How did Europe React to the Fall of Constantinople? (Short Animated Documentary)

[@RmsOceanic]

I like how two separate people were able to say "Good, now I'm Rome." The beauty of medieval politics.

[@fluedgoop]

The hre did have an almost legit if convoluted claim tbf

[@cevq6126]

Neither of which was the city of Rome ..,

[@user-ud3gh8fy5n]

Yeah for some reason everyone wanted to be Rome. HRE, Russia, even Ottomans specially reign of Mehmed II who fancied himself as a Roman

[@brandonlyon730]

@@fluedgoop Despite the fact the HRE consisted of mostly German people. The same group that destroyed the western part of Rome in the first place.

[@onuraslanfb07]

@@user-ud3gh8fy5n yeah Mehmed even called himself Caesar of Rum

[@RiDeRWaTch]

"Constantinople was conquered by the Ottomans!" Europeans: Who? "The Ottomans are people from the-" Europeans: No. Who asked?

[@splintercell5551]

Martin Luther knew who they were, and Pushed for A crusade against them

[@efecaktl5432]

@@splintercell5551 its a joke

[@lukad7744]

@@splintercell5551 you must be fun at parties

[@sviatoslavs.1305]

I don't get it.

[@splintercell5551]

@@lukad7744 What does that mean

[@madsmllerjensen6913]

No one: Moscow: You know, I’m something of a Roman myself

[@monkeyman321]

You deserve more upvotes.

[@youneskasdi]

We always laugh about the holy roman empire not being anything of what their name suggest, but what the hell were the russians thinking by claiming the title of third rome

[@denissokolov1990]

@@youneskasdi Like, several reasons. 1. Russia claimed the title of "Thrid Rome" mostly for the religious reasons, not political, this is why they never took the name officialy, unlike HRE. 2. Vasiliy's son got married to the niece of last Byzantium Emperor, Constantin the 11th, thus making Rurik and Palaeologus dynaties to be raltives. 3. They simply wanted to poke Emperor, by saying something like "look, we are equals to you, you claim to inheret West, we claim to inheret East of Rome. Btw, poits 2 and 3 are also the reasons why Russia has eagle with two heads as their coat of arms.

[@sweet_xylitol7814]

@@youneskasdi Russians inherited the spirit of Byzantium Empire

[@stuff9680]

Well members of the Byzantine royal family married into the royalty of Moscow so technically Moscow then Russia could be considered the third Rome and when Russia fell to communism and Finland being the only part not communist then technically Finland is the true heir to Rome

[@hiimryan2388]

*crusaders litterally crippling Byzantium* *Ottomans threatens Europe Europe: i should not have dont that, I should not have done that

[@gb4206]

He means the crusade against the byzantines where the crusaders destroyed parts of constantinople. To be fair though, the Ottomans would’ve taken the city either way, it would’ve just taken longer probably.

[@hiimryan2388]

GB 420 thank you

[@joermnyc]

4th Crusade: “Take that Byzantium! Wrong kinds of Christians!” Ottomans: “Thanks for softening them up for us.” 4th Crusade: “Oh...”

[@Admiral45-10]

,,Hey, Turks took Cons_" Polish Kingdom: *I'm in kind of a big deal*

[@hiimryan2388]

@@Admiral45-10 Rest of Europe: thank u but U r FoOD nOw DiE

[@cartesian_doubt6230]

Its absolutely NOT true that the Venetian concern was only or primarily financial. Venetians helped to defend Constantinople when there was no Hope. Moreover, they fought the Ottomans several times after 1453 in the name of Christianity.

[@CenabNagiyev]

*"Constantinople Falls"* Europe: Yeah that's Sad, Anyway...

[@hawk5096]

He said he caught a small case of death. Had me rollin.

[@MightyMerlin1]

Seems eerily similar to the Muslim conquest of France in the 2020s

[@floatingf8783]

1:12 You mean "There was also some SULTAN the wound."

[@alicrsi]

the reaction video everyone wanted

[@oliversherman2414]

I love your channel keep up the great stuff!!!!!

[@matheuspinho4987]

I love the fact that Venicians' reaction to this was "oh, my God, I had money there!"

[@D2RCR]

Venice in a nutshell

[@IslamBenfifi]

They kept their trade and money very soon afterwards so even less issues for them. They even had their own independent quarter inside of Istanbul.

[@D2RCR]

@@IslamBenfifi Yeah, the Venetians didn’t cry over their lost trade opportunities for long, the Ottomans’ money was just as good as the Byzantines’, if not better.

[@girlgarde]

Well, they shouldn't have sacked Constantinople in 1204 in the 4th Crusade and fragmented Byzantium thus eventually paving the way for the Turks to rise and take over the area.

[@cristeromexico3366]

@@girlgarde They did the right thing

[@PhilipJackson03]

Historians: ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT MOMENTS IN HUMAN HISTORY People at the time: *meh*

[@Red_Pee]

History do be like that. Can’t wait for 2655 when historians will be like: the creation of the microwave marks the beginning of the end of western civilisation

[@iteor7320]

Constantinople: falls Earlier Crusaders: *shuffle feet as they had sacked Constantinople sometime earlier*

[@failuretv814]

History is only exciting when you study it, living it though..... Just think about 2020

[@catoelder4696]

Portugal's King Afonso V raised an army to join the crusade! But since no other european king was in it, he went on to conquer northern Africa.

[@coolthief8375]

@loadsofbuts You can easily see it: -Muslim Empire now controls most of the ways East. And trade from the East is vital to your economy. The Muslims are enemies because the entire crusade thing. -the Ottoman Empire was expanding rapidly so it was common sense they would continue to do so. Which would lead inevitably to confrontation with the West.

