History Summarized: The Ottoman Empire

[@alecchristiaen4856]

fun fact: the magnificent is a title used for Suleiman mainly by enemies of the Ottomans. When you enemies call you magnificent, you deserve the title.

[@Silverwind87]

It was the hat, wasn't it.

[@raspberrycrowns9494]

@@Silverwind87 "guilty" - Suleiman 1494 - 1566

[@StraightAhead135]

In Arabic lit he’s “Sulaiman The Ruly” for his keeping of principals and development of many standards and rules.

[@alecchristiaen4856]

@@StraightAhead135 heard something along those lines. Another epitet was "Lawmaker", if i'm not mistaken.

[@bumin1111]

Original is ‘’Kanuni’’ Sultan Süleyman

[@Priyo866]

Ottomans: "I am the new Rome!" Jannisary imperial guard: "Then allow us to introduce ourselves, your new Praetorian Guards. With all the treachery and political interference of the original." Persia: "Time to restart the centuries long wars with you! Its just like the old days of Rome!"

[@serdarasagidag598]

That escelated quickly

[@Raantas]

Praetorians killed and made many emperors. Janissaries barely killed one and made a few.

[@noir1923]

@@Raantas i wonder why jackass

[@resentfuldragon]

@@Raantas they killed multiple if I remember correctly. The one that made me mad to read was of a young sultan who simply lessened their coffee rations as a punishment and they responded by snapping his neck.

[@RedPawner]

Not to mention that they lost their conquests past the Danube, much like the Romans, the latter of which was intentional just so they can get a stable and defensible border. IDK much about the former but the losses would have ironically benefitted the Turks

[@canadianadmiral8082]

Suleiman the Magnificent: “What if the Ottoman Empire was... really big?” *And then it was*

[@Kaede_Mochi]

All of Europe: Hax!!!!

[@genevievehoskins6829]

Wearing an onion hat

[@truthissacred]

But what if Russia was big, said Ivan trying not to be terrible

[@yanjnakarav2445]

Where is Ottoman Empire now?

[@truthissacred]

@@yanjnakarav2445 dead not a single atom remains😀

[@zidfih1176]

Suleilman was so magnificent he is the only man who still looked cool with a giant onion on his head

[@UnholyWrath3277]

Siegmeyer of Catarina disagrees about the only one looking cool with an onion on the head

[@SeBond12321]

@@UnholyWrath3277 Exactly the response I expected when I saw that comment, fellow man of culture^^

[@becauseimafan]

@@UnholyWrath3277 I didn't get the reference, and I am _so glad_ I looked it up! 😂

[@UnholyWrath3277]

@@becauseimafan onion bro is the highest level of wholesome

[@nugget-zf5by]

@@UnholyWrath3277siegward of Catarina disrespects is wild

[@pkeros]

A Greek with a Turkish roommate. Sounds like the beginning to a sitcom.

[@DimitrisGenn]

This will end either as a life-long friendship, or a bloody massacre, there's no middle ground.

[@nathanremix5800]

@Çamaşır Suyu geez that pretty dark

[@Barasforlife]

too bad Greek and Turkey is like two person meddling each other

[@akpgitsinartik]

I am Turkish and my best friend is Greek. And we were roommates in college :)

[@pkeros]

Please tell me you tried to slowly take over his room.

[@sparhelt718]

I absolutely loved that you mentioned that Constantinople was called Konstantiniyye until 1922, when it was renamed to Istanbul. Too many people think it was renamed to Istanbul in 1453.

[@youravaragetoxicmasculinem9508]

it was called Payitaht by the civils live there whuch means land of the king

[@ksraimy1186]

The correct name actually istanabul(the city of islam)

[@imlonelypleasehelp5443]

Bence H Istanbul? Never heard of her

[@matheuroux5134]

@@ksraimy1186 Actually the name istanbul doesn't come from istanabul, it comes from a greek term that means "to the city"

[@ksraimy1186]

@@matheuroux5134 i doesn't said. It come from ...what i said the correct name is.... Istanabul

[@bobcricket8686]

You didn’t mention that Mehmed 2 and his men dragged 70 ships over a hill to attack Constantinople from two sides

[@meinniveauistflexibel7145]

And here i am complaining about how a paper cut is the worst .

[@skyshatter3633]

and what happened to his plan?

[@laksamanaagiladitya1093]

@@skyshatter3633 he defeated the byzantine navy

[@Emrek157]

@@laksamanaagiladitya1093 He defeated the Byzantines actually. Because after that event he forced Byzantines to cover rear walls (Golden Horde side) so main walls to be less guarded. Eventually walls were breached and Constantinople was conquered.

[@laksamanaagiladitya1093]

@@Emrek157 thats exactly what i said.... Read my comment again.

[@mattaffenit9898]

I see the Ottomans less as a sick man and more as an aging tiger. It may not be the absolute monster it used to be, but it will fucking maul your face is you mess with it. Perfect example: the Gallipoli campaign.

[@obliviousotterI]

The Gallipoli campaign was an Allied disaster, not an ottoman success?

[@mattaffenit9898]

@@obliviousotterI Eeeeeeh... their plan relied on the Ottomans not putting up a fight. They put up a lot of a fight. Yes, the Entente plan was... well, awful - but the Ottomans' defense shouldn't be discounted as a large contributing factor in that blunder.

[@memeda.468]

@@obliviousotterI I would say both an allied disaster and an ottoman success. The disaster is that the allied pretty much had no solid plan on how to deal with a stern defence. And the success is the ottomans being able to put up a decent defense against them.

[@twoscarabsintheswarm9055]

Ehhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh, the Gallipoli campaigns failure was more over them underestimating the ottomans

[@mattaffenit9898]

@@twoscarabsintheswarm9055 True, but doesn't that kind of require the Ottomans to still be a threat to begin with?

[@JohnnyElRed]

"There can be a middle ground between golden age and horrible collapse." Spanish Empire: "There is?!"

[@gokbay3057]

Yeah Spain really had it hard and fast. Like from most of the New World + Spain itself + most of Italy and the Netherlands to Spain + Philippines and Cuba in a very short amount of time as if they were Alexander the Great/Genghis Khan. Taking a lot of land in a short time then suddenly collapsing into a small core territory.

[@mrrodgers0]

Actually, in the Spanish case, it's fairly likely that they could have held on to everything for longer, much as the British did, if they had focused on actual economic development in the Americas. Instead, they primarily concerned themselves with the acquisition of gold and silver, causing hyperinflation and kicking off a centuries long tradition of fiscal and monetary mismanagement which continues to the present day.

[@louiscallahan3720]

I laughed unnecessarily hard at your comment, sir. +1

[@hekate5561]

@@mrrodgers0 Exactly! Though to be fair ironically the lack of many precious materials in North America kind of forced the people to build an independent economy.

[@jevinliu4658]

Well, no. Spain was dominant in the late 1500s and early 1600s, a medium power (but still just as large an empire) up until the 1800s, and collapsed almost entirely in the early 1800s. Even then, Spain still had powerful enough a fleet, enough to challenge the British at Trafalgar, which went well. For the Brits.

