How the Ottomans Took Over Western Anatolia - Medieval History DOCUMENTARY

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Kings and Generals began remaking its animated historical documentary on the history of the Ottoman empire with the early rise of the Ottoman beylik under Osman I. In the first video we covered the early origins of the beylik, its status among the Muslim states in Anatolia and its early clashes against the Eastern Roman (Byzantine) Empire at Bapheus and Dimbos in 1302 ( • Rise of the Ottoman Em... ). This second episode will show a tiny beylik became a regional power with the continued battles against the Byzantine empire and other states, including the siege of Prusa (Bursa) between 1317 and 1326 and the battle of Pelekanon of 1329. In this series we are planning to cover every major battle of the Ottoman empire, including Kosovo, Nicopolis, Ankara, Varna, 2nd Kosovo, Constantinople, Belgrade, Targoviste, Otlukbeli, Vaslui, Valea Alba, Skanderbeg's rebellion, Breadfield, Krbava, Otranto, Chaldiran, the Ottoman-Mamluk War of 1516-1517, siege of Rhodes in 1522, Mohacs of 1526, Vienna of 1529, Preveza, Gorjani, Castelnuovo, Buda, Eger, Malta, Szigetvar, Famagusta, Lepanto and much, much more!
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[@KingsandGenerals]

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[@HaziqXIX]

Hello

[@hassaanalisiddiqui3827]

Make a series on the British conquest of India

[@sergeygarsantsyan4553]

Don't use Western Anatolia. It's antiscientistic. Anatolia means East. Using Western Anatolia, you say Western East.

[@mehmetozkan1276]

ok, you explained it like this, but it is explained differently in some sources.

[@mehmetozkan1276]

For example, it can be described in more than one way in Turkish sources, so your explanation may not be correct.

[@perchitaxrozoldo7537]

No matter the situation Bizantine empire always has time for civil wars

[@BarryAllen__1A23]

Just like their ancestors did

[@OsaidTaha]

True

[@user-ke6ee5bl5n]

That's sign of a failed state.

[@geordiejones5618]

@@user-ke6ee5bl5n that state failed for 1000 years and was still the envy of most of its surroundings for more time than not. Culturally it was very strong and very stubborn, same as the Italians of old Rome. For such a failure they endured longer than most great states ever dream. Not even the Arabs and Ottomans could boast of heights that the Greco Romans stood upon.

[@user-ke6ee5bl5n]

@@geordiejones5618 actually the definition of a failed state that i told u is according to modern concept but after observing all ur arguments i am assured that modern concept cannot explain everything

[@danielhpcarvalho4348]

Byzantine emperor: _Breaths_ The whole empire: "Civil war it is, then."

[@michaelsurratt1864]

Yeah it got real hard to feel bad for them. Are Empires falling apart Civil War! Then

[@brokenbridge6316]

The peace between Orhan and his brother was a rare time in Ottoman history where brothers actually got along. Shame that this wasn't emulated by later generations of Osman's decendents.

[@muhammadsaad847]

These were the early days of the Ottoman empire where religiousness, Islam and simplicity were at there zenith among the Turks. Orhan and his brother were two young men, fully dedicated to serving people for the sake of God and not for personal benefit or desire so ofcourse they got along well. Unlike later Ottoman sultans and people who weren't as religious or had too much love for this temporary world.

[@bolubeyi8959]

@@muhammadsaad847 bro you are totally wrong :D in early period of Ottomans Ottoman is just a beylik ruling by nomadic Turkish laws. Mehmed II the conqueror legislate a kanunname and a chapter about killing brothers for greater purpose (avoid civil wars) You can find it as a Fatih Kanunnamesi inside a chapter it wrote that ''Ve her kimseye evlâdımdan saltanat müyesser ola, karındaşların Nizâm-ı Âlem için katl eylemek münasiptir. Ekser ûlema dahi tecviz etmiştir. Anınla âmil olalar.'' for English “Whichever of my children rises to the throne, it is appropriate for him to kill his brothers in order to maintain world order. Most religious scholars have also confirmed this. Let them follow this rule.” Mehmed the conqueror known as most clever sultan in history of Otttoman Empire. And also you are telling me he had ''too much love for the world''. He lived his life on horseback and fighting.

