when learning about the Ottoman Empire since it's a big part of it. I felt the need to reply to you because you claim that the uploader is "unbiased" However, that is the consequence of commenting on a public channel. If you are truly interested in history then you would heed to this too.

[@YaseminAkay]

Refer to my previous comment.

[@Jinseual]

Yasemin Akay And refer to mine. First you insinuate he is unbiased, while accusing other historians of being biased. I am directing my message to you because of the statements you made.

[@bandishreyas653]

Big fan of your work! Look forward to educating myself further on world history via your channel!

[@lilliedoubleyou3865]

So informative! Great coverage. Would you consider doing a Part II: *Fall* of the Ottoman Empire? This is definitely "new information" for a lot of viewers.

[@VitalityMassage]

This is similar to what is happening to the US.

[@mattZEEgamer]

Vitality Massage hopefully not

[@graemesydney38]

"Vitality Massage2 This is similar to what is happening to the US." No its not. Different age, different issues.

[@VitalityMassage]

Graeme SYDNEY I said it's SIMILAR - not exactly the same. If you listen to the video you'll see how many of the things that the Ottoman empire did were the same as what the US is doing now.

[@bombacmulayim2987]

Vitality Massage every empire will eventually collapse but US will be like ottomans as both are multinational continental empire

[@bombacmulayim2987]

Graeme SYDNEY centruies can be different but human nature is same, thats why they say history repeat itself

[@Tsatsiki84]

I think he should mention a "fun" fact about how the Janissaries were recruited. Basically every 5 year officials would take the strongest kids from Christian families and forcefully convert them to Islam and indoctrine them to become a highly disciplined military force.

[@SultanMapping]

thats good

[@JGrimm71]

Great job on the video. It was informative, intelligent, and interesting and that is pretty hard to do. Thanks for the vid.

[@alexandercolgan7812]

Most detailed explanation of Ottoman decline that I’ve watched yet. Keep up the good work

[@JaLiberal]

I agree that economic reasons of the fall were the main ones but there were other factors. Ottoman Empire was constantly at war. There were numerous wars with Austria, Poland and Russia that continually drained manpower and wealth of the empire in 17th and 18th century. Those war are not known (because they were stalemate or minor gains for European powers) but if you read how many people participated and died in them you would be astonished.

[@kawaiiobama8079]

JaLiberal actually this is untrue. there was something called the rose-era. there was no war for half a decade. but ultimately its like any other empire, ever expanding.

[@kawaiiobama8079]

cecil123 lol. yeah the brits were nothing like that...sarcasm.

[@vladescu3g]

JaLiberal Poland? They only had a few fights with ottomans. In every event some random dude slams Polandstan there like it matters...

[@kaizer0491]

KAWAII OBAMA Half a decade, that's 5 years, an empire lasting for almost 800 years, take away 5 years, so they've been at war for the other 795?

[@chinookskier]

Excellent, Thanks.

[@steelfaith99]

Such an awesome perspective and laid out perfectly. Ty

[@TheGreatSovietUnion2]

Wow great video : ) quick but very informative. Thank you.

[@Junokaii]

"The following video has been flagged by the community as inappropriate - Do you wish to continue?" Seriously?

[@CritKhan]

Ask Bulgarians and Greeks for their viewpoint on the Ottoman empire.

[@FreePalestine711]

+AlbanianTroll I have many albanian friends in germany they love turks this is because they are muslims. Christ albanians like u hate us but thats no problem for me. But dont forget in albania lives more muslims as christ ;)

[@FreePalestine711]

well there is no reason for hate human being is human

[@roflomaozedong]

+AlbanianTroll I love albanian people and I'm french.

[@Tripserpentine]

Ask a Macedonian about the Greeks or vice versa, and then ask them about AlexanderXD

[@aksmex2576]

LifeisPain How the fuck does my comment make you think i am russian. u PROBABLY MISUNDERSTOOD. what i was tryin to say is everyone is mad at ottomans when they are living under thier rule for like 400 years..

[@FrogKillr]

Very informative. Thank you for posting this.