[@TemoKuntchulia]

Italy: "he was like a father to me" Literally everyone else: "oh no... anyways"

[@Gaben38]

More like Venice: "I wish it was us sacking the city"

[@gamebawesome]

@@Gaben38 Also Venice: ...Oh yeah, we already did...

[@nathanishungryanimations7206]

lol

[@nathanishungryanimations7206]

@@gamebawesome Yeah, history is full of hypocrisy

[@WILLIAN_1424]

@@leonardodavid2842 venice had trade posts and trading cities close to constantinople, they never really cared for the city, they cared for the money

[@joermnyc]

Europe: Meh Later: “The Ottomans are outside Vienna!” Europe: “Ok, now we should do something.”

[@iplyrunescape305]

Fr. Karma for not helping.

[@kasadam85]

@Wayne Hitchcock that is the second siege

[@Dorkeydaze]

@Wayne Hitchcock Poland: so I’m about to pull what’s known as a pro gamer move...

[@okcydent4901]

1444: Varna.

[@bigboyrambo2009]

You all seem to forget the crusade at battle of Nicopolis and battle of Varna

[@eatingjr1805]

Nobody: Every large country in medieval Europe: I'm Rome

[@ElusiveTy]

@We Scotland wasn't and isn't quite a 'large country' The HRE and Francia/France were.

[@joellaz9836]

@No that wasn’t supposed to happen Scotland had kings named Constantine...

[@turkmapping130]

lol

[@lordsbully2456]

well they are except the russian

[@sbg019]

Even the Ottomans claimed to be the successors of Rome.

[@PleaseDoNotDoThis]

Comments: 30% Genuinely analyzing the event. 20% Talking about history. 50% "Oh no.... Anyways."

[@Nimish204]

You forgot James Bizonet comments

[@Cybernaut551]

Agreed. Historians should put their skills and knowledge to good use.

[@Mr_T_Badger]

And not one single person singing “Istanbul was Constantinople” because you’re all a bunch of uneducated heathens. 😋

[@SupremeLeaderKimJong-un]

Oops, you missed a spot. Don't forget to ban Europe from the Indian spice trade.

[@Veriox22]

"What? That's bullshit!" Said Portugal, spiceless. Well i guess we'll have to find another way to Indiaaaa

[@apexhunter935]

Sup kimmy how are those ICBMS doing

[@nowhereman6019]

"Oh no! Now my porridge is going to taste as bad as it looks!"

[@AlternativeTelevision]

@@Veriox22 Wait! said Christopher Columbus, probably smoking crack.

[@nathanishungryanimations7206]

BILLWURTS YEAH!

[@JaelaOrdo]

“Hey the Turks took Constantinople!” “Should we start a crusade to get it back?” “No, sounds like a lot of work. We’ll just send our thoughts and prayers.”

[@SirFaceFone]

Pretty much, but replace it with "sounds expensive". Medieval politics was wild.

[@redwolf915]

Lol like with Republicans and school shootings

[@comradekenobi6908]

"Bro last time we had a Crusade to Byzantine territory we sacked them remember?"

[@khadirafarah1314]

@@redwolf915 XD

[@ernestov2001]

@@redwolf915 Pretty much

[@Professional_Dirtbag_Hippie]

Teacher: The test isn’t that confusing The Test: What Year Did Rome Fall 1) 27 BCE 2) 395 CE 4) 476 CE 5) 717 CE 6) 867 CE 7) 1204 CE 8) 1453 CE 9) 1806 CE 10) 1917 CE 11) It is yet to fall 12) All of the Above 13) None of the Above

[@dorianphilotheates3769]

12) All of the above.

[@EfeAksoy08]

1945

[@KingAgniKai]

10

[@sageof6pandas233]

@@EfeAksoy08 lol

[@fatihthegazelle]

English occupation doesn't count because it isn't a conquest. After the 1453 İt has been Turkish place and seems they won't give back.

[@Darkblender5]

"Guys, Constantinople fell!" "Oh, well." "Guys, the Ottomans are banning us from the Spice Trade!" Portugal: "OH, HELL NO!"

[@beypazarbagmls6791]

it's called taxing, not banning.

[@InfernosReaper]

@@beypazarbagmls6791 a high enough tax is effectively a ban

[@beypazarbagmls6791]

@@InfernosReaper it wasn't that high

[@happyalltheday2275]

Then war in the Ocean

[@alexsiu8006]

The strategy of Ottomans, on the other hand, should be greatly appreciated: Instead of conquering the city (which was extremely well protected by high wall and seawater) directly, Ottomans had purposely occupied most of the original territories of the Empire first and the Empire thus became much weaker before the final war in 1453. Since the Empire had lost control of most trade routes in Argean Sea either, the 'Romans' eventually lacked any financial and material supports outside the city during the time of siege. The victory of Ottomans was then just a matter of time.

[@pridelander06]

HRE: "Look at me. Look at me. I'm the Roman Empire now."

[@tomchch]

Russia "Look at me. Look at me. I'm the Roman Empire now." Ottomans "Look at me. Look at me. I'm the Roman Empire now." HRE: "Look at me. Look at me. I'm the Roman Empire now."

[@ecurewitz]

Russia begs to differ

[@peterii3512]

Eric Rogers I mean every educated Roman could speak Greek and Romans would even buy Greek slaves just to teach their children Greek. Rome was such a Greek fanboy that they took Greek gods. But I agree, Byzantines are not Romans.

[@shadowguardian3612]

@@peterii3512 wouldnt byzantines be romans until they stopped using latin?