[@Ali-tt7xu]

@@bolubeyi8959 I believe when he said later I think he mostly meant the Sultans in the stagnant and decline phases of the Empire who were usually incapable, dwelled within the comforts and luxuries of the palace walls

[@bolubeyi8959]

@@Ali-tt7xu Maybe, but the topic is Sultan and his brothers. Fatih's law changed in reign of Ahmed I they brought cage system instead of sancak system. Did it went better? Absolutely no.This has nothing to do with religion. One of the reasons of declining is corrupted religious scholars. Many Sultans tried their best.They tried make reforms but religious scholars,pashas,janissaries,rebellions etc. They were all against them.

[@patrickjeffers7864]

But it guaranteed the strongest survived to rule the empire..as long as it was the royal family butchering each other, it wasn't a bad idea. Look at France, where princes kept it divided strife riden for centuries, even allying(?) with enemies like England in the hundred yrs war or Spain in the 15th/16th century

[@kmmmsyr9883]

According to traditional Turkish sources, Orhan Bey offered Alaeddin Pasha to divide the beylik between each other after the death of their father, but Alaeddin Pasha refused and gave up his claims.

[@yavuzyorulmaz.de.]

Hail Alaeddin Paşa!

[@theawesomeman9821]

and is that the reason why the Sultans had a tradition of killing their younger sons?

[@johnmaulana7027]

@@theawesomeman9821 the tradition start at time of Mehmet II the Conqueror. he make it as law based from what he know about disastorus Civil war after defeat at battle of Ankara againts Timur the Lame

[@magnuscoles5010]

@@johnmaulana7027 Timur the lang*, "Timur the lame" lmao

[@kmmmsyr9883]

@@theawesomeman9821 Sultans didn't have a tradition of killing their younger sons. They had a tradition of killing their brothers. And no, it's mainly because of the Ottoman Interregnum after the Battle of Ankara.

[@OttomanHistoryHub]

It's been so fun writing these episodes! :) Challenge: Drink every time the Byzantines go into civil war.

[@wizard680]

But I'll die of alcohol poisoning

[@stevenlannister184]

They take after the Romans I guess.

[@sniper21223]

The byzantine also drank every time they went to civil war

[@m.meiburger1970]

Im wasted after 10minutes

[@brokenbridge6316]

The Byzantines waster so much time, money, n resources fighting each other in the later part of their history. It's just mind boggling.

[@blackop013]

The whole story of Roger de Fleur and the Catalan Company is probably worth its own video.

[@Ptitnain2]

Indeed, I wanna learn more about it.

[@andrewhuch1]

I wrote them requesting it a long time ago. We should mass petition kings and generals to make the video it would be so sick

[@Almugavar]

Desperta Ferro!

[@andrewhuch1]

@@Almugavar Aragon! Aragon! Sant Jordi!

[@Almugavar]

My favorite part of the story is (after wrecking Thrace and winning every battle against overwhelming odds), when the Athenians hire them and then - having learned nothing from the Byzantines - also decide not to pay them, how they casually conquer Athens and rule it for the next 70 years.

[@Mude-wv9bj]

It's interesting and sad to see how the Byzantines dropped from owning the half of the mediterranen to regarding a force of 4000 men a great expedition

[@nech1]

Why sad??? Are you Byzantine or something lol?

[@andrealuther6167]

@@nech1 its sad to see how the empire deteriorated?

[@hasansplained2955]

@@andrealuther6167 Yeah why lmao

[@rfkwouldvebeenaok1008]

​@@hasansplained2955 it's sad and it sucks because this is what's left of the Roman Empire. It really drives you crazy cause after manzikert and 1204 the Empire is still salvageable but they just won't stop doing dumbass shit.

[@hasansplained2955]

@@rfkwouldvebeenaok1008do you feel like this for all empires?

[@kokoro2426]

I love this new Ottoman series. Amazing video.

[@thewarriorfrog]

Turks indeed had a decisive role in triggering historical major events like the Migration Period, Crusades, Age of Discovery as well as ending the Middle Ages with the conquest of Constantinople, fall of the Roman Empire.

[@elesad1910]

Even today, turks play a major role by rescuing europe from a global economic crisis that probably would’ve been turned into a new world war.

[@ozymandiasultor9480]

What Turks had with the Crusades? Very little, in the end.. and the age of reason, affected them in a negative way, as the discovery of America.

[@tatarcavalry2342]

@@ozymandiasultor9480 They triggered the third and fourth one and were one of the main reason in the first because of their rivalry against Byzantine

[@NovaPtl]

@@ozymandiasultor9480 Selcuks triggered the first crusade, u gotta read more boi

[@ozymandiasultor9480]

@@tatarcavalry2342 Third and a fourth crusade? I must admit I don't know much about the fourth, and very little about the third, so I will google it, and see what books have about it, I have maybe dozen or so histories of the Ottoman Empire and Turkey.