[@xanderalaniz2298]

My dad is a history teacher, and when we talked about the Ottomans while I was growing up, I think he had a good way of explaining it. "The Ottoman Empire was TOO successful." For almost 600 years, no nation in Europe could really challenge it like they did each other, and Ottoman leadership understood this. As centuries passed, this led to a resistance towards reforms and modernization (why do we need to make changes when what we're doing is already making us one of the wealthiest, most powerful nations on Earth?) Meanwhile, Europe continues to change. The Congress of Vienna paves out international cooperation between European powers across the whole globe, lasting through the 19th century. The Crimean War brings forth new understadings of battle tactics and military strategy with modern weaponry. All these things go on while the Ottomans remain largely the same. Sociologically, Blue, that is not so much as "stagnation" as it is "social inertia," which is just as deadly to nations. The antebellum period before WWI came and the Ottomans finally understood the fatality of their hubris: the world had left them behind. Once that happened, all they could do was scramble for relevance... they still are today.

[@wadespencer3623]

Basically what happened to China. "Hey, we're the best civilization in the world, let's just shut all those jerks out and sit on our hands". Then 100 years later you discover that everybody else has guns and steam power and well-trained armies.

[@JasonDoe1000]

For almost a thousand years? What? The Empire was around for 500 years, little over 600 if you want to count in the very first steps, and with the end of the 17th century they were already starting to get outperformed by states like the growing russian empire or certainly by France which was real the powerhouse of Europe at the time Otherwise you have good points about the inept social nature

[@pete2389]

I agree with a lot of what you said, but the whole "almost a thousand years" part is really a stretch. 600 years doesn't round up to a thousand, and during those 600 years it's hard to make an argument that they were dominant for more than 200. Unless you're also talking about the seljuks, but that's like comparing the magyars to the hungarians.

[@Yora21]

19th century is the time where Europe actually goes all Hulk on the world. The colonization of America has been going on for some centuries, but that had been really easy because almost the entire population had ben wiped out by disease and there wasn't anybody left alive to resist them. But Europe as a continent of Great Powers and Super Powers really is just a thing of the 19th and 20th century. And with Asian countries catching up, it's already over. Europe having global domination was a fluke of history. It's not predestined to any greatness at all.

[@goksir5845]

*@Wade Spencer* Difference is China is really finding relevance today while Turkey has a collapsing economy and civil wars.

[@Donnerbalken28]

The Ottomans, the not-at-all-sick man of Europa Universalis 4.

[@jackr6094]

That’s what I was watching this for lol

[@flameBMW245]

The ottomans are fucking hard to beat

[@mvalthegamer2450]

Hahaha custom nation go brrrr

[@flameBMW245]

@Arjan Singh damn son, i had to annex byzantium myself and then release them as a puppet and play as them just to conquer greece... Then the venicians attacked

[@mergen3125]

Yeah. Just go brrrr and ceddin deden everyone.

[@tunakarasu8257]

Your pronunciation is amazing. As a turkish speaking person, you may be the best foreigner at pronouncing Turkish names that I know of. Also love the great content

[@chocolate6315]

Yep

[@lockdown6894]

türk çünkü aq

[@slinger7529]

I thought he was turkish, it's that good

[@JC-om7nr]

“Ah, magnificent.”

[@lanarakala]

Suleiman The Magnificent Suleiman was the dumbest sultan..

[@justhistory7851]

@@lanarakala That's why he made the ottoman empire so big...

[@lanarakala]

Just History Actually he just used the wealth his father gained. He lost at Vienna, killed the promising and loved princes and made very bad deals with French and some other western kingdoms.

[@lanarakala]

Mysterious Stranger that’s bacause he was a moron.

[@Skarletking747]

@@lanarakala Yes i guess you could say he was bad but he did conquer byzantium so that what gave his name

[@russianbear7832]

Fun fact: Greeks after the fall of Constantinople still called themselves Romans until the early 1800's.

[@patjonas0]

For real? Thats amazing

[@russianbear7832]

Patrick Jonas Yup. I guess you can say the Romans were really, well, nationalistic.

[@pyrrhocorax]

The Pontic Greek language is called by its native speakers Ρωμαίικα(Romeika) and in Turkish it's called Rumca. There is also the Greek minority in Constantinople that is not called Yunan minority, but the Rum minority. So we can see that the use of the word "Roman" to describe the Greeks still persists to this day, in and out of Greece.

[@patjonas0]

Fascinating! Thanks for the info guys

[@pyrrhocorax]

@@imlonelypleasehelp5443 The name Istanbul itself is of Greek origin.

[@Jebbtube]

Forgot to mention how colonization of the Americas gave Europe access to goods and trade routes that made dealing with the Ottomans completely unnecessary, thus making it even harder for them to maintain a hold on the economy of Eurasia.

[@jamestanzer9188]

He also forgot to mention a certain incident involving the USS Philadelphia, a company of angry US Marines, and the cannon batteries overlooking Tripoli

[@calebtimes453]

@@jamestanzer9188 he only had 15 minutes....

[@lloydbautista2055]

Competition with Portugal was a much larger factor as there wasn't a massive overlap of goods between the new world and the Indian Ocean to begin with.

[@hallyholly5375]

:D ı mean we learned the history of ottoman empire in school like whole year :D he did great job to explain it in 15 min.

[@Hfsm33]

It wasn't the Americas, but the discovery of maritime route to India, which royally fucked the Otoman embargo on Europe and tge control of trade flow through the middle east. Also the Italian city states like Venice who had deals with the ottomans began their sharp decline the following years after.

[@blublu1966]

not gonna lie, your perfect pronunciation threw me off at first. I'm really not used to hearing this good pronunciation from foreigners

[@ovs8691]

*_"EXCEPT TURKEY, TURKEY MAKES A BRAND NEW TURKEY"_*

[@devoted_eater567]

Bill wurtz reference

[@Simix2803]

@@devoted_eater567 You could also call it a Bill Wurtz quote

[@A.K2.718]

Bill wurtz

[@YusufTorun1415]

seni ana arwad sfekjmgrsdrkl

[@witheredbonnie9268]

Boerguy true

[@burntcaramel6908]

"You know what would be magnificent?" said suleiman wearing an onion hat "what if the ottoman empire was... really big?"

[@sadiasaeed8012]

It was no doubt

[@dawudparak9914]

And then it was

[@dawudparak9914]

Bill wurtz

[@ahbabmuttaki1856]

Onion hat? 😂😂 Through he later wore the French crown after the francis was captured during pavia and suleiman "diplomatically " released him.