[@caden7745]

@Eric Rogers that's a bit too broad of a statement. I mean, the Western Roman Empire was the lesser half for basically the 4th and 5th centuries, and even after the 476 fall of Rome the "Byzantines" did not experience a drastic change. Sure, they slowly evolved into something different than the 2nd century romans, but even then, the roman empire wasn't culturally stable for it's entire existence either. Also, you need to remember that for it's entire existence as a massive empire, Rome was half Latin and half Greek, so it's hard to pinpoint what "Romanised" really even means.

[@martinthecarolean9762]

Venice 1204: *leads a sack and takeover of Constantinople, crippling the empire irrevocably* Venice 1453: surprised pikachu face

[@aryanthacker]

god damn 1204 crusade

[@ethank5059]

Hey if Constantinople can't rebuild after 250 years then that's on them.

[@theDuke0001]

@@ethank5059 the city was rebuild but the manpower never could be regained due the constant wars

[@iddomargalit-friedman3897]

@@ethank5059 They did. But it took them long enough just to retake the city, and they lost mosy of their other territory. It's something extremely hard to recover from. It took the miracle of both the mongols and timurlane for them to even survive that long of a period.

[@faytachiMPS]

venice in 1453: how dare those muslims take constantinople!!!! ''hey didnt you just do the exact same thing 200 years prior?'' ''...shut up''

[@Anonymous-uu8fw]

The Hungarians also had a pretty panicked reaction as due to their proximity they now (correctly) predicted themselves next on the Ottoman chopping block. That said, they'd already been panicking about the Ottomans for several decades at this point so it wasn't exactly anything new.

[@mariusnanu7378]

They failed to aid Vlad The Impailer ‘s attempt to hold Mehmet’s army south of the Danube ! In fact all of the Catholic powers at the time failed …….greed power and profits is all they cared about at that time .

[@User98272-ue]

Ottomans didn’t succeed in conquering Hungary tho thanks to polish Lithuania habsburgs etc

[@zgramzhnisk3036]

​@@User98272-ueBut they did? The majority of Hungary was for around a century Ottoman clay

[@itaybron]

Everyone wanted to be Rome till it was time to do roman things.

[@walidechchafnaje9812]

Lol

[@andreamarino6010]

@@Rares0101 Russia be like: light ottomans yaaaaaaa

[@romanzusman2892]

Damn Right!

[@thespanishinquisition8617]

They could not fund their crusade because James Bizenet’s trade company in Venice had just gone under

[@datchisan25]

I swear James Bizenet is legally obligated to keep his Patreon at this point because the shout out section wouldn't be the same anymore without him

[@Tabukium]

They did a crusade like when Suleiman was sultan or something but the Christians lost once again.

[@Sammie1053]

They had to seek funding from the Parthia and Bologna Company The PartYBoYCo if you will

[@benr.4238]

Yea well if the Venetians hadn't just sat their fleet in the Aegean twiddling their thumbs, then Constantinople wouldn't have fallen in the first place.

[@GameyCat]

@@benr.4238 the venetians have alot of interest fr money they dont have ANY INTEREST for war

[@ChessedGamon]

The HRE was busy with internal conflicts Imagine my shock

[@GrandMoffTarkinsTeaDispenser]

The HRE was busy with internal conflicts This comment is true no matter when you read it.

[@blenterbl]

Ultimately it fell to an external conflict, Napoleon Bonaparte.

[@j2dragon109]

You can drop the 'Holy' and it's still true.

[@westproductions100]

I believe it's important to note that the fall of Constantinople also contributed to Spain and other European countries being more interested in alternate trade routes, because going through Constantinople was a major trading route and the Ottomans taking Constantinople shut down that trading route or restricted it a lot. This helped to convince Spain about 100-150 years later to go along with Columbus's suggestion of sailing west. I think it's important to also note based on this video that Columbus was also from Genoa. Given he grew up there I'm sure he was exposed to the negative reactions of Constantinople's fall and the economic impact that had on Genoa.

[@davidwuhrer6704]

Spain and Portugal were looking for alternative trade routes because Europe was in the way.

[@TheSwiftCreek2]

Columbus sailed 39 years later, not 100-150 years.

[@pedrolmlkzk]

Absolute BS, Portugal had already reached Senegal by this point, the myth that constantinople had anything to do with Atlantic exploration is absurd

[@GameyCat]

It grealy affected it, if your mind is open to new ideas, may I suggest there are *multiple* causes to an event? @@pedrolmlkzk

[@stoyanb.1668]

Of course it had a big impact. The otomans started levying huge taxes on the importation of goods coming over the silk road, and while portugal had started going south along the coast of Africa, it spurred the Spanish to find another way to the east indies. Not to mention that a bit later portugal and the otomans had a huge war for access to india.

[@icemanire5467]

James Byzantinette was devastated.

[@abloodorange5233]

Lol

[@somethingelse516]

I tip my hat to you

[@blenterbl]

Nah he was more devastated when the crusaders looted every square centimeter of his city

[@Evemeister12]

Bastard, I was going to write something like that.

[@AndrewPonti]

Underrated comment of the century. Uptoke this one to karma heaven, baby!

[@monikhadka]

Roman empire: falls Holy Roman empire: there is another

[@aminazman9311]

Ah yes, when it's neither holy nor roman nor an empire

[@thomasscream4179]

Russian Principalities: no, there is another other Ottoman Empire: no, there is another nother other

[@brandonlyon730]

@@thomasscream4179 Papacy: Uh guys I’m the one who actually controls the actual city of Rome so I don’t know why you guys are arguing about?

[@Vaga-Bard]

Unfortunately, those are the ones who rule the world ATM..

[@ukar5377]

we wuz romans

[@EthioMod]

This is the topic I've always wanted from you!

[@darthhoovy8332]

Didn’t expect to see you here! Glad to see you’re doing well!