[@zachfox7771]

What a wonderful outlook at this fascinating time. Thank You

[@CaspianReport]

I can see how it can be confusing. Plutocracy is basically governed by the wealthy and aristocracy is governed by the nobles.

[@turanbagatur3204]

Thank U Ottoman Empire for Istanbul ..Most beautiful place in the world..!

[@BizrDetroit]

Thank you for these videos. They have been very helpful.

[@MarcoTheMediterranean]

Very informative video! Thanks for that!

[@Alex_Plante]

30 years ago I took a course in economic history, I remember the professor explaining that once the industrial revolution occurred in Britain, the technology was smuggled all over Europe (it was illegal to export plans of looms), except for the Ottoman Empire, because the commercial laws in the Empire made it impossible to set up profitable businesses.

[@MrThunderFx]

Ottomans were so technologically advanced they had to use european cannons

[@trashposs3849]

Ottomans used their own cannons before the decline period.

[@abumuhaiminul9818]

Europe was a shithole.

[@newcoc8067]

@@abumuhaiminul9818 exactly bro preach who need nobel prizes when yoi have sucide bombers

[@TheBritshadow]

I found that interesting, and reading some of the comments it's also thought provoking. It's good to see other peoples point of view, and though I might not agree with some of them, it's good to have the debate. Nice one.

[@ahmedrashed8612]

Very nice video. The graphics and your explanation are so clear and to the point.

[@CrunchyNorbert]

was it a similar malaise that affected the byzantine empire? Did geography dictate the nature of the state?

[@tyler9212]

I find it very interesting that it is almost impossible especially back then to see the sign of your own decline until it brought to the forefront by some huge disasters. I find that most important battles in history are usually only important because of what happens after the battle, meaning that no strong state can be defeated in a single battle. I think the best example of this Manziert, the battle was a crushing defeat but it was only by exploiting the disunity of the empire following it that the Turks were able to bring the Byzantines to the edge of destruction.

[@aliberapinarbasi7859]

thinking the same here. Same thing going on with US now

[@tyler9212]

Ali Bera Pinarbasi honest it is hard to tell if the United States is in decline or more if the rest of the world is catching up. Although that isn't too different.

[@johnkim1555]

Tyler Zoltowski 0

[@MrGezmoman]

I like your videos. I respect your knowledge and point of view.

[@kafon6368]

I needed something to cheer me up, thank you Shirvan ^_^

[@a1no1x]

Wow... History repeats...

[@cihanmertbalta8483]

well said really, about the economy part of this video, exact same thing is happening... and 50% of the people are sleeping... The worst part is that you cannot wake them up. They turned into zombies..

[@gendoruwo6322]

As if we could do anything to prevent this?

[@PMMagro]

Ottoman empire, rotting from within.

[@gendoruwo6322]

seems to be the eventual fate of any empire...

[@PMMagro]

Gendo ruwo True.

[@DeadManRising36]

every bird has to land sooner or later..

[@pretzels713]

Yep, this applies to every empire ever. I think the next to fall will be the USA

[@TrollFace902]

What killed the ottoman empire was the growing nationalism of the minorities.

[@aaa8181]

Interesting bit on the Ottomans, I like the focus on the economics, not to mention the major battles and sociological evolution due to both factors. As a free marketeer/ classical liberal, the piece about the black market sourcing corruption in the bureaucracy and ultimate dissolution of the market and state makes a lot of sense to me; all too prevalent today. The balance between individualism/ voluntarism and authoritarianism continues as it has for centuries. Subbed and liked, thanks!

[@garybergeron1234]

Thank you. I watched with historic interest! Gary

[@bingramtube]

I just read about 20 comments, 10 of which were truly crass and vulgar. Please do not take their insults personally, a casual look at their sentence structures will point out their low I.Q. I hope you enjoy making these video's and I hope you continue. Respectfully Bobby Ingram

[@nandumenon]

I liked the way he presented the facts. Im reminded of my state which had turned into a net consumer entity since the oil boom in Arabia fattened a lot of pockets back home, thanks to the demand for migrant workers in the deserts.