[@ammarannafi4144]

@Alvi Syahri honestly now i cant unsee it

[@littleprussian7985]

When Frederick II of Prussia was asked by a bavarian catholic, if he was allowed to live in Prussia and even spread his religion, he responded with: "All religions are equal and good, as long as it's followers are good people. And if muslims or hugenots come into our country, we shall build them mosques and churches." Since day 1, Prussia was always a country of religious freedom. From the Great Elector, who welcomed hugenots into his country, to the King of Soldiers, who rebuild an old barn into a mosque. So it's no suprise that Prussia tried to keep positive relations with the Ottoman Empire. Even Otto von Bismarck, the founding father of Germany, was a friend of the Ottoman Empire (Quote: "The love between Turks and Germans is so old, that it will never break apart."). Unlike all other european countries, who either wanted to take advantage of the "Sick man of Europe" condition or just didn't care, the germans wanted to help the Ottoman Empire, return to former glory and defend itself, from the french and british invaders. In the late 19th century, Wilhelm II of Germany visited Istanbul, where he declared himself as the "Protector of all muslims". In 1900, the germans gave the people of the Ottoman Empire a wonderful gift: the German Fountain (Which is located in Istanbul, by the way.). Meant to showcase Germany's loyality towards the Ottoman Empire. Since clean, free water was extremly rare in Istanbul, it was seen as an act of pure generousity by the locals. In order to help the Ottoman Empire, fight off the Entente, the germans build a superfast railroad through the Ottoman Empire. It ended up being extremly helpful in battle. The german soldiers also called the ottomans "Waffenbrüder", which is a affactionate way to say war ally in Germany. Despite the fall of both the German Empire and Ottoman Empire, both countries still tried to keep close ties during the 1920's. For example: When the Turkish Republic was founded, Atatürk send most turkish exchange students to german universities. The friendship between turks and prussians was also the reason why there was not only a peace treaty between Nazi Germany and the Turkish Republic, but also why turkish exchange students and tourists were treated pretty well in Nazi Germany. In other words: Bismarck was right, not even the nazis were able to destroy the friendship between Germany and Turkey. Nowadays, turks are the biggest ethnic minority in Germany and doner kebab is the most popular fast food in Germany. I just want nobody to forget this part of history.

[@copperbeard7196]

13 upvotes... your narrative is cool if nothing.

[@macoy3943]

Otto(Man) Von Bismarck

[@schoolofhot]

Little Prussian beautifully put. I think the history is so ancient and the friendship so long standing. It won’t be spoken about anymore because people want to divide all our nations. The truth is there is a bloodline which binds certain countries and people and it always will.

[@fuzzydunlop7928]

"I'm going to jerk off on this video about the Ottoman Empire as if it were about the thing of which I am speaking."

[@ihsanyuce953]

I thought the exact same way! The friendship between Turks and Germans will hopefully never end!

[@mckaleighwatson3942]

"What if the Empire was as big as my hat?" And then it was.

[@Ceyda-nm7ty]

Your pronunciation of Turkish words were very good. Im quite impressed👍

[@potatoking1656]

@@ezelbayraktar7456 you clearly don't care about English

[@kacperwoch4368]

I don't know Turkish but this sounds pretty convincing. It adds a lot when people try pronuncing foraign names right.

[@buddyboycandy]

Ezel Bayraktar Greetong from Greece.

[@Sercotani]

the fact that you even bothered to say this with the upvotes that you got says how much you (and the upvoters) care about the people who made this video. You just don't want them to get criticised, because the video was good. In reality though it's just criticism. Your response is simply immature and unnecessary. If the Arabic was really trash, then it's trash. If it's not trash, then he's wrong, and there's no need to waste your time typing up an oxymoron comment.

[@raquel8705]

*I WAS GONNA SAY THE SAME!!! I was like "Damn his "ı" sounds were nice!"*

[@timothymclean]

Remembering the Ottomans as "the sick man of Europe" is like remembering the Roman Empire as "that one empire that collapsed" or "those guys the Ottomans conquered".

[@timothymclean]

2:35: I mean, if it's a choice between killing a few princes and risking a civil war, the former probably wastes fewer lives in the long run... 6:00: The Janissaries are one of the perfect examples of why not all slaves are equal, and why you shouldn't equivocate (say) African-on-African slavery with enslavement of Africans in the Americas. After all, being enslaved in the Sultan's personal guard was one of the few fast tracks to power available to lower classes. It still sucked, but it sucked less than many other historical examples of slavery. 9:35: I mean, if your imperial stuff has reached a peak, by definition you're in decline. Loophole! (But yeah, the _real_ decline didn't set in for a while.)

[@crimson6990]

we should call them "the empire that took Crimea until Russia kicked them out"

[@CareerKnight]

I don't really know of anyone who refers to them as "the sick man of Europe" unless they are talking abut World War one and its build up (also take some issue with the suggestion that the term was implying that the rest of Europe was just waiting for them to die as several powers helped prop them up occasionally for the sake of stability). Though no one knew it then they arguably had competition for that title with Austria-Hungry (and that's not just with knowing how the war ended for them) as the war revealed just how much of a non power this formally great one had become.

[@MultiAlpha11]

Crimson Scourge Russia: kicking people out of Crimea since 1774

[@JasonDoe1000]

Since the very end of the 18th century that title was rather fitting to them, after they lost Crima they were on a constant decline, unable to really protect themselves anymore from russian expansion, while also losing the grip on the territory they formerly hold, at that point the empire was just falling apart piece by piece

[@lanceyu4588]

Even old New York was once New Amsterdam

[@Gandlehoff]

*sees this post* *Spams the like button*

[@gagetaylor54]

Why they changed it I can't say *in bass* Some people just liked it better that way

[@dropkickpiper3204]

Hey! That’s nobody’s business but the Turks!

[@nathanaelsallhageriksson1719]

It's Istanbul not constantinople. It's Istanbul not constantinople.

[@aedynpoole6876]

Been a long time gone, Constantinople. Why did Constantinople get the works? That's nobody's business but the Turks'.

[@Jeremyourenemy]

I love how you include architecture/art into your history videos.

[@aloethereqt]

Finally a youtuber that can spell the Turkish names correctly :P

[@lukrasta3016]

@rvtrcr Cry more

[@lukrasta3016]

@rvtrcr where are you from you illiterate poor kid :D?

[@callmebrucelee2945]

Sweetie u mean arabic names * Ottman or suleiman or whatsoever they all arabic names or what u can call Islamic names which comes from Arabic

[@ozie38921111]

sultan yildirim was also called thunderbolt because of how fast he could gather troops and get them to where they needed to go, he would show up weeks earlier than expected by the enemy

[@lilsultan9206]

Bro your turkish is amazing I was surprised

[@esra9993]

lol i thought he was turkish than he said he had a turkish roommate

[@Bakyols]

@@esra9993 yes alper is a turkish name :D and im turkish too

[@A.K2.718]

Alp eR So was i

[@manolovaleza7936]

So... How is that turkish crack? That cheese like things.. Correct me if im wrong

[@Bakyols]

@@manolovaleza7936 not all of them

[@jamier65551]

"Finally, I get to live out my life-long dream of becoming THE ULTIMATE HALL MONITOR" - Ottomans in 1517

[@p.bamygdala2139]

Wow! Im out of breath just listening, for some reason. I took a course in university on the ottoman empire from 1800 to mid 1960s, and you covered that whole period in like less than a minute. That makes me realize just how monumentally huge their story before that was. You've made me realize just how vastly much more material there is for me to learn, but you've also inspired me to learn more. Thanks!

[@innosanto]

mid 1960's?

[@amirr_79]

2500 years old civilization VS 500 years old ..The cultural origin of the Turks and the language of the Ottoman kings.👉PERSIA🤔🦁🌿🌹

[@atticus190]

Europe to ottoman empire: sick man Byzantine Empire: "looks behind paranoid"

[@parkedvanproductions8059]

they gave the Byzantine's the plague.