[@MMaximmachinegun]

History matters air 2

[@italiangarbageposting]

holy shit

[@ethanfoster5914]

Tf2 air was a piece of history in of its self

[@wintersoldier9923]

Wheres tf2 air part 3

[@OneManPizzaParty]

Constantinople: falls Vlad the Impaler: "SHARPEN. EVERY. STICK."

[@Sam-wt1cx]

And then his head was cut off by an Ottoman sword.

[@romanzusman2892]

@K.K.Kz.z z.z.z.z buried?) I thought he flew away in his bat form))

[@afdalridwan3813]

@K.K.Kz.z z.z.z.z WALLACIA NEED TO BE PUNSIH!

[@ALLAHwithdaughterALLAT]

timur tamerlame the sword of islam

[@teaisgreat6334]

"Imagine forests of corpses dripping on a buffet , you call that a nightmare I call that a Tuesday"

[@ThatGuy-kz5fs]

Fun fact : The reason why Vasily II eyes were blindfolded because after he was released by a golden horde khan , a noble by the name Dmitri Shemyaka ( who had ruled over the principality of Moscow during his absence ) blinded him and send him into exile. He would later assembled his supporters and defeat Dmitri Shemyaka. Thus regained his throne.

[@ThatGuy-kz5fs]

Side note : Vasily II was held captive in 1445 after being defeated by a Khan from the Kazan Khanate who had laid siege on Moscow 6 years earlier and forced him to flee from his capital.

[@somerandomstudent988]

Cool. Thanks for the info

[@ThatGuy-kz5fs]

@@somerandomstudent988 Much obliged my friend 😁

[@TheT3MK4]

thanks for fact I thought he just blindly ignored fall of Constantinople

[@alfredjansa2648]

@Hoàng Nguyên Đậu Because it is a way to remove your opponent from politics without killing him. In the case of Vasily II, this obviously did not help.

[@rgm-96xjesta31]

In a nutshell, most of Europe when like this: "Oh No! Anyways..." (Edit: Guys, other people have said this before me, why the hell do I have more likes? go Like their comments too.)

[@lucinae8512]

Monarch of Europe: "First thing to care about? The city of heretics is gone! What's next on the agenda? Internal conflicts! Now what to have for dinner?"

[@terrypennington2519]

I was expecting someone to say this in the comments and low and behold, it was the very first comment

[@Zanator1]

Dammit, beat me to it

[@090giver090]

More like Italins: Oh noes we have to reneg our deals Rest of the Europe: Sad, but meh Muscovy: No! (Yay!)

[@Gardstyle35]

why u repost?

[@zhouyiwei112]

French Crusaders: *Literally burnt a third of Constantinople into the ground in the late 13th century.* Constantinople a century and a half later: *falls* The French: *oh no that's sad*

[@erynn9968]

No good in geopolitics back then

[@Hungabrigoo]

France also became one of the biggest supporters of the Ottomans later btw. Meanwhile the countries that actually defended Europe were forgotten.

[@cspresimir]

Wasn't that early 13 century? 1200 + some crumbs?

[@beaumontjean6418]

All the crusaders were not french during the 4th Crusade

[@Hungabrigoo]

@@beaumontjean6418 I know but they were one of the few countries that actively supported muslim expansion into Europe.

[@gfhit7520]

I think that there wasn't a great reaction because it was basically expected. By 1453 the Byzantine empire was in an advanced zombified state and surrounded by the Ottomans, so while the fall of the city was symbolic, the writing on the wall was there since some time already

[@johnhanifin1952]

Caught a small case of death Lmao

[@howlerofthegrey9368]

Never change HM.. never change XD

[@Nly737]

You must be new here haha

[@themysticautistic5449]

Question: when did Asia learn of the americas and how did they react?

[@tbotalpha8133]

Oooooh, that's a good question!

[@infinityarcangel5972]

@@tbotalpha8133 yes yes it is

[@arjusarauis9901]

Good question, and if ya ask me since they didn't colonize it.... they probably thought it'd be waste of time and money to invest into that venture.

[@brandonlyon730]

The Ming Empire was at least somewhat aware of it since the 1500’s since they traded with the Spanish for all the Silver they mined from Peru and there other western American colonies. Though they wouldn’t trade anything back so they sort of stock piled the Silver causing massive inflation problems in the empire, one of many contributing factors to Ming’s collapse.

[@peterii3512]

Brandon Lyon I thought Ming’s problem was lack of silver not abundance of it. Spain changed stopped trading silver with the Ming causing inflation in Spain and deflation in Ming.

[@OneOnOne1162]

1:50 - "Also, no one could argue about who was the true successor to the Roman empire anymore." *Russia has entered the chat*

[@tatarramazan8202]

mehmet the second said declared he is the new caesar by using title kayser-i rum,so he is the true successor of the roman empire.

[@RickJaeger]

Ironically, since the Russian Orthodox culture of the modern era liked (and continues to like) to make a big deal about how flawed the Catholic church was to ape the Roman Empire and how this made Orthodoxy _special_ and _good._

[@costakeith9048]

@@tatarramazan8202 Mehmet was a godless heathen, as such nobody ever took his claim to the imperial throne seriously.

[@tatarramazan8202]

@@costakeith9048 bla bla bla

[@costakeith9048]

@@tatarramazan8202 Different civilizations, different standards of legitimacy. Mehmet couldn't claim the Empire of the Romans any more than the Emperor of the Romans could claim the Mandate of Heaven.

[@logoncal3001]

Portugal: "Constantinopla was taken? Oh, what a shame." Ottomans: Ok imma tariff spices for Europe. Portugal: FILHO DE UMA P-

[@bernardo5211]

Brazil: Que coisa estranha é aquela flutuando no Horizonte....