[@bingramtube]

Is there anyway we can 'fatten our pockets' today without hurting others ? I am NOT opposed to making a buck !!

[@nandumenon]

Its only going to get worse

[@hugolindum7728]

Bobby Ingram But the video is rubbish.

[@shibbershabber]

I like how Bobby Ingram is chastising others here... blasting their "sentence structures" and their IQ levels... Then proceeds to put an apostrophe in the word 'videos' Hahahaha way to go you fake intellectual scumbag.

[@AbbeyRoadResident]

Hello and congrats for your channel. If possible, can you do a video about the byzantine empire and the diplomacy? there is a very interesting book on that subject ( The grand strategy of the Byzantine Empire / Edward N. Luttwak )

[@charlesnunno8377]

This video was great. Thank you.

[@bloodandwinearered]

Thank you for a most interesting video.

[@funthirstictm3098]

seriously...... when Suleiman the Magnificent killed his sons including his elder son Mustafa and the man whom he trusted Ibrahim. .....Ottoman empire started to go down.😟

[@kaizer0491]

Alpha Zey Never trust women, this was all caused by his wife

[@crazyjkz]

Alpha Zey Very true. If the gradual decline of the Ottoman Empire could be traced back to one single event it would definitely be Suleiman the Magnificent's execution of his most intelligent and capable son Mustafa. This single act (which Suleiman later greatly regretted) is what caused his least capable son Selim to suceed him as Selim II who was a drunkard and a fool by most accounts. Selim II was the first of several weak, foolish and ineffective sultans (his son Murad III, Ibrahim, Mustafa I) that lead to a domino effect of social, economic and military decline in the Ottoman Empire. Luckily in between the period of gradual decline there were a few stronger, intelligent, and more capable sultans that temporarily halted the decline such as Murad IV, Ahmed I, and Suleiman II but unfortunately it wasn't enough.

[@Rambo-du6pu]

Patrick C. ..agree

[@oscarchute5702]

@@kaizer0491 one of the causes of the decline of the Ottoman Empire was the harem where the Caliph spent too many hours with those lovely women and thus neglecting his duties and responsibilities.

[@themitri5643]

could be a curse?

[@blackerpanther3329]

Something that has to be said: the Ottomans were not idiots. They took gunpowder, made it a weapon and used Christians as the primary soldiers given their penchant for loyalty. They took advantage of their geographic position to profit off the trade between Europe and Asia. During WWI they hired help from Germany to get their military on par with the rest of the world. The problem is that the culture couldn't translate to the modern era.

[@levongevorgyan6789]

No. Christians were forbidden from serving. The Christians you speak of were born Christian, but converted later on.

[@Mertiy7]

As a Turk I approve. In Turkey, you have to learn English and read stuff that isn't written by a mainstream Turkish person to understand the importance of the issue and see the problems of the culture. Sadly the ones that can / are lucky to do this are really minority. It's sad that such closeminded ideologies still exist today

[@cecil123]

Those christians were slaves forced to convert to evil islam

[@blackerpanther3329]

Levon Gevorgyan forced to convert

[@blackerpanther3329]

Levon Gevorgyan and there you're wrong, the main body of the Janisaries were Christian because of their loyalty which was not a strong quality among the warring turks

[@dante2730dp]

good video. I recognize the metal gear solid 2 them you had there as well.

[@Foztarz]

Thankyou, this is the best explanation I have found so far.

[@gabelovessales4345]

the narrator sounds like total war zone

[@alwaysverified]

Right?

[@chilloutbruh1540]

Haters gonna hate They will never accept the fact that Ottoman Empire was one of strongest and unique Empires world has ever seen

[@Zimionz]

And like every empire before it eventually declined, crumbled and disappeared.

[@chilloutbruh1540]

Ziim yes, unfortunately... :(

[@Wanderer628]

Turkic Ultra-Nationalist yeah, totally not biased aren't you? The ottoman empire was a cancer that contributes little to nothing to the world.

[@bloodandwinearered]

History dictates what I believe, but it is not the word I live in. There was a golden era of Islam, long, long ago. Look at Islam today.