[@perspii2808]

Real history is unpleasant! *man

[@zainmalik3334]

in14to17centry turkey ia powerful ottoman empire i

[@zainmalik3334]

No europe and other countries compare ottoman empire

[@mjhmab]

Sick in their last 50 years for hundreds of years they were the strongest european power and no one could beat them without alliances

[@chefppy277]

Warner Bros existed at the time of the Ottomans, as a cool fact,

[@kingmuizz708]

For real?

[@AhmetCinar35]

Also Jildjian brand drums that many rock and metal bands use today.

[@Ragagaraga69]

For a year they co existed

[@tre-moon-dous6122]

@Oussamatha lmao

[@SuspiciousBread]

And Nintendo

[@emmanueldelacruzpina9600]

That moment. When you understand the meaning of Istanbul *mind-blowing*

[@tetefather]

I wonder if they adopted istamboul because literally all roads lead `into the city`?

[@wassimouday2887]

IslamBoul

[@amirr_79]

2500 years old civilization VS 500 years old ..The cultural origin of the Turks and the language of the Ottoman kings.👉PERSIA🤔🦁🌿🌹

[@tassfurkann]

@@amirr_79 Ancient nerd

[@chocolate6315]

@@amirr_79 source: trust me bruh

[@alnotbiggaytho7124]

If only this video was 2 seconds shorter 14:53

[@DARTH-R3VAN]

Ooooof if only

[@jenifergames3173]

IF ONLY

[@abdulh9493]

That would have been awesome

[@mattaffenit9898]

*_BIG OOF_*

[@animeola2848]

I don't get it

[@jarlredwood7282]

"hey um sultan we got quite a bit of money!" Builds mosque " Hey sultan we really need to reform our military!" Builds 2 mosques

[@starsantasta4351]

That’s exactly what erdoğan does today

[@a.p1675]

yupp shit does shit

[@arawn1061]

@@burak432 oh fuck off murdering innocents is not "war on terror"

[@СаянОспанов-ж4г]

@@arawn1061 Anandy siktirem seni qotaqbas. 😁I love Ottoman empire Turkey and Erdogan .

[@СаянОспанов-ж4г]

@@arawn1061 Sen malsyn qotaqbas.

[@NormalChannel95]

7:39 ah yes, the Onion hat

[@awepen1596]

His brain so big... It had to be contained... Like that elephant brain meme...

[@NotYigt]

Big brain

[@mushfiqurrahman1107]

As far as I know, its his kafan, the cloth that is used wrap the body after death. This hat remarks the commitment of Sultan, he carries his last cloth meaning he is ready to die where he stands.

[@gregs6403]

This is such a fantastic video. You’re really good at explaining things in plane words. I also really appreciate you clarifying things we might mistakenly assume. Like, I pictured the early ottoman empire’s businesses to be more like a free market of grass roots stores and services, but you clarified “no, that’s not how things always are. Their businesses were closely tied in with the Sultan and the government as a whole”. Something that a history buff might already assume, but us averagely educated people don’t even consciously question or think about. You have definitely earned these views and while I’m not even that interested in history as a whole, I’ll be giving you a sub anyway. Thanks so much for contributing to the high-quality educational video selection here on KZbin.

[@mickelmaldonado5910]

Sooo, basically Blue was excited the most about this video because he has a Mosque named after him? Did I miss anything else?

[@TimmacTR]

Your pronunciation is pretty good for someone not speaking the language..

[@AshleyNGames]

"...spend over two centuries doing the impossible. Sitting back and chilling out." Ooooh, so that's why it's called an ottoman. *Sits back and puts feet up* Just Chilling

[@pirateraider1708]

Ottoman is a type of furniture. A recliner I believe.

[@brigidtheirish]

Actually, the type of furniture is a sort of backless couch that's often used as a footstool or... coffee table? Who'd use a glorified pillow with legs to hold beer and nachos?

[@harmlessratz7151]

Revelations IS highly underrated! A damn fine ending for the Ezio trilogy, loved every minute. The flashbacks to the 2nd game had me in tears. Dem feels bro

[@chocolate6315]

ikr

[@dipsers]

Yes yes yes!!! Revelations was soooo good!! It’s a crime that it’s not recognised more

[@m.thorton9305]

also fuckin abbas man...

[@childofathena9420]

i lived in turkey and it is a great place the people are friendly the food is good and it has its own little charm to the place

[@bilakaykay]

rly?

[@vegikob4690]

@@bilakaykay no, hes just jk yk

[@nessesaryschoolthing]

So basically instead of "Ottoman decline" it should be called "Pax Ottomania"

[@OverlySarcasticProductions]

How on earth did I not think of that. Yes, pretty much yes.

[@geremynakhone826]

Pax ottomanica*. They are the Imperio Ottomanicum in Latin

[@JasonDoe1000]

With all the rebellions and uprising it's hard to really compare it to the Pax Romana, which is standing for stability in the empire

[@basilofgoodwishes4138]

@@OverlySarcasticProductions after that can you do a video on 9/11?

[@basilofgoodwishes4138]

@@JasonDoe1000 Stability? Rome was constantly fighting intern conflicts and suffering from the effcet of the destruction of the regions of the empire, due to Rome using plunder tactics to make certian areas reliant to others like thhe silver mines, not to mention that many cities were desserted due to Romans rendering regions such as Tuscany useless for ecconomic gain and pretty much forced them to live in Rome, which is why it's still impoverished after these Centuries.

[@Obi-Wan_Kenobi]

Say what you want about the Ottomans, but those dudes consistently had dope beards. As a man who possesses his own set of fabulous facial hair I can appreciate that!

[@TheFiresloth]

I hate beards. They're coarse, they're scratchy, and if the owner is lucky, they get everywhere.

[@dashiellgillingham4579]

I used to be a beard. Now I merely have a beard.

[@ahmadfrhan5265]

@@TheFiresloth well the guy was speaking about men not you

[@TheFiresloth]

I guess someone is not a fan of Star Wars.

[@geothep5493]

AHMED FRHAN - I guess having a dick is just not enough these days. Well, I refuse to consider you a man unless you have at least one square cm more hair than me. Enjoy your life as a woman now.

[@americanenigma_5108]

No civil war in 600 years !! Damn gotta give credit to them ottomans though for that 👏👏

[@dogatestere3543]

@Kurt Rustle Do you mean Cem Sultan thing? I don't think it was a big civil war like Ottoman Interregnum I hope its the correct name for "Fetret Devri") it was a much bigger compared to cem Sultan. Ottoman Interregnum lasted 11 years but Cem Sultanget on the throne on 27 May 1481 and lost a war on 20 June 1481 and after that, he just went to different countries and requested help but it didn't work (He was probably poisoned and his body didn't return to the country until 1499 -he died in 1495-)

[@mrbot4777]

ardra

[@huseyinonal8438]

@Kurt Rustle Jelali revolts?

[@negiji8102]

When a new sultan was selected all his brothers were killed so that civil wars between brothers would not happen.

[@amirkhakimov6535]

they had faith and unity thats why they wont fight each other a true muslim never fights his own brother thats for shure

[@Artur_M.]

Honestly, I hoped for Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth to get at least a brief mentioning, but oh well, maybe one day. Good video overal.