[@Decoffeee-ky4ch]

Eastern romans: our empire is chaos, what should we do to stabilise it? Eastern Roman leaders: let’s have another civil war!

[@IsengardMordor]

Civil wars are a time honored Roman tradition :)

[@EM-tx3ly]

Turks: God is Great

[@RichardEdwards40]

While civil war was exhausting Byzantium, the Turks conducted frequent [naval] incursions from Asia "with the help of monemes and triremes [galley ships having, respectively, one and three banks of oars], making their way with impunity into Thrace, especially during harvest season, seizing livestock, carrying off women and children into slavery, and causing such evils that these regions afterward remained depopulated and uncultivated. That was one of the reasons for the famine that the Byzantines had to endure.”100

[@cocaleaf2358]

Amazing documentary! Love the detailed map view of all the small towns, a really detailed view of the micro battles (Number of soldiers etc.) and territories and in depth of what happened! The Ottoman Empire was a small empire territorial wise in the beginning stages, but so much is happening within its borders, its mind blowing. Love it! Great series! This is some of the best I have seen! The distillation of the actual history from the history books in detail is impressive!

[@sethbartley2212]

Agreed! What program do you guys use to make/animate your maps? they look gorgeous and very easy to read

[@valentin_marin]

I'm a Cristian Ortodox....so....I hate everything about turks

[@ChrismHoward223]

I need this series thank y’all so much! Hope y’all go all the way on this one

[@JohnnyElRed]

One has to appreciate the Byzantines for making things so easy for the Ottomans. Never would have reached so far without them!

[@ozymandiasultor9480]

One has to appreciate the fact that Ottomans made it so easy for Balkan states to beat them so easily in the First Balkan war... And after that many others. If there wasn't Ataturk, they would have been some small insignificant state in the middle of Anatolia.

[@ozymandiasultor9480]

@@MarkhasSteelfort Those "small" states liberated themself, and the Ottoman Empire, which was called "the sick man on Bosphorus" made that "Tanzimat" an attempt for reform, but it was too little, too late, and the corruption made everything hard. That is why I think that Ataturk came to the right place at the right moment... Because, it was not only Balkan states, Turkey was losing territory, and great powers were really eager to grab and destroy that state. But Ataturk was agnostic, saw the danger of religion, was a very good military leader, and managed to save Turkey, he made the modern Turkish republic, secular, and with proper reforms... The only black spot, and it is really black was the Armenian genocide... But the result on the Balkan peninsula was such because there were too few Muslims and way too small number of soldiers, while all 4 countries (4 if we count Montenegro) had support... The black spot of that war? 3 bigger states, Serbia, Bulgaria, and Greece occupied Macedonia and never let that nation have any chance to make its own state. But history was such that one part, some 35 percent I think is free now, and it has the name "North Macedonia" if I am not mistaken. I have friends in all those states.

[@theawesomeman9821]

The Ottomans were also brilliant conqueres

[@IFAMILYIH]

7:24 GAVE ALL HIS WEALTH TO THE POOR THATS WHAT YOU CALL A LEADER MASHALLAH OSMAN BEY

[@aliosman0]

A beautiful documentary, hope you continue to cover the Ottomans in depth.

[@ozkanboyraz7626]

great documentary, looking forward to third video of this serie

[@HellenicChanel]

As a Greek i felt immense pain watching this episode 😅!

[@thewarriorfrog]

😅😅😅

[@tugrulgul5903]

Sad and funny fact;Mother of Sultan Mehmed the conqueror who take Istanbul. was a Greek girl also mehmed can speak Greek and Serbian cause of his Mother

[@tatarcavalry2342]

@@tugrulgul5903 not greek serbian

[@FM-vo8pb]

Don't be sad,it's how the world was those days,either you conquer or being conquered, how many nations Byzantine Empire conquered?

[@ceyhunozkan9919]

that animated greek princess who married with orhan, is very beautiful.

[@hussainsultanzada6123]

Süleyman Paşa sounds like a boss. I wonder how the Empire would've turned out had he not died before his father. No doubt he would ascend the throne as he had control of the entire Military, but would his brothers still rebel against him like they did Murad, or would they submit willingly? If so, the original fratricide would've been avoided, removing the precedent entirely from the Empire.