[@chilloutbruh1540]

bloodandwinearered IKR! I a Muslim but the Islamic states really messed up the somehow changed the meaning of Islam. It used to be the religion of tolerance, peace and understanding (it still is), but in practice, it is different today :(

[@greysonleszcynski8966]

Yo thank you for making this it came in clutch when its 8:55 and I have a paper on the death of the Ottoman empire due tomorrow.

[@786humaira1]

very well done. Thank you.

[@Gerweed]

Why was this flagged by KZbin

[@chaoli9844]

Sound like America now

[@skatesuperbaby]

You are absolutely right. USA's jobs are shipped overseas, reduced production and increased consuming. USA is turning into aristocracy(for example Bush-Clinton dynasty). Large corporations basically buying democracy. Corporate lobbying=corruption.

[@SuperNoobProdigy]

+rula karbes lol I love seeing you people getting mad about this kinda stuff, this is how I see it.... I don't really care just as long as it doesn't affect me

[@jrm21386]

+Chao Li People have been saying the same thing since 1930, and even earlier.... Those people probably wouldn't have fared well in Vegas.

[@sulla1537]

+SuperNoobProdigy This video was about the decline of a superpower, its narrative draws erie parallels with the US, and that doesn't scare you? I have a buddy with the same rationale as you and you both need to pull your heads from between your legs. "Decline" in reference to the US will lead to a devastating domestic array of problems including vast increases in the prices of goods, seizure of industry growth, less domestic and foreign security, etc. if you don't worry about it before it effects you, you're inviting hardship on yourself and others. So don't scoff at the adults who understand not only the importance of history but the need to engage in pertinent debates aiming to avoid becoming the next failed empire.

[@SuperNoobProdigy]

+Ian Williams so many conspiracy theorist out there. Like flat earthiers, Flat earthiers disgust me.

[@nicholaskazantzidis]

Great job on making this.

[@jaynoyd]

Excellent description of events especially the economic dynamic!

[@babarshah3341]

corruption is the poison

[@outatisater7943]

islam is a corrupted religion

[@outatisater7943]

***** nope, an orthodox christian says that

[@abyssstrider2547]

outatis ater how come?

[@dnw009]

It might be the poison, but it is also inevitable. As we are a flawed creature by evolution.

[@theforealestchannel]

Im glad we can agree on something Babar Shah

[@michellec1866]

It is definitely from Turkish point of view. I got the same talks from our tourist guides in Turkey. I was wandering what happened to its conquered subjects.

[@Rogerrramjet1]

+Michelle C nothing

[@42ouncesofPAIN]

+Rogerrramjet1 There is nothing left of them

[@Rogerrramjet1]

42OuncesofPAIN what I meant by saying nothing is Turks did not oppress them or force them to convert to Islam and allowed them to follow their way of life,,Even Historians admit that,,Ottomans were to most tolerant empire that ever existed,Unlike Crusaders and spanish inquisition

[@ParisNinpo]

+Rogerrramjet1 What about the Ottoman genocide against, Armenians, Greeks, Assyrians, Kurds? Only after Ataturk, Turkey (the successor of the Ottoman empire) became a secular state. Before that you had the occasional oppression and mass murder here and there like every empire with a main religion. Now about the forced conversion thing: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forced_conversion#Islam

[@0bserver00]

+Paris Ninpo During the end of the Ottoman empire, the elite have become desperate to maintain their power and status..which lead to putting crazy people in power..as you can see, most of the massacre is in 18 and 19 century.. You know, when times are hard and your leader is an idiot, they'll blame the immigrant, the outsiders , the infidel and so on. Interestingly, the symptom can be seen on america today with donald trump... The Ottoman is an empire that live for a thousand of years, you can't judge them like you judge a person... Times change.. sometime they are peaceful and huge empire where million of people with different background live prosperously, sometime they full nazi and killing everyone..It depends on the leader and the crisis of the time

[@dkelban]

Another great one

[@cosmicwatermelon3927]

Excellent video, thank you very much.