[@mikhailgorbachev7851]

No hàbles pòrtugàsé

[@JasonDoe1000]

Actually the ottomans were not involved in the spice trade at all at that time The Mamluk Sultanate dominated the spice trade till it got yoinked and taken by the Portugese in the early 1500s An effort the portugese were trying since the early 1400s by trying to find a way to India directly

[@lucasferre4047]

@@mikhailgorbachev7851 reeeeeeeeeeeeee

[@saulofontoura]

@@JasonDoe1000 yeah, but the Portuguese couldn’t take the shortest route anymore, so even if Ottomans weren’t trading spices, the Portuguese spice trade was harmed or at least had to adapt

[@Swuiddy0086]

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[@mcvgs1780]

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[@gutsjoestar7450]

@@hisroyalfatness8430 do you feel good now, for telling the joke

[@GameyCat]

@@hisroyalfatness8430 There is not going to BE a siege your fatness

[@ragnarlothbrok8355]

@@mcvgs1780 give all salvation to my face!

[@AndasMus]

First Rome: fails Second Rome: fails Moscow: it’s show time!

[@Admiral45-10]

Moscow: ,,I'm Third Rome! I'm invincible! No one can beat me!" Polish-Lithuanian Commonwelth in 1614: *hello*

[@AndasMus]

Patryk Podbiał ooof, I forgot about that:)

[@alexbort3082]

@@Admiral45-10 actually 1610-1612 and they were cannibalising each other while besieged by the russian army later. And neither they nor the tatars before nor the French later could ever understand that Moscow was just a place capturing which was just a moment of war and never a victory.

[@Admiral45-10]

@@alexbort3082 I know, French didn't fully take Moscow. But Poland-Lithuania sustained it for over 2 years. And remember, how Polish-Lithuanian Army was welcomed in Moscow - with flowers and cheers from local population.

[@dvv18]

@@Admiral45-10 Poland was, in fact, pretty popular among Russian nobility by the end of the Rurikid dynasty, and when the end finally happened, the hopes were high that Russia would have a Polish Czar, and would join the Commonwealth as the third constituent party. On one condition though - the new Russian Czar must adopt the Orthodox faith. But the Poles screwed the pooch on that one (along with engaging in other unpopular activities like Lisowczycy raids, and the Poles' general attitude towards what they called "Muscovy" as a territory to be conquered and colonized). So the anti-Polish boyar faction eventually prevailed, and that's how we got Messrs Minin and Pożarski, Susanin, and the Romanov dynasty. BTW, a certain minor German princess didn't make the same mistake some time later, became a Romanov empress, and look how well that turned out for Poland…

[@prickly10000]

" no attempt was ever made to retake the city" Winston Churchill: "Am I a joke to you?

[@tryambaknathjha7574]

Winston Churchill more like Winston churshit

[@hussain6469]

@@tryambaknathjha7574 Based af

[@Crashed131963]

When Britain and France cut apart the defeated Ottoman Empire after ww1, Europe still did not care about getting that city back when they could have easily. Turkey ,Iran ,Iraq ,UAE and Saudi Arabia were made up by France and Britain after WW1.

[@GlizzyGoblin757]

@@hussain6469 not even nearly based, hes indian

[@teocharger]

@@Crashed131963 Not Turkey Mr. Obergruppenführer

[@dariustiapula]

Constatinople: "You guys take your sweet time... Thanks for nothing!."

[@comradekenobi6908]

Europeans also sacked Constantinople, worse than Ottomans

[@mikhailgorbachev7851]

@@comradekenobi6908 yh

[@protarngonist2449]

@@comradekenobi6908 Yeah at least the Ottomans respected the Byzantine and the Roman legacy. The Genoese would be the closest to help out, while the Venetians attempted to have a redemption arc but got in too late

[@protarngonist2449]

@Imperator The Christian part was just an exception. They like Rome but not Christianity. Not so sure if Mehmed liked changing it, but it would’ve changed anyway since the Ottomans knew it would strengthen Islam and piss off the the Christians. Damn. . . if only the Byzantine time stopped screwing themselves over, they would’ve avoided the mess

[@protarngonist2449]

@Imperator As in constant civil wars. But I agree they are playing hardmode when they are surrounded by strong enemies

[@tobiaserbacher5585]

These moments when he says things like "caught a small case of death" so nonchalantly are why I am here.

[@kylemohs8728]

Let us not forget the thump that sounds after said death.

[@xToTaLBoReDoMx]

I'm here for James Bizinet

[@spk1121]

I'm here for the skipping through fields of flowers!

[@davidyoung2111]

Amen

[@jesusjozi1990]

Yes and the signs

[@phunkracy]

Actually the lack of reaction from many Catholic states could be attributed to the defeat of Crusade against the Ottomans just a decade prior to the fall of the City, in which Poland, Hungary, HRE took part. Catholic alliance of potentially interested major powers was soundly beaten and one of the strategic goals of the coalition was hampering of Ottoman expansion towards Byzantines. Once the Crusade of Varna failed, Constantinopole was pretty much lost, it just took 10 years to die.

[@namvu2362]

Oh I know this thanks to EU4!

[@levranz1054]

Actually No. The crusaders made major succession against the Turks. Turks lost way more in the war than the crusaders the main reason it was lost because both the monarchs of Poland and Hungary were killed in the war and the successors of those nation werent so interested in the war so they ordered to end the war immediately Also not to mention. Most of the time crusaders didnt even do anything, It was mostly just the hungarians recruiting peasants with no good equipment

[@phunkracy]

@@levranz1054 "actually no" "proceeds to concede the entire argument" Ottomans may have lost more troops at Varna, but they could afford it, but hungarian crusaders could not and never again threatened the Ottos. How many troops is losing a king of three kingdoms worth? And the flower of knighthood? Crusaders got owned, end of story, no matter how you spin it.