[@guneygacka774]

He, Cem Sultan, Şehzade Mustafa and Genç Osman(Osman II)

[@yousufkhan5787]

@@guneygacka774 yeah I have read about sehzade mustafa and he was very experienced. Don't know a lot about Osman the second

[@guneygacka774]

@@Poppin_off_with_panos and he was a vampire, verewolf and satan hinself at the same time

[@hussainsultanzada6123]

@@guneygacka774 Out of all listed, Şehzade Mustafa would've done the most. Even without Süleyman Paşa, Murad I and his descendants did an excellent job at expanding the Empire, even conquering Constantinople (although Bayezid I got a bit too arrogant which cost the Empire half a century). Cem Sultan, although he would've been a great Warrior-Sultan, would've completely drained the Ottoman Economy as his father had done, with his brother Bayezid II being the better option as he consolidated power throughout the Ottoman territories (but yet again, the end of his reign was weakness due to his inability or rather indifference to the Safavid threat that would've conquered East Anatolia). Had Osman II been more patient, he could've fixed the Empire back into its prime self and have a better warrior reputation than his brother Murad IV, or his project could've failed drastically as it did irl. That leaves Şehzade Mustafa, who would've ascended the throne during literal peak years of the Empire where the Army was (arguably) the best in the world and actually willing to go on campaigns. Mustafa's popularity, skills, and ambition were enough to encourage his Army to fight with all their might, frighten all of Europe, and find a path to somehow conquer Rome as his ancestor Mehmed II desired.

[@emreloder]

omg. spoilers man. damnit

[@stoutheart]

"akyazi" is my birth place. never imagined my favorite channel calls of it. this is epic haha. much love from a first 1k sub!

[@dede-mt3mw]

I love the series about Ottoman. Great Empire and history. Thanks for the video buddy

[@usmanxertugrul5179]

Always favorite kings and generals♥️ what a piece of work

[@Joker-yw9hl]

Nice. I've been watching a lot of your Ottoman content recently.

[@SnapplyPie]

I love your Ottoman series!

[@OsaidTaha]

Thanks for making these great videos

[@ahmedazhar8485]

That was awesome please make the next episode quickly 😉

[@painitself8597]

Loving your videos and content When will the next episode of this serie will come

[@Almugavar]

Finally, the Catalan company comes up! They genuinely deserve thier own series.

[@rfkwouldvebeenaok1008]

Sounds like they sucked ass. Betraying what's left of the Roman state.

[@nenenindonu]

Early visionary leaders like Murad I and elite generals like Evrenos & Haci İlbey all played major roles in transforming the Ottoman Beylik into an Ottoman Empire

[@dentaconstantin]

You wrote very informous about the Ottomans, The panty of grandmama.

[@daffaramadaghifari6428]

evrenos was a beast, defeating crusade with only 600 men, granted it was night raid but still good tactics with very limited army.

[@kumebannerlord]

Is that the same Evrenos who lost twice to Skanderbeg?

[@ferideyalcn7825]

​@@kumebannerlordNo , skanderbeg lived after 100 years of general evrenos

[@mikemodugno5879]

Another fantastic episode. Could you cover the Spanish Empire's presidio system of fortifications in the U.S. Southwest?

[@HellenicWolf]

GREAT WORK :) Thank you for your good work all these years. Keep it up. Greetings from Athens!

[@rfkwouldvebeenaok1008]

Are you Greek? Actually with a name like that of course you are. Take back that damn city already. It's been 570 years.

[@rayhansheth4821]

Make videos on this series fast sir, it is most awaited series

[@m.humaiz1114]

Can't wait for part 3!!

[@tatarcavalry2342]

Damn that was some rollercoaster one of the most thrilled history videos I have ever watched

[@sidp5381]

This is fantastic can’t wait for the battle of Nicopolis and Varna redone in good graphics and also Kosovo

[@alperenermis1577]

thanks for your great videos from bursa

[@johnkennedy814]

Found this video and it references a previous episode. It would be helpful to have a link to that previous episode in the description. Same on a few other episodes. Thanks! Love the channel

[@KingsandGenerals]

It is in the description

[@bozare]

Cant wait next episode!

[@mazenaljayousi49]

Impressive episode 👍🏻

[@athelloren1741]

Başkanım sende başladın dft tarih gibi detaylıya helal güzel görsel

[@3RTUGRULBEY1990]

That was a Great Video especially the part when Suleiman Pasha took Gallipoli by the will of an Earthquake, Also the part about Osman Gazi giving all his Wealth to his Subjects was a Great Example, i also wanted to know how and when the Ottomans Captured the Parts of Anatolia of the Former Rum Sultanate, they became a Mongol Vassal State in Osman's Life Time.

[@ahmettahaketenci5035]

another great video and history...