[@patricksvarietycorner5700]

*ahem* THEN THE WINGED HUSSAR ARRIVED

[@gufosufo337]

@@patricksvarietycorner5700 we remember In september When the winged hussars arrived

[@Artur_M.]

The funny thing is Ottomans refused to officially recognize the partitions of Poland-Lithuania (or Lechistan, as they called it). They were kinda like "How dare you to erase our Worthy Opponent from the map?!". Ottoman Empire became the refuge for Polish freedom fighters/revolutionaries on several occasions. Most notable example being gen. Józef Bem.

[@pablobronstein1247]

Nah man, Ottomans had art.

[@paulwagner688]

All Hail Jan Sobieski!

[@JefferyBlue]

Technically speaking though "chilling and doing nothing" is the exact definition of stagnation. As far as empires are concerned you're either growing or you're in decline I think. Stagnation itself is either the start of one or the other and in cases like this history has shown it to end up being the latter.

[@6272355463637]

@Random Person And stagnating while losing in expansionary wars is decline, right?

[@hedgehog3180]

I mean yeah but it also carries the implication that it is slowly in decline. And it also gets applied in weird ways where people will insist that at times the Byzantine Empire wasn't stagnating despite never even getting close to the size of the Roman Empire, at most just reconquering a bit of land for a little while. I mean really throughout it's entire history the trend was one of decline but people will insist that it wasn't.

[@6272355463637]

@@hedgehog3180 Well, the Byzantine Empire started as THE major player in the region and ended as a starving, besieged city with not even enough inhabitants to man the walls it was cowering behind. So was it in constant stagnation or decline throughout its thousand-year history? Hardly. First of all, peace and stability is not the same as stagnation - during peacetime in the early half or so of its history, Constantinople and other towns in the Empire prospered. Trade made the city rich, technological superiority and infrastructure, massive fortifications and a strong military kept it safe. The Empire protected pilgrims to the "Holy Land", the Eastern Church helped influence religion throughout all of Europe (though perhaps not as much as patriarchs would have liked). Wars for territory and influence were won and lost, there were strong and weak rulers, times of prosperity and depression but the Empire and its capital stood strong. A somewhat steady decline only happened during the latter few centuries of its history. The technological edge diminished, the wealth was lost in large part to crusaders looting the city, Italian republics took over the trade and in the end, even the mighty Theodosian Walls fell to the Turkish invaders. Sure, the Byzantine Empire never lived up to Roman greatness at the height of its power and an argument can be made that it was merely the last vestige of the declining Roman Empire. But to believe that an empire can exist for a thousand years in constant stagnation or decline is just silly.

[@AdamNoizer]

Ya Boy Blue Not really. Dividing empires into the dichotomy of expansion and decline is dishonest.

[@schechter01]

Was gonna reply with something similar. Thank you for completing the task before I arrived. Indeed, societies are like organisms in that way: Either they grow in strength (though not always in size) & only become more powerful, or they age as corruption & decrepitude increase. Once a society is weak enough, it is prey for whatever society can come along & take it. _There is no such thing as a steady-state existence,_ not in nature nor in politics.

[@Chaotic_Muse]

"Mr Sultan, I don't feel so good" - that killed me. People in the office are looking at me funny for cracking up.

[@NoArtisticLimitation]

You’re the only comment I’ve seen referencing this... I’m surprised there aren’t more of them...

[@maddiepaddy2608]

Tf your profile. Hope it's not you

[@Aidoneus87]

Man they literally changed Constantinople to Istanbul cause 🎶“People just liked it better that way”🎶.

[@TheConservativeKnight6809]

Yeah we can see how better it is in these times😂, Turkey is just third world country 😂

[@nourahmed-sh2ox]

Take me back to Constantinebal

[@nourahmed-sh2ox]

No you can't go back to constantinople

[@Aidoneus87]

Been a long time gone in Constantinople, Why did Constantinople get the works? That’s nobody’s business but the Tuuuuurks! 😉👍🏼

[@syph3r_63]

Finally some other people who actually know about that song!

[@for.tax.reasons]

Can you do a video on the Dutch Republic? No reason except my little sister is studying in Amsterdam and its gotten me all interested in their history.

[@vadimflaks7795]

Better yet, Spanish Empire first, THEN the Dutch Republic.

[@for.tax.reasons]

@@vadimflaks7795 ooh my yes. And watch him cover the Hapsburgs with the same distaste he talked about the Ptolemies

[@GanjaEnthusiast322]

No one cares about your sister... Nah I'm just kidding, sounds pretty interesting, the Dutch Golden Age should be quite fascinating.

[@Healermain15]

Ooooh, you can tie a bunch of Late Medieval-Rennaissance politics and economics into it! We're one of those countries that have sort-of existed for a long time, but were usually busy infighting or having other people rule us* (and joining Belgium in ruling suprisingly large colonies in turn). *Granted, we fell back into old habits around 1940, but everyone else was doing it too and we got swept up in the enthusiasm.

[@rogerogue7226]

Speaking as a Dutchman, it's not that interesting. Some trade and genocide, what's new under the sun? There aren't that many cool stories in there, not until you get past Napoleon at least. But i am curious where you're from, care to share?

[@dragoninthewest1]

"First we divide the Ottomans, then China... hey Leopold of Belgium what are you doing in the Congo?" -European Imperialism in 1800s

[@MinimalistTheatre333]

They got the idea of invading Africa from watching the Ottomans ravage Eastern Europeans, who had no military power or ability to fight back.

[@Cavouku]

I'm gonna be honest - it's October, and you didn't take up the opportunity to even *namedrop* The Son of the Dragon himself. We expect this to be rectified before All Hallow's Eve. Do not disappoint.

[@Erm1785]

“SUTAN the boats cant go on land we may loose” (pushes up figurative glasses) “then get the men AND HAVE THEM CARRY IT ON WHEELS” and it worked

[@ahbabmuttaki1856]

History can be so shocking sometimes.😂😂 . But you really can learn a lesson or 2 from something "historical".

[@topbox2791]

Thanos saps Ottoman Empire: Mr. Sulltan I dont feel so good! Ottoman Empire will return in Avengers 4

[@augmentedfourthssuperfan7297]

Ömer_ 42 Plot twists the byzantine empire comes back

[@8393Robertrex]

"It absolutely *blue* me away" i love multi layered puns

[@TheRealKivanchK]

Beautiful presentation and proper handling of Turkish words. Good job.

[@fedoramaster6035]

I love the excitement blue has whenever he talks about a not often discussed culture. It really helps when you want to get into a place

[@grayfae]

Kicking your feet up on a whole empire Blue?

[@StarrTheWitch]

Best part of this, I had my feet kicked up when this went up XD

[@johnfraire6931]

Up on a... Footstool, you could say.

[@pablossm4742]

Fun fact: Miguel de Cervantes, the guy who wrote Don Quijote fought in the battle of Lepanto, and lost his left hand there

[@MCMLXXXVICCXII]

And got captured by the Ottomans when hes on the way back to Italy lol

[@XanderVJ]

He didn't lose his left hand per se. He "just" lost its mobility permanently.

[@antidentite1481]

how did he changed hands when fapping?

[@zero3045]

Guess he's all right now.

[@dr.embersfield1551]

@@antidentite1481 It feels more loyal with one hand.