[@olekcholewa8171]

@@phunkracy Even Polish King died in this crusade lol

[@strider8662]

@@levranz1054 I dont think you realize how Ottoman Empire actually functioned militarily. Larger loss of soldiers is literally irrelevant to the ottoman empire as long as they win the war as they are capable of replenishing their numbers due to how Sipahi cavarlies were provided. If you look at any war aganist ottomans that was won, its usually due to logistical issues caused by the sheer size of the armies.

[@jorgeh.r9879]

You forgot to mention the reaction of the kingdoms in the Iberian peninsula. The fall of Constantinople was one of the major causes of Atlantic exploration, which eventually led to the discovery of America.

[@zuheyrcade6239]

To the colonisation of America by the Europeans say that sir.

[@gomul13]

@@zuheyrcade6239 No

[@souhaibz]

To the sadness of the indigenous people there

[@zuheyrcade6239]

@@gomul13 why not to say ? Do you have evidence that the Europeans didn't go to there to colonise it?

[@gomul13]

@@zuheyrcade6239 no, I just think it's dumb to be remarking constantly that they didn't discover it even though it was a discovery to them, and they didn't go there to colonize it in the first place, they found it by accident

[@Alex_FRD]

"Time to sail west, I guess."

[@crazyguy32100]

The 4th Crusade: "Off to save Christianity"(Constantinople sacked by the crusaders). 200 years later: (Constantinople falls under Muslim rule), The World "Meh"

[@siegfried2k4]

@@jessesinclair3861 No you cannot be offensive to them. They're oppressed!!! Remember uighur!! Save palestine!!! Who cares if europe become europistan?1!!1

[@alvirarahman2690]

@@siegfried2k4 so u r saying that Europe is so weak that a few thousand refugees can Islamize all of Europe? Not sure if u just called Europeans weak or call Muslims super strong 🤔🤔

[@justsomeguywithoutamustach5603]

@@alvirarahman2690 Few thousand? have you seen London or Paris lately maybe few thousand europeans Islam is a primitive aggressive ideology that should be repressed in Europe as much as possible.

[@alvirarahman2690]

@@justsomeguywithoutamustach5603 give me ur address, I need to send u some tissue boxes since u r still crying

[@christianbroadbent7489]

@@alvirarahman2690 He doesn't want to be suicide bombed

[@user-mg8fy5lr8d]

Constantinopol falls; Eastern roman empire: shit Venetians: wanna trade? Europe: meh Ottomans:yayyy Cruseders: welcome to club!

[@WinterMute_0]

When a muslim boi joins a flippin crusade

[@demonicwillow7339]

Ottomans: EZ REKT LMAO Moscow: RIP F in the chat F F F F F Europe:oh no!anyway~ Other muslim nations: pogchamp Greeks: ur baad ur so bad ill call my brother he will destroy u

[@drrtfm]

The crusaders had conquered Constantinople two centuries earlier, in the fourth crusade, and held it for close to a century, so I expect there was no love lost.

[@user-ud3gh8fy5n]

@@drrtfm Bruh they held it for like 50 years not close to a century

[@drrtfm]

@@user-ud3gh8fy5n My bad; for some reason my brain remembered it as being 1204 to 1290-ish, but it was "only" till 1261. Not sure that it makes any difference to the point I made, though. Hey, you're an a**hole; you wreaked my capital and stole it for a century. Nah, it was only half-a-century, bruh. Oh, well, I guess that's fine then .... Doesn't really make sense, does it?

[@ulyssescominghomme]

Your dry sense of humour combined with your animation and your “in a nut shell” approach makes this one of my favourite channels

[@thomasrinschler6783]

This does undersell what happened in England, as Henry VI slid into a catatonic state a few weeks later and was declared insane and unable to rule, thus setting the stage for the War of the Roses. There's speculation that the one-two punch of the fall of Constantinople (29 May) and the final defeat (for the English) of the Hundred Years War at Castillon (17 July) both contributed to Henry's slide into madness in August.

[@Sargassian]

would happen to any true patriot tbh.

[@artanisplays3982]

@@Sargassian I also heard the man was quite religious

[@anneneville6255]

Are you sure new travelled that fast back then? It would have taken months until the news from Constantinople reached England.

[@LibertyMonk]

​@@anneneville6255 eh, it would only take a month and a half for word to travel from Constantinople to anywhere in France. Which, conveniently for this narrative, is when and where this battle took place. Honestly though, it's just correlation. We'll never know if bad news triggered a mental break, or if there was any meaningful cause for his illness at all. It could have just been something he was bound to develop with age.

[@libertas5005]

Syphilis will do that to a man

[@caffeecup5319]

Constantinople: Hey guys...I know we haven't been that close, but let's just put that all behind us and- oh no! I'm having an invasion! *dies* "So now Rome's the only Christian city left..."

[@gutsjoestar7450]

the only christian city ruled by christians but there is still christian cities alexandria, jerusalem constaninople are still christian cities but not under christian rule even though they have strong influance there

[@peasantarcher2486]

@@gutsjoestar7450 no influence whatsoever😂

[@gutsjoestar7450]

@@peasantarcher2486 yep; they do have;, there is churches there, and major priests

[@VergilDarkslayer]

Only in alexandria i thing

[@DoxToDox]

Ah yes. Oversimplified reference

[@gecko5892]

Konstantinoupole 🇬🇷🇬🇷🇬🇷☦☦☦☦Orthodoxy true christianity

[@dunyamkucuk9193]

Catholic better. You ar just smuggy. 🇹🇷💪☪️

[@gecko5892]

@Polak Νο

[@timfortune9]

Then Sulieman threatens Vienna. Ghost of Nicholas V: "You could have avoided this..."