[@SalmanKhan-ze3zh]

This is exactly what I've been waiting for 😁

[@KHK001]

Always great to see more Othman wars videos!

[@Adventurer32]

One thing I would've liked you to go into more detail about is why the Byzantines were always so outnumbered in these fights. Even from the initial Ottoman conquests when they had nearly no territory compared to the Byzantines, they still had a larger force in almost every engagement shown here. Were the bulk of the Byzantine forces busy in the Balkans, or just that drained by civil war and the decentralization of imperial authority?

[@user-ln8eh5nq3q]

I think both by the late 13th century when the eastern Romans took back Constantinople ( 1261 ) they couldn't raise big armies ( tens of thousands ) like the komnenoi did one century ago because their lands where smaller but still big inaf although devastated by the crusades or the Bulgarians if we are talking about Thrace and makedon futhermore as you said their armies where always spilt up on the Balkans and Asia minor l think the biggest army that Michael palaiologos could raise was below 10000 troops futhermore the civil wars played a big role on draining the already low manpower as you see on the video especially in the later centuries 14th - 15th . Hopefully this will help you

[@tatarcavalry2342]

Good question and answer but you should also consider the fact that there was not only Kayı tribe in Ottomans there were also minor tribes who also had hundreds of tents and there were 5 people in a tent for average. Their woman knew hunting and self defence every family had their herds horses and weapons so men could easily depart for war in masses without much looking back. And the reason for this heavy migration were numerous and changed from time to time.

[@tolgatosun5675]

I totally agree with your points. Aditionally, comparision of land sizes of these two states can mislead us. When Osman I had successful battles and raids against Eastearn Roman Empire, he became very famous. Also, there were huge migration from Central Asia and Iran into Anatolia due to Mongol raids. Osman I was one of the best leader can give them land, wealth and security. Most of the Turks were joining his cause from Anatolia especially warriors. This is one of the reasons how they can have big forces during the early stages of the empire.

[@user-ln8eh5nq3q]

Well said and of course the population of the ottomans was bolster by waves of Turks who fled from the eastern and central Asia minor during the 14th century before the janissary system

[@apersonontheinternet595]

@@tatarcavalry2342 Why did the Turks migrate into Anatolia in the first place?

[@robbabcock_]

Great video!⚔

[@Show_Cast]

Can't for next episode ❤️❤️

[@Uzair_Of_Babylon465]

Fantastic video keep it up your doing amazing job

[@danjones5714]

I can sleep now that I have this incredibly detailed description of the battle of Pelekanon.

[@sirunklydunk8861]

*Byzantines get into a Civil war and calls for Ottoman help* Ottomans: How many times do we have to teach you this lesson, old man!?

[@moonandstar85]

We teaching them how to fight, but they always forgetting and calling us again!

[@bahjasaeed9529]

We understand very good thanks to you

[@markusskram4181]

Cool vid

[@stepanpytlik4021]

You could've mentioned more of Andronikos III's reign, especially his reconquest of Epirus.

[@nikostombris5505]

True !!!

[@rfkwouldvebeenaok1008]

Bland horseshit and small potatoes when further existence is what's at stake. Stupid ass late Romans fucking up what's left of the beautiful Empire.

[@systemreset9410]

9:22 aydos means river in or stream in old greek, its now name of a mountain there, i lived there until i was 25. didnt know its history

[@pakshirajan8585]

Please make a video on Kakatiya Dynasty (1083-1323)

[@denniscleary7580]

Nice and early 😁👍

[@mateusferraridemelo4863]

If you can, would be really cool to see a remake of the "South American Waterloo"!

[@thewarriorfrog]

In the west the Seljuq invasion of Asia Minor began the process which was to make it the modern land of the Turks and the base from which the greatest Islamic empire of the past 600 years would expand into southeast Europe . MacEachern, S., 2010. The new cultural atlas of the Islamic world. p.32.

[@h.u.2462]

5:10 looking at the map, i can see how unbelievable for ottoman to conquer all these lands and more...

[@YoxiiPlz]

Amazing on how well orderly and powerfull the Turks were plus the advantage of the civil war and the falling Empire. Also one of the reasons Turks could rise was because they were so nice to people like how Osman gave all his wealth to the poor, the Ottoman sultans always ruled with justice and even wanted less tax from the byzantinian people than their own Byzantinian lords and governors wanted from them! Basically proud on the Turks.