[@moggariv7161]

I love the Turkish pronunciations, I used to get so much shit for correcting my history teachers😂

[@Canadiandawg]

Who else is here before watching Rise of empires: Ottoman on Netflix?

[@justamaninthisworld2742]

Same

[@v44n7]

I just came after It!

[@lestat8656]

As a Turkish citizen I have but until 3rd episode. It has many historical errors that I couldn't bear to watch it. One example, the Grand vizier whips child Mehmed as a punishment, which is unthinkable and impossible at the time! He would have been beheaded at the spot.

[@lestat8656]

@FattyFludders it is biased and inaccurate. Even though I have an open mind and enjoy objectivity, I couldn't watch this one.

[@marib5440]

@@lestat8656 just watch ertugurl

[@purplepill2024]

8:04 - It was easy for Suleiman the Magnificent to expand his empire cause he had Ezio Auditore aiding him.

[@Seferboy]

True 😅

[@LangThoughts]

"There was also something with Vienna" AND THEN THE WINGED HUSSARS ARRIVED!

[@davidsmith8826]

Akuma Ninja Pretty sure they didn’t

[@osmancetindizdaroglu5295]

The hussars arrived and Selim Giray Khan sent them back lmao.

[@TheConservativeKnight6809]

Lol and Ottomans got recked in WW1

[@TheConservativeKnight6809]

And Russians kicked ottoman's out of Europe finally never to be rise again!

[@awddfg]

@@TheConservativeKnight6809 *_Haha. Stay salty. You got booted from vietnam and even now the united states is a complete joke. You'll fall and let china take over. I hope coronavirus fucks america._*

[@tbird1991]

Blu: States the video is 14 minutes and 53 seconds long for a meme Also Blu: Makes the video 14 minutes and 54 seconds long

[@RandAlThot]

55 now

[@emmarichardson965]

I am not remotely Turkish, but I spent 6 weeks there, and your pronunciation of Sultan makes me happy! (I've read it and pronounced it that way since my trip and meeting a Turkish woman named Sultana.)

[@BanterRay]

I was expecting a lot of Ottoman furniture joke. I am somewhat disappointed

[@MobiusCoin]

There was one!

[@Filled2105]

Watch the last episode on the Ottomans

[@chronovac]

That feeling when Blue hates the Mongols but loves the Ottomans. **Hmm**

[@shorewall]

Mongols ain't around, but we're still dealing with regressive muslims. Gotta watch what you say, or else.

[@nekommunikabelnost]

> Early modern Europeans referred to them as "Sick man of Europe" Hooold on right there. "Early modernity" is 1650 tops, and Ottomans weren't called that for at least for 2 hundred years more.

[@nekommunikabelnost]

Also: props on the timing, yeah

[@billysinge8977]

It astounds me that the same Ottoman Empire was present in both the Crusades and World War One.

[@Jenna-hg4uh]

o n i o n h a t "Except for turkey turkey makes a brand new turkey"

[@adeleaslan8182]

So, is it just me, or are any other Turks living in America always thrilled when someone talks about Turkey or you meet someone else who’s Turkish? I feel like an excited little kid

[@sabki4468]

Same! It always feels new to meet other Turks, but I live in germany :D

[@adeleaslan8182]

@@sabki4468 nice to meet you

[@loxiassolace4254]

Lol im turkish and i live in turkey but when i meet someone turkish online i feel same

[@hephsmith3738]

While not remotely Turkish myself, I can understand the feeling. I'm glad when I meet anyone who plays the same games I do, or people who used to live anywhere near Kansas.

[@resentfuldragon]

thats how it is for those hailing from non-white lands usually. I am somali and I love to hear people learning about my country.

[@amatthew1231]

No battle of Vienna? Most historians view that as the big turning point against the Ottomans, they tried to conquer Austria and the Europeans said no, with the largest cavalry charge in history.

[@spinocus]

There were TWO battles of Vienna, both of which were decisive losses for the Turks and curiously enough neither one is mentioned in this video! Suleiman the Magnificent failed to take Vienna after suffering heavy losses in 1529. During the subsequent withdrawal a shortage of supplies combined with horrible weather decimated his army. The Ottomans tried to spin it as a victory but the campaign was an unequivocal failure. Some historians believe the campaign had 'limited objectives' which did not include the seizure and conquest of Vienna, an absolutely ridiculous assertion in light of the scope of the operation and number of troops involved. Suleiman was going for total victory and failed spectacularly.

[@Philip271828]

They're lightly skipped over "a thing at Vienna which didn't go anywhere" at 9:55. IIRC, Ottoman Endgame (Sean McMeekin) claims that this could be the setback that caused the Ottomans to begin turning away from science and technology and towards religion which, as Europe was on a strong rise, nerfed them.

[@TheChimples]

They were just chilling out, you know what I mean? Cuz like as if and such ...like whatever or something. Peace out

[@assasinpatates8066]

First Vienna wasn't a serious lose but Second Vienna was the thing that made europans team up. Second Vienna was actualy going to be a victory but Kırım Khan II Murat Giray Khan betrayed because the leader of conquest wasn't going to loot the city but take it without demaging anything. but II Murat Giray Khan didn't agree with that. He was going to ambush Polish army on a bridge but he did nothing.

[@wrybreadspread]

I suppose "The Adventures of Baron Munchausen" (1988) should not be considered an accurate portrayal of the battle at Vienna.

[@eges72]

You mentioned that Istanbul didn't have an official name until 1928 and not immediately after the conquest makes me appreciate you!

[@shinydewott]

Great video, you got everything correctly and your pronunciation of Turkish is great! Although small correction: Sykes-Picot agreement was a secret plan on how to divide the middle east. The actual treaty is the Treaty of Sevres which also included İzmir going to Greece and an Armenian state in eastern anatolia

[@illusivec]

One funny anecdote. Suleiman the Magnificent took his army, bypassed the Vienna (the curse of the Ottoman empire) and marched up to the middle of Germany(around Munich) looking for an army to fight. The problem was his arm had more than 100.000 troops and at that time no other nation had close to that numbers. So he waited there for a few weeks for someone to come. No one did. In the end the Persians decided to attack the empire's eastern flank (as they wont to) and Suleiman took his army and returned back to Istanbul. Kinda anticlimactic if you ask me.

[@apossiblyhereticalalphaleg3595]

Suleiman: WHERE ALL THE BITCHES AT? THEY TOO SCARED TO FIGHT ME? COME OUT LITTLE COWARDS Basically what I like to imagine happened

[@boahkeinbockmehr]

That's exactly why we have thousands of castles and fortresses in germany. The ottomans were neither the first, nor the last unsuccessful invaders. I guess when every other decade a freaking new barbarian horde invades from the eurasian steppe, while the vikings are raiding up the rivers and the bloody french are stabbing in the back, while the Italians rebell once more, binding the emperor's army, people get used to simply waiting for autumn and winter instead of wasting lifes and resources fighting.

[@spinocus]

Nobody came out to fight?!? Suleiman besieged Vienna and failed to take it with heavy losses! He withdrew south and his army was ravaged by a shortage of supplies and bad weather. It was a spectacular failure.

[@Shirtzm68]

Its like the last 10 minutes of an Age of Empires game when you are just sending this huge army around the map trying to find the last 2 villagers on the enemy team.