[@ovidiunicolau4599]

Also ghosts of most balkan leaders.

[@walidechchafnaje9812]

@@ovidiunicolau4599 LOL

[@MuhammadHamza-fi1lb]

Not suleiman selim the most incompetent sultan of ottomans

[@orangejuice4734]

@@MuhammadHamza-fi1lb Selim is the one that conquered the Mamluks and fought the Safavids, he is one of the best Ottoman Sultans/Caliphs

[@MuhammadHamza-fi1lb]

@@orangejuice4734 just search selim son of suleiman he is other selim

[@AverytheCubanAmerican]

Now it's Turkish delight on a moonlit night

[@connorhughes8291]

Nobody's business but the Turks

[@luisricardolozadaamaya670]

If you have a date in Constantinople , she'll be waiting in Istambul .

[@Enzo_honey]

Istanbul was Constantinople Long time gone

[@luisricardolozadaamaya670]

Every gal in Constantinople lives in Istambul not Constantinople

[@erdniealinik]

Even old New York was once New Amsterdam Why they changed it i cant say People liked it better that way

[@admiralsquatbar127]

The Holy Roman Empire: No Romans were hurt during the making of this Empire.

[@rogeriomonteiro760]

The fall of Constantinople is mainly european resposability and their fault. The ottomans just seized the oportunity.

[@TheKumarImpressions]

Yes

[@InfernosReaper]

Sacking the city instead of actually going on the crusade they were supposed tends to do that.

[@B3RyL]

So if I take your wallet after it slips out of your pocket you'll blame the tailor or me? Or maybe you should blame yourself for sticking your slick leather wallet in a shallow pocket. Sure, Constantinople was sacked and irreversibly weakened by the European crusaders, but the attack was a direct result of a succession dispute within the Byzantine court. Alexios Angelos asked the crusaders to siege the city and return his father to the throne, promising financial aid to the crusade, and when the chain of events that followed culminated in Alexios's death, the crusaders realized they wouldn't get paid, so they sacked the city and the rest is history. The Byzantines quite literally brought this on themselves.

[@InfernosReaper]

@@B3RyL Interesting. I've heard a very different account of that, where the Venetians contributed heavily to sacking the city for financial reasons Why would the crusaders even be over the first place if they didn't get dropped off there instead of going to the Holyland

[@B3RyL]

@@InfernosReaper Venetians were more interested in trade than loot. Can't trade with a country you just sacked the capital of. Their target wasn't necessarily Constantinople but the trading ports along the Adriatic coastline, like the city of Zara in modern-day Croatia. The siege of Constantinople was initiated at the request of a Byzantine prince Alexios Angelos.

[@ilFrancotti]

If only had Native Americans known how important that City would have been to them..

[@greenboi6640]

Ah yes

[@MasterMalrubius]

Nah, time would eventually catch up to them. Their low population density kept conflict low and primitive. They'd not be a match for those who had to fight for land. Just postponed the inebitable. INEBITABLE!

[@JasonDoe1000]

@Alvaro Moran Colonialism would have occured in all likeliness anyway The Age of Exploration started already before the fall of Constantinople and was partially to find an alternative way to get spices from India and the spice trade was controlled by the Mamluks and Venice, which happened almost exclusively via naval trade while the ottomans mostly controlled the land trade via the silk road

[@Reishadowen]

...I'm sorry, what? How does this make sense?

[@AbdulGoodLooks]

@@Reishadowen ok, ok, so the ottomans were like *dont forget to ban europe from the indian spice trade And portugal was like *thats bullshit. Well i guess il have to find another way to India* And this guy christopher columbus said (probably smoking crack) *hey why dont we sail this way to india* And portugal was like *nah dude we already got this* So christooher went to spain and was like *Hey will you hire me to sail around the world*

[@avantelvsitania3359]

That’s a great topic, but your video has a couple inaccuracies 1) It wasn’t like the Italians or even Europe only knew about the situation after the city had already fallen. They were aware of the siege, but for the most part had faith in the famous walls that had defeated so many invaders. Since they were unaware of the Ottoman canons, they thought it was just another failed siege. And the Italians, include the Pope himself even sent a couple soldiers to help the Byzantines. 2) When the city eventually fell, it wasn’t ignored by Europe. At least by all of it. King Afonso V of Portugal gathered a large army and was ready to lead the crusade, but had to cancel his plans since no other major power joined and he was in the opposite part of the continent. So at least Portugal *did* react, it simply hadn’t the means to do anything alone. The Europeans were confident in the mythic Walls of Constantinople. The use of canons was something relatively new to them. They only full understood the danger of the Ottomans when Constantinople fell, and nothing could be done.

[@grpanth1890]

Europeans hated greeks and were amused by the fall of Constantinople .

[@triumphantking8549]

The Pope: Calls for a Crusade Most European Leaders: Are unable to go Vlad the Chad Tepes: Fine, I’Il do it myself

[@dari1510]

@@SukruBaykut He did pretty good tho

[@emreustun2988]

I don't know why this guy gets this much praise from people just because of his cruel methods. Ottomans conquered Wallachia and chopped off his head.

[@r7ahtesham885]

Meanwhile Murad be like: Oh Vlad, death is inevitable

[@dari1510]

@@SukruBaykut And I would definitelly vote him if he was alive today, his actions were the result of his situation, the ottomans wanted war so they got war

[@r7ahtesham885]

@@dari1510 Yes, please vote for someone who eats people's agony for dinner

[@hikodzu]

Basically their reaction is the same as arab with Palestine

[@armaholic5949]

I know that the comments war is coming but let's both (Greeks and Turks) take a moment to recover from today's earthquake....