[@iliasfilip2110]

Damn, I feel Byzantium would have survived had it not had so many civil wars

[@RichardEdwards40]

they could have. the very least they could have done wa snot invite the turks into europe to join in their civil war. they could have atleast kept the european part of the empire and contained the ottomans in asia minor

[@captaincrusader]

Andronikos III was a capable general, born in the wrong place and wrong time. I honestly feel bad for him. He was the last hope of the empire, he left it in a good condition, but his best friend and his nobles teared and destroyed the empire right as he died.

[@tenzindoley7061]

patiently waiting for the episode " Alexander vs Porus "

[@motivation4595]

Waiting for the video on caliphate

[@HISTORIA_MUNDI]

After a whole month .... the second series came out

[@IFAMILYIH]

AYYYY OSMAN BEY!!!!! MASHALLAH!!!!!!!

[@hassaanalisiddiqui3827]

At first the videos on ottoman empire was battle by battle, now its battle after battle as well as event after event. Also make a series on mughal empire from Babur to Aurangzeb

[@josephmiele2277]

It’s good that the brothers managed to compromise and work together to benefit their state. I’m sure this will set a precedent for future centuries that their successors will definitely hold up and respect.

[@bikilone]

I can hardly believe he could gather 10k army in that period, having in mind size of the country. 2-4k seems more likely.

[@Semperidem94]

No he could have gathered that number. Remember there were many big and small turkic tribes settling within the ottoman beylik, and every male member of those tribes were raiders who would love to join any campaign if there are looting, which would be plenty.

[@wewenang5167]

most of its were mercenaries from other turkic tribes, not all came from the same beyliks, they even got some Tartar with them.

[@joeshmoe8345]

Real cool, thanks y’all.

[@oldgamer9992]

Orhan was a very good leader, general like his father Osman won many battles, taking advantages of byzantine weakness, Building a big empire...

[@Jackiee_Chann]

No pacific war continuation this Sunday ? 😭😭😭😭😭

[@zen2557]

More!

[@kentakorma8423]

11:55 In this animation we see ottoman soldiers wearing fez. Fez was not in much use until 19th century in Ottoman Empire. Mahmud II was the sultan who made fez popular

[@user-hc5uv4be5z]

it is "külah" külah is a part of "sarık" which was the traditional hat before the "fes"

[@RayshiaRoman]

Another episode of Early Ottoman History? Nice!

[@ozymandiasultor9480]

Maybe it is more interesting how one agnostic and brilliant strategist managed to save Turkey, to turn it into a modern state by imposing a secular system, state and religion were separated, Mustafa Kemal - Ataturk... That genius managed to save Turkey from total collapse, changed the alphabet, and gave human rights to women, even before some European states. Great statesman, great writer, and visioner. He left amanet, which is a testament to the army to defend secularity because he knew that the Ottoman empire started going downward because those who imposed the Arab religion had too much power.

[@RayshiaRoman]

@@ozymandiasultor9480 Bruh, Islam is literally the reason why Turks are able to live in Anatolia in the first place. That "Arab religion" is why Turkiye exist in Anatolia and why Constantinople is now called Istanbul. Go watch Mustafa Kemal's documentary if you want. I'm here to watch how Osman Gazi and his descendants kick some Eastern Roman ass and take names.

[@user-xr2jt7ss4o]

@@ozymandiasultor9480 It's not called arab religion, it's Islam for all humanity Arabs, turks, barber, kurds, Indians..etc And it's so funny that " Mustafa kemal" is an Arabic name 🤣 Mustafa is an Arabic name Kemal is an Arabic name

[@ozymandiasultor9480]

@@RayshiaRoman I don't have to watch anything about Ataturk, I was learning about him, and I have read almost all that he wrote. He literary says "that Arab religion weakened Turkish national sentiment", and that is why he made Turkey a secular, modern state. You are here to watch about Osman Gazi? Ok...later go watch about the First Balkan war to see how Balkan states kicked someone's arse... By the way, do you even know what Istanbul got that name? It has the Greek root Istanbul="Esi ton poli" for the city or to the city. It is not Turkish name.

[@ozymandiasultor9480]

@@user-xr2jt7ss4o I call it as I wish, most of the time I call it ideology. And I don't care if Mustafa or Kemal are Arabic names, for me it is important that he made Turkey secular, and escaped from the religious darkness.