[@dirise2151]

@@boahkeinbockmehr Germany also was the Holy Roman Empire, because of all of the squabbling small states each state that had the money would want their own castles where as if the HRE at that time was under more centralized rule there would likely be less castles I believe.

[@serguzestable]

This is very accurate and objective, well done. I also appreciate the work done on the prononciation of Turkish words, that part was a blast xD. To avoid confusion and honor the work Mustafa Kemal Atatürk has done, I think it would've been better to add a map that shows the final stage of the empire, which is where WW1 ended; and Republic of Turkey wasn't founded. The Ottoman Empire reduces down to be a large city in the middle of Anatolia with no shoreline or major city control.

[@MaxWelton]

12:30 in the 1850s there was the Crimean War, wherein the Ottomans, France, and Britain teamed up to check Russian aggression but despite being on the winning team the Ottomans lost a lot of authority in the Black Sea and Romania took steps towards independence. It was the first time the industrial revolution’s new weapons were tried out by European powers against each other and one battle was so brutal that the site was visited by a guy who was inspired to found the International Red Cross.

[@BalkanPizza]

Being from a country that was formerly under ottoman occupation i have to admit the strategies they were using to keep a hold of our territories was impressive (though a bit of a pain in the butt), at least here in Romania To make it short they were sending foreign leaders (usually from greece and albania) -that wouldn't support a counyry they're not from anyways- to rule over as little territory as possible and not letting them in charge for more than 3 years to make sure they didnt consolidate their power

[@enisabejko9754]

True, i'm also from a country that was formerly under ottoman occupation and the albanians were children from christian families, brainwashed into serving the empire and then being sent to other countries so they wouldn't have a chance switch side (although skanderbeg did trick them). And i agree, their strategies were good, but this video didn't do a very good job at being truthful, i don't really know the history of the eastern balkan but i'm assuming it wasn't any better than the western part, and the bad things they've done along with the many rebellions should've been mentioned

[@notyourdad361]

@@suluayran121 Says a muslim lol

[@suluayran121]

@@notyourdad361 im not a muslim

[@tejasghaisas7249]

Video's 14:55 long. Seriously guys, two seconds shorter and you would've hit poetic gold

[@mememcree6652]

You said it already but it's wild that people said that the ottoman was struggling? All other empires have a crash and burn ending meanwhile they just said "hey guys name change"

[@Healermain15]

To be fair, within a century they were down to their central holdings in Anatolia. I'd call that a pretty good crash and burn. But unlike most empires, they held on to those, so you're probably right anyway :P Certainly much better than Alexander (and everyone always wants to one-up him, so congrats to Turkey for achieving that!)

[@TheJesterInYellow]

The British Empire didn't crash and burn, it was gracefully let go. Which I guess depending on your view could be a much worse crash and burn than losing it in horrible wars, but most people don't have that view anymore

[@ShinigamiInuyasha777]

And then they commited genocide for the lulz...

[@dashiellgillingham4579]

+David Bowe... Britain didn’t fall gracefully. It realized it was ailing, with India and South Africa, and when Egypt beat off them and France at the same time they realized that they were going to fall slowly over the next century. They decided to drop everything as fast as possible so that they might be able to get some goodwill from the Americans, as the Cold War was just beginning. That’s my perception anyway.

[@TheJesterInYellow]

+Dashiell Is there anything more graceful that a state can do than giving up an empire rather than fight the desire for freedom and self determination? Every empire knew it was ailing, but it's not like Britan couldn't keep their empire if they really wanted. India is a fucking joke of a geographical location that was completely incapable of doing anything for itself, as shown by the hundreds of years of british rule after basically no fighting If you want to characterize the entire nation as just taking a pragmatic choice and playing off America's goodwill rather than having any of its own, fine, but even then it's still a lot more graceful than the rest of europe, not even mentioning asian or african empires. Letting people have self-determination without a fight is good no matter how you slice it Of course then the EU happened lel

[@NoobersTube]

Finally, I can be here using this, yeayyy. This is the first video from OSP that made me fall in love to the channel and explore more. Leann said that Blue here, you're so inspiring Maaan! I wish I can be his student, lol. Cheers OSP, best of luck, keep providing us with great content. 🍻😎

[@Pixelponny]

The runtime of your video is almost 14 minutes and 53 seconds. The sultan is pleased.

[@revanius2213]

It is pretty unfair to call the empire in decline when it lasted in relative stability for so long, it's like they consider an empire failing the moment they stop conquering everything.

[@sanuku535]

People: we cant get this city! Mehmed II: use guns. People: IT wont work! Mehmed II: USE THESE GUNS.

[@mehmetersahin9602]

And if that wont work use more guns

[@sanuku535]

@Zeynep Ezgi Su Simsar exacly how IT went for the spanish at Lepanto.

[@SeamlessR]

Im real glad you did these

[@tlsgrz6194]

Ottomans conquered Island? Is this CK2 or what is going on here?

[@darthhoovy8332]

TlsGrz All we need now is lots of incest! Hehehe

[@Healermain15]

History is suprisingly full of those! Did you know Sicily was owned by Vikings for a while?

[@magnus.magnusson]

"Conquered" is a bit of a strong word. They came and raided a bit, took some slaves, and then promptly left.

[@jozeft.6348]

While I agree that conquered is too strong, they raided more than one island there. They raided 3 villages ( and tried to raid one more but failed ), a ship and captured 400-800 people ( maybe under 400 according to some sources, probably closer to the lower end of that range, the source saying 800 seems less credible ) which was actually around one percent of the population of Iceland at that point (60k). The whole affair lasted around a month, which is not very long but still quite some time.

[@herodotus945]

Normans. not Vikings. They were more French then Scandinavian.

[@jaydenliberty9536]

If anyone wants to know why it started going bad immediately after Suleiman the Magnificent (sorry for my spelling), he kinda screwed over his own succession… Long story short his most capable successor was not born to the woman he actually loved so he killed him. Extra Credits has a more in-depth version, but take the details with a grain of salt

[@wirgindirginwhipforeign3248]

Ayy another EC fan.

[@riadulkabir2792]

Is that a joke? In this modern age who doesn't know what is the true history? I feel sorry for you.

[@jaydenliberty9536]

Riadul Kabir Murad I feel sorry for you then, friend, for being the only human alive born with an encyclopedic knowledge of the entirety of human history, unaffected by propaganda, destruction of historical records, people not thinking something was important and forgetting to write it down, and the passage of time. Having that much knowledge must make it so hard to learn anything else. Like manners

[@starroving6464]

I agree with Jarod Liberty, but is it just me or EC is kinda getting more childish-friendly and does not want to go into a brutal parts of history and so on?

[@jaydenliberty9536]

Тайши Кислицын They are trying to keep it so that they can still be shown in schools, but if something is too gruesome to keep it in/had to be toned down, they would cover it in “Lies”

[@mascotwithadinosaur9353]

I'm Romanian and back when I was little I once saw at the central park in my city this guy making the exact same kind of paintings shown in the video. I had completely forgotten about it until this video. Thanks, Blue, for reminding me. Thanks Turkish people for creating such amazing kinds of art :)

[@sejicha9370]

I just watched this. Your pronunciations were amazing. I feel proud because I watch you so much XD

[@RoverStorm]

The Ottoman Empire being "the sick man of Europe" was appropriate during 1870-1920, because that WAS when it was just sort of shrinking. But remembering it as the sick man isn't really appropriate considering a LOT of nations have collapsed in a similar fashion. Heck, look at the Roman Empire at the beginning of the video. Sick for a THOUSAND years.