[@emirkovacevic8263]

The religious minorities within the Ottoman Empire were protected by law, and religious non-Muslim minorities had to pay religious tax called Cizye in order not to serve in the Ottoman army. The only way for a non-Muslim to avoid the Cezye tax was by converting to Islam.

[@emirkovacevic8263]

Since the Christian minorities were protected by law, why the 2.5 million Christians in Anatolia alone were slaughtered by Ottomans?

[@MaryamUniverse]

don't forget many people willingly converted because that is what their soul felt was the truth. hmm i see the bosnian flag. are you aware of much help bosnia receives from turkey?

[@emirkovacevic8263]

Are you aware that most of Turkey's help is received from US and Israel? Sending Bosnia-Herzegovina some humanitarian aid by the Gulen Foundations is consider help! Nobody help anybody for free. Turkey getting lots of benefits in returns.

[@MaryamUniverse]

If Israel does help Turkey, it's probably because we saved so many Jews in WW2. America and other countries didn't accept many Jews, some of them were returned. US probably wants the rest of Middle East to be like Turkey. This is the first time I come across a person like you, a Bosnian that's ungrateful and hates Turkey.

[@emirkovacevic8263]

Why should I like a country that acts as a super power, while it is a puppet! Why would I respect a country that uses the name of Islam for its own benefits? Why should I have respect for a nation that blames all of its mistakes on others (Arabs, Kurds, Bosnians, Albanians, Armenians...), and plays the victim role at all times! Why would I sympathy with a nation that its leaders, who are all theives, are the rules! Why would I have respect for a nation that always claims the work of others as its own, while it is not! What did Turkey do for Bosnia-Herzegovina since 14th century and until today!

[@ee8942]

"Largest Islamic empire" Tell that to the ummayads

[@babelouedranger3040]

Or the abbasids

[@trashposs3849]

@@babelouedranger3040 Ottomans were larger than abbasids, only ummayads is a little bit larger than the Ottomans.

[@hockeyh]

largest of its time!! do ya not listen??

[@MartinJames389]

An interesting short vid. Thank you.

[@StereoHistory]

Very lucid account with beautiful use of pictures. Thank you.

[@icrowndk]

Ottoman Empire Trading System is called The Mercantile ..

[@clarkfordham9545]

Representing Ms. Riegerts Class

[@MarkKim98]

Farvs represent!

[@ryanhouston6532]

Riegert Represent woot woot

[@noahcharlton6737]

Ryan Houston Yee period 4

[@maplestouffer1255]

Get outta here clark

[@Noammats]

Wow. Very very interesting videos. I'm hooked on history now!

[@swirlcrop]

This is a very interesting video.

[@FancyFarmOFFICIAL]

This happens to all super powers

[@aquaman839]

The turks built their empire off the sassanid and byzantine. Once they weren't able to conquer and expand they had nothing to fall back on no industry or agricultural strengths to hold up the economy. They were the best steppe warriors but tech caught up with them and they never innovated. The best thing the Ottomans did was force Europe into the age of exploration.

[@onurshenol]

best comment !

[@bruhwnie]

onur şenol they were doing fine with agriculture but they couldnt keep up with the industrial revolution

[@keeroe2020]

Well said. Ottoman Empire couldn't keep up with tech innovation and exploration of the West.

[@benyamaha4426]

Sounds like a child. You were need to say dat Islam and monarchy was stopping their science and innovations.

[@johnwalsh717]

@@Regard1ess The idea is that the Ottomans banned the Europeans from trading with Persia, India and Arabia, and in doing so, forced the Europeans to attempt to find other routes to these trading partners. This got the Portugese to work on long distance naval travel, eventually setting up a trading empire in Africa and the Indian Ocean, and then the Americas were discovered by the Spanish. But I don't know that much about this stuff, so it may not be correct.

[@xxxdarksiderxxxaarnthemena585]

Yey My Country Thanks for uploading this:)

[@13bm90]

Great analysis. Thank you.

[@berly9397]

beautiful pictures.