[@drillxedit]

The early Turkic peoples who entered Anatolia are shown to look raciaIIy Caucasian (14:30, 7:56), when in actuality they had pronounced mongoloid traits and were raciaIIy part of the ”Tungid” and “Turanid” raciaI types of central-Asia. In future episodes perhaps you should consider portraying Seljuks / early ottomans with more central Asian / Tungid features. Regards

[@zaferakman4321]

I dont think ottomans too mongoloid. Oghuze tribes are eurosian (caucasois-asian mix look people)

[@ahmedameeri9532]

It really is triggering to see a once mighty empire becoming so weak and pathetic with so many civil wars. After serbia and bulgaria expanded into hellas there was basically nothing left of the empire yet they still had draining civil wars to destroy what little they had left! Even if they were united it would've been extremely difficult to check the Ottomans' expansion, but with all their civil wars they were completely doomed.

[@DSS-jj2cw]

Amazing that Byzantium could not get their act together and retain their empire. Could not win a battle to save their life .

[@Nikephorus]

Too busy fighting each other lol

[@gilpaubelid3780]

If they couldn't win battles the byzantine empire wouldn't have survived for more than 1000 years

[@Nikephorus]

@@gilpaubelid3780 I think the OP means at the point in time that this video takes place the Byzantine Empire was in it's twilight years. The Empire never really recovered from the 1204 sack of Constantinople by the Latins IMO. It limped on for the last 200 years of its existence, but continued to lose territory during that time until only Constantinople itself was left.

[@tatarcavalry2342]

@@gilpaubelid3780 learn english before commenting in english

[@gilpaubelid3780]

@@tatarcavalry2342 No.

[@observery1]

What are the sources that have been used in making this series?

[@sairadha674]

Note to Self: Never retreat when fighting Nomads. It will always turn into a rout.

[@ao4060]

Great work once again yet the majority of the cities presented in the map have their Turkish names even though they are still under Roman control, for reasons of historical accuracy you should change the names of the cities to their roman names so that they resemble the situation of that time period, just before the Ottoman conquest and not today's names. For example in 16:51 there is a city still under Roman control called Tekirdağ the correct name for that period would be to be called Bisanthe or Bysanthe (Greek: Βισανθη/Βυσάνθη) and or Rhaedestus (Ῥαιδεστός) and it was renamed Rodosçuk after it fell to the Ottomans in the 14th century (in western languages it is usually rendered as Rodosto), after the 18th century it was called Tekfurdağı, based on the Turkish word tekfur, meaning "Byzantine lord".

[@Valkyraw]

thats not true though. Anatolia was in control of Turkish beyliks. There was no Roman control in Anatolia no more.

[@ao4060]

@@Valkyraw my friend Tekirdağ is not in Anatolia, it is in Eastern Thrace, it is obvious that Anatolia was under Ottoman control during the late 14th century

[@Valkyraw]

@@ao4060 okay i thought you meant cities in anatolia because you said "most of the cities" thats why.

[@Asterix958]

7:35. Osman Ghazi used to dislike taxation as well. "Now the judge and the commander of the army were appointed, the market was established... This time, the people began to demand laws. A person from Germiyan said, "Sell me the tax (bac in the main text) of this market." when he said to him, "Now go to the Khan." they said. He came to Osman Gazi and said, "My khan! Sell me the tax of this market." said. Osman Gazi, "What is tax?" When asked, that person replied, "I get coin (Akçe in main text) from everything that is brought to the market:". Then Osman Gazi said, "Hey man! Do you have credits from those who come to this market that you want money from them?" When he said, "My Khan, this is a custom and tradition; it is customary for sultans to receive it in all countries." said. Osman Gazi, "Is it the commandment of God and the word of the prophet or did those gentlemen reveal it from themselves?" When he said that, that person said, "It's a tradition, my Khan, it's a long time ago." gave the answer. Osman Gazi was very angry and said, "Hey man, this is the property of the earner, am I a partner in his property so that I can say give me money? Come on, don't say this if you want me to not harm you." Then the people said, "My Khan! It is necessary to give money to those who serve (official) in this market." said. Thereupon, Osman Gazi said, "Since you say so, whoever brings a load and sells it will give two coins, and those who do not sell it should not give anything. Then whoever breaks this law of mine, may Allah corrupt his religion and his world." said." Aşıkpaşazade. Osmanoğullarının Tarihi. prepared by Kemal Yavuz and Yekta Saraç. K Kitaplık. lang Tr.. p. 73-74.

[@mohamedhaybe235]

What a Leader!! Can You Imagine Osman The Kayi Leader of More than 40 years left just a sword, couple of Oxen,sheep and A horse. And Nowadays we have Muslim Leaders who Can not be ever satisfied on Worldy Materials. How the world Changed.