[@ssa3101]

@Mysterious Stranger Shut the fuck up sausage gobbling European

[@zjork]

sick of conquering everyone ;D heeeeey!

[@nobblkpraetorian5623]

I wouldn't call the Roman Empire under Justinian "sick".

[@iLaeyes]

Every Big empire will eventually fall, the question is, what possitive thing did they leave for the World?

[@aidanmagill6769]

@Mysterious Stranger if Rome was never sick, where is it now?

[@Sawrattan]

Don't forget as a Sunni Islamic empire the Ottomans also had spiritual authority over Indian and Indonesian kingdoms. Indonesian sultans even declared themselves subjects of Istanbul, although of course the Ottomans were not puritans and therefore they didn't "disrupt" the Muslim world as much as Saudi Arabia does today

[@aneesh2115]

Not india though , they loved Persia a lot more . And they had their own branch of islam in india (sufi I think )

[@Samm815]

Remember Blue: a historian's job is to understand, not to judge.

[@doctorcritic9618]

Kind of hypocritical of him to say that

[@alexmiddleton9390]

You shouldn’t let your own bias misinform you or others, but that doesn’t mean you can’t have and express an opinion

[@MrPtrlix]

But a KZbinr's job is to judge, not to understand.

[@starroving6464]

@@MrPtrlix But a TRUE KZbinr's job is to milk some irrelevant content, extend the video to 10 minutes, put some thumbnail that is not related to the video, and put in the titles *SHOCKING*, not to judge, but to clickbait.

[@mr.picklethanos7340]

Every time I start a new Assassin's Creed game I watch one of Blue's videos on the time period and country that it takes place in to create a historical context of what's happening. Great videos, and great games.

[@fubarrossi1234]

I think they didn't capture Iceland, But a ships captain originally from the Netherlands who converted to islam and became a pirate in the Morocco coastal region, raided Iceland for slaves.

[@Hdusiekwbshsjs]

Icelandic natives were likely sold into slavery so some modern Turks likely have Icelandic ancestors

[@alikuzyaka2152]

They did raised Ottoman flag and captured the island but they didn't stay there for long. Even if they did they wouldn't be able to hold on to it

[@thanojr4472]

who came here to know the history after the government announced the conversion of Hagai Sophia into a mosque? 12/07/2020

[@mergen3125]

A stupid decision to make... 😑

[@Aya-qk2zm]

@@mergen3125 why though

[@canbildircin]

as a turkish, fuck the government. seriously, who wanted to make ayasofya mosque again?

[@canbildircin]

Oussamatha it was a mosque 1453 to 1930(or something like that) than, Kemal Ataturk turned ayasofya to museum. It was banned to go inside and pray. The reason of turning to a museum was; this building is belong to both Christian and muslim religions. And keep praying in that building occurs damage to ayasofya. But since 16th of july, it is mosque again. Because erdogan.

[@canbildircin]

Oussamatha duude this question’s answer is too long, but I’ll try to explain. After WW1, french, british, italian, armenian, and greek forces invaded anatolia. Or tried to invade anatolia. It was whole world versus us. And the problem is, the ottoman government was silent to all these invasions. Foreign forces could invade the whole country. But turkish people of anatolia resisted to invasions. (Independence war of turkey) the leader of this resistance was ataturk. Before all of these, he was a commander in galipoli. He was a big factor in that war. After we won the independence war, ataturk finished the ottoman empire. He brought democracy to turkey. Turkey gave women right to vote before almost every european countrys. He seperated religion and state. He founded a much stronger turkish republic. He was a forward-looking person. We all loved him. He helped jews when hitler was in charge. One of his famous sentence is: Peace in motherland, peace in the world.(it means a lot when you translate to turkish). I can be seem like brainwashed guy but I swear, if u knew him, you would like him.

[@jjohansen86]

I dunno, I think the idea of "stagnation" is fitting if they fall behind technologically and won't do administrative and cultural reforms. A vibrant empire in a decent plateau, "chilling" and content with not continuing to take over, needs to continue to reform to remain vibrant. The stagnation wasn't the lack of continued territorial growth, but the lack of reforms until it was kinda too late. Anyway, I see the Ottomans referred to as the "sick old man of Europe" far more in the 19th century, when the problems from that stagnation really came to a head, as you noted. Before then, the Ottomans were a major power, and probably considered the big threat to Europe at large until the Battle of Vienna in 1683 (certainly not seen as a sick pushover at least until then), which was the last attempt of the Ottomans to push that far west... and they almost took Vienna, but in the aftermath lost a bunch of territory in Europe. I think that's when they start to really be looked down on, but I still think most of the stagnation is under the surface, but very real. So I think "stagnation" is a good word.

[@adambielen8996]

In his "chilling" phase the Ottomans weren't particularly behind the rest of Europe in any meaningful way. Its really about the French Revolution/Napoleonic Wars that the Ottoman really start to lag behind.

[@almalayuwiyyah2512]

the trade route is conquered by ottoman meanwhile the europe need the alternative route in america. ottoman has everything. russia fight many war against ottoman because the trade route to black sea is blocked by the ottoman. thats why crimea and constantiople is the objective of russian from its very beginning. ottoman is the victim of his success.

[@abbyhhoage4137]

i honestly didnt understand a thing in this video cuz i was too busy admiring how enthusiastic the speaker is

[@askar9367]

I think that you didn't mention interval fighting and massive bureaucracy as the reason of the decline. On one occasion, janissaries killed the newly appointed sultan because he didn't have the money to pay them. Also, in the early days of the empire, spahis (the nobles) earned the land through service to the state instead of inheriting it, which led then to be more loyal.

[@zebrastrong9291]

Askar Akayev Real question, not being a smartass... I can’t remember where I read it, but can you point me to something that references some ppl’s opinions (at the time) that the decline of the Ottoman Empire was also facilitated by a lack of a strong sultan due to factional fighting between the kadins (wives or mothers of the sultans’ sons) becoming more powerful, the janissaries, and the white and black eunuchs. Where in previous centuries the sultans were strong leaders with ALSO a strong bureaucracy in place to handle running the empire while the sultan was on campaign, latter sultans became more dependent on others and were weaker leaders all around. The view at the time (within the empire itself) was that the downfall of the empire was caused by the influence of the kadins and the sultan valideh (sultans mother). The time honored tradition of blaming everything on those pesky women that don’t know their place and try to involve themselves in things (like politics) that they have no business in! (Insert major eye rolls there, lmao!).... Can anyone tell me if this is all true?

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[@olysiparadox8886]

@13:58 Blue is really ahead of his time calling Turkey by its proper name "Türkiye" 4 years before they officially changed it

[@ZarlanTheGreen]

They didn't change their name. They just insisted on everyone using the Turkish name, to not be confused with the bird (which is named after the country) ...which is preposterous. They don't decide what name is used in English.