[@alperenbaser5595]

Berly sadly west europeans calls them barbars.

[@euroschmau]

I watch the video and feel quite enlightened...then I read the comments...

[@elaleyo]

wow excellent explanation!!

[@semik907]

Thanks. Great to watch.

[@shinydewott]

This comment section is split in 4 sides *The Christian countries under Ottoman Empire who hate on the Empire *Turks who shit on the people from number 1 *The people who hate the Ottoman Empire making shit up(rare,but existing) *The smart people(from all people Turks,Greeks,Armenians ect.)who doesn't get into this fight Why cant we just live and comment on videos in peace?The stuff that group 1 uses to insult may have happened but it has been nearly 95 years since the Empire fell apart and there is no reason to start fights for fucks sake just live in peace

[@hesher3587]

Shiny Dewott Fuck turkey

[@shinydewott]

La Baka learn English please Than you can express your hate in a serious way Coz now you just sound like an idiot

[@hesher3587]

Shiny Dewott U happy? xD

[@shinydewott]

La Baka better

[@hesher3587]

Shiny Dewott Btw ur racist u forgot Albanians hating turks in ur comment fu :D

[@SebiJupanu]

How can you compare the Ottoman Empire with the United States? It was a brutal autocracy where the sultan had all the power.

[@SebiJupanu]

​@NeoTurkism don't think that Orthodox Christians will forget what you just did to Hagia Sofia, that was a bad move

[@dennischannells5683]

A very interesting video.Thank you.

[@mayedbinghudayer273]

I really enjoy your videos

[@saad5314]

The largest Muslims empire in history was Ummayad Caliphate

[@neutralfellow9736]

A lot of it was useless desert though...

[@kaizer0491]

Neutral Fellow Doesn't matter, Territory is territory

[@carlboi5652]

Saad that's was mostly uninhabited desert. SAND IN OTHER WORDS

[@batuhan0501]

Great video of one of the greatest empires in history. Thank you.

[@jackparker8602]

the Greeks disagree

[@batuhan0501]

Jack Parker guess what? We don't care about them.

[@Silahtar357]

We used to.

[@milomily4326]

Jack Parker the greeks are still crumbling to this day nothing more than puppets for nato and the zionists lmao

[@batuhan0501]

Marko Antic you know what sucked? Your ignorance and propaganda.

[@JRSIAM8]

Caspian I like ur journalistic style bro. Very informative and educational I'm getting some good history lessons here. Keep up the good work

[@MaximilianOOO491]

This video was so informative.

[@MarickThompson]

This sounds eerily like the EU.

[@coolstory]

Marick Thompson actually it sounds exactly like the USA, the EU is in a much better position, this is coming from an American

[@goranatanasovski6463]

@@coolstory And even in the case of the US it still isn't a carbon copy. The US still attracts a lot of foreign people to work and invent inside of the US, thus creating a brain drain in other countries. Also are certain US-institutions corrupted but not all and not at that level. There is still a certain stability and even the possibility of reform to reach a higher standard for all its citizens.

[@themitri5643]

US

[@Bobelponge123]

CoolStoryKiddo US and EU have equal manufacturing despite the US having significant disadvantages

[@andrewtang2881]

Interesting but how accurate is it? Was there any written historical documents to substantiate it and what are they? Please enlighten me. Thanks 🙏

[@donnamicci9996]

WTF? "inappropriate or offensive "??? Jesus

[@WuestDennis]

You are a good historian. I've learned a lot from your effort.

[@Estabanwatersaz]

Another expert report. Thank you!

[@aarfeld]

I used to have a recliner with a declining Ottoman. I thought that was a good thing?

[@worsethanjoerogan8061]

Yeah but once it gets too old you gotta replace it. Same thing with empires.

[@charlesferdinand422]

Why do you ask if you thought that was a good thing? I don't know, why the fuck would you ask that you stupid worthless fuck.

[@Distortion0]

Really hard to find non-Eurocentric history. Thanks for posting!

[@ahmedbassam400]

Great explanation indeed.

[@hockeyh]

why a warning?? why are people afraid of their history