[@AggressiveSkunk]

"Dang the Byzantine civil war was so epic" *which one?* "the 14th century one" *which one?*

[@BartmanGS]

I find ottoman history so interisting on how much it influnced the world

[@ozymandiasultor9480]

It influenced certain regions in some way, I live in a country that was for centuries under their rule, and that period we call in our history as " Turkish slavery, or Ottoman slavery, and we don't see that big period as something really good, it influenced in a bad way most of the Balkan peninsula, they had especially cruel tax, which was just for the Christians, we call it, "tax in blood", and they have some name for that, devshirme system I think...They were literary taking, kidnapping the best of the best of the children, were changing the religion of those by force, which should not be done according to Islam, were brainwashing them, and were turning them into Jannisaries, elite soldiers, who, in very bad irony were tormenting and often killing their own people. Sure, some of those were able to prosper as Osman Pasha Sokolovic, they called him Sokologly, Sokol is Falkon, he reached the position of the vizier, and that is something like a prime minister, but that system, meritocracy, was until the 16th century when the Empire passed it zenith. The best period is when with Ottoman Empire ruled "10 good Sultans", that is how those are known, from Osman, the first one, up until Suleiman the Magnificent, which they call Kanuni, Lawmaker. After that... slowly but surely all was going downward when the power went to Selim the drunkard, the son of Hurem, wife of Suleiman. Suleiman killed his very capable son, and the tradition was cut...

[@apolloolympian4669]

Little known fact.They also had the best swimming team in history during 1821-1830!

[@ozymandiasultor9480]

@@apolloolympian4669 Huh? Interesting... We have one specific style of wrestling that many are practicing here, called "pehlivan" wrestling, but I had no idea about that swimming team..

[@apolloolympian4669]

@@ozymandiasultor9480 Go search Greek War of Independence.

[@ozymandiasultor9480]

@@apolloolympian4669 Why? I know enough about the Greek war of independence, what that has to do with turkish swimming team?

[@Tommykey07]

Andronikos III actually had some success in Europe. The video doesn't mention that he annexed the Despotate of Epiros. Had he lived another few years, the Byzantines likely would have recovered all of Greece, thereby giving them a larger base of manpower and tax revenue.

[@sazzadJOY96]

Please make a video about The liberation war of Bangladesh in 1971... plz plz plz

[@scsarmiento9423]

SALAHUDDIN AYUBI. It would be nice to have a video dedicated to Salahuddin. As it is said to have been a very just and fair ruler, as well as Osman. I have watched almost ALL of your videos on Early Muslim Expansion, and concurrently the ones about the crusades, but in my reckoning I couldn't find one about Salahuddin. Thank you!!

[@abdidx6191]

Yes please!!

[@assyriancrusader3760]

He wasn't that fair ruler with coptic Christians....

[@youtubeowlowlman9888]

Kings and generals, Can you make a video about the history of Iraq under the ottoman rule??

[@Don-Coyote-De-Transylvania]

Btw, Hungary never conquer Vallachia as map at 2:38 show.

[@zaid9026]

8:40 not only osman was a great commander he was a great father as his children prove this due to there agreement.

[@valentin_marin]

Have you ever wondered what the arrival of the Turks really meant for the Eastern Christian world, for the cities, most of which are of Greek origin?

[@handsofrand6660]

5:49 " _The Gang Resists Turkic Influence_ " * theme music starts playing*

[@apexnext]

This comment needs more *_Likes_* 👍 So sayeth the Dayman! (ah-ah-ah) 🌞

[@Dunshad8020]

There was intense competition between Anatolian beylicks also to dominate each other ottomans face competition from them the most in western Anatolia

[@syedsakibulhaque42]

When are we going to get the series on the fall of Ottoman Empire videos? I am especially excited about a video on the "koprulu era". Also, the "war of the holy league" and the "Stagnation of the ottoman empire".

[@lerneanlion]

May I asked this? Will there be remake of the Siege of Constantinople in 1453 for this series? Or instead, you guys will go to show us how Mehmed the Conqueror run Constantinople as his new capital and what new policies and laws are made under him as part of this series?

[@herewego8511]

Hello, whats the music in 10:30? thanks

[@MusicGamesEverything]

So nice seeing the Byzantines pick up the good'ole Roman tradition of constantly being in a state of civil war

[@strikefall2218]

Does anyone know the music's name at 13:30?

[@prusias]

Yeah, great! this is my city. Greetings from Prusa to everyone! 🙌

[@sallycoop935]

Great picture of the hellenistic king Prusias. Is your city named after this king?

[@moonandstar85]

*Bursa

[@sallycoop935]

@@moonandstar85 named after the king *Bursias?