[@marvelfannumber1]

Nothing like good ol' fashioned, earthquake diplomacy. Just like the good old days.

[@KmehmetA]

You sir, are diffrent. Thank you.

[@ArkadiBolschek]

Wait, what? D:

[@WILLIAN_1424]

Where is the fun on that ?

[@KmehmetA]

@@ArkadiBolschek There was an earthquake in izmir today

[@Mario_1611]

"They really like money" I can relate.

[@berkalkan3382]

Fun to see kinda comment like this from a guy who has an american flag on his profile pic lmao

[@husseinboulahlib2839]

@ꅏꑀꁲꈜꑀ꒒ what does it mean ?

[@hasuki5604]

hussein boulahlib it's a signal of distress

[@PurooRoy]

But they actually had it.

[@FreddyGamster]

"Constantinople falls" Europe: "Yall hear something?"

[@HuesingProductions]

Shame...loads gun to deal with internal conflicts

[@erynn9968]

Dark pre-internet times

[@attilaedem101]

And this is why the video IS WRONG - there was other reaction in Europe but since nobody care about the European countires which didnt speak French, English or German nobody bothered to look up for what their thouht. Just a few quick example: -Kingdom of Hungary (where the king had the second biggest income only overshadowed by the King of French at the time) all of a sudden stopped the almost 50 year long civil war between the Pro-Habsburg and Pro-Jagello faction, strated to strenghten the border fortress system in the southern border and started a military campaign against the Ottomans (which culminated in the Battle of Krusevac in late 1454 and aimed to push the Ottomans out of Serbia and create a safe route of communication between Hungary and Albania) -Bohemia and Poland also supported Hungary in these Anti-Ottoman endeavors both financially and with raw manpower, so their acted too - just more indirectly. -Portugal de-facto started the whole "explore the unknown regions and hopefully get India with a boat" endeavor because of the Fall of Constantinople. But all of this is not fit into the western-europe centric historical revisionism, i know, i know. We are just useful idiots who didnt do anything until the Horde come for us and beg the West to save us in the region all the time - its not like we fight against the Horde to from the getgo or anything while the "enlightened" West have the luxury of ignoring everything happening in the world. Being the Bulwark of Christendom is really a undervalued and ungrateful thing... Hundreds of Millins died to protect Europe didnt even make it into the side note and counted as "everyone had more pressing issues" or "just didnt cared". The Ottoman issue WAS the main issue since the second half of the 14th century till early 18th century in the Kingdom of Hungary - just saying.

[@XenoVevo]

"So you think you could conquer the Byzantine Empire?" "Yep, said the Ottoman Turks."

[@FrancescoBosco12]

woops, you missed this spot

[@hevnervals]

Constantinople was conquered by crusaders long before the Turks did it. However, the Turks kept the city while the crusaders mostly just looted.

[@lunchingtangpua2415]

@@hevnervals crusade vs slav

[@pastel5288]

"Nice job Ottoman Turks!"

[@lunchingtangpua2415]

@@pastel5288 Its time for ww1

[@TeenageMutantZuckerTurtle]

Last Byzantine Emperor: *makes it his last will that Isabella and Ferdinand of Spain, a rapidly-rising kingdom in the West, inherit all his titles and become heirs to the fallen empire in hope that they will take it back and avenge him* Isabella and Ferdinand: “pass” Ottoman Empire: *bans Europe from the Indian Spice trade at some point in this time, not really sure about what comes before and after what* Isabella and Ferdinand: *screeching in Conquistador, send some guy West to find “India”.* Last Byzantine Emperor’s ghost: *am I a joke to you?* West Europe: *doesn’t care, is too busy conquering the “Indians”, inhaling chocolate and coffee, probably snorting cane sugar.* The Ottomans: *munch munch* “mmmmm yummy Eastern Europe.” Southeast Europe: “guys help” *dies* A little further into Europe: “guys help” *also dies* Austria: “guys help” Western Europe: “ask Southeastern Europe, they’ll help you” Southeastern Europe: *laughs in Ottoman* Austria: *screams in siege of Vienna* Northeastern and Northcentral Europe: “fine” *sharpens swords and lances* Ottomans: “you can’t keep using medieval warfare, that’s against the rules” Poland: *laughs in Winged Hussar* Eastern/Central Europe: “Finally, we’ve halted the Ottoman advance, no thanks to Western Europe. Now we can finally stop worrying about getting conquered. Western Europe: *shits itself in the Americas, cries in French Revolution* Eastern/Central Europe: “you good bro?” France: *shrieks in Napoleon* Eastern/Central Europe: “oh god dammit can we just relax for a few more centuries” Napoleon: *goes on vacation, comes back, goes on another vacation, dies* Europe: *sighs in relief, relaxes just a bit* Serbia: “haha Franz Ferdinand go bbrrrrrr” Germany and Austria: *decide to kick Belgium’s ass in order to kick France’s ass because France doesn’t want Germany and Austria to kick Russia’s ass for trying to kick their asses for kicking Serbia’s ass, resulting in Britain coming in to try and kick Germany’s ass, but also the Ottomans’ ass, who joined the Central powers to expand but now Britain wants their land and Japan also joins in to gangbang Germany from behind in East Asia because it wants more islands than the island it already has and then Germany, starting to feel a bit overwhelmed, decides to do a Zimmerman Telegram and tells Mexico to invade the US to keep them occupied and out of the war which just brings the US into the war which just adds more weight on the Western front and at some point in all that the Russia Empire, the German Empire, the Austro-Hungarian Empire, and the Ottoman Empire all collapse because its a really bad time to be an Empire if you aren’t Britain or Japan, and then Germany gets cucked by Britain and France for twenty years.* Europe: *exhausted, confused sigh* “I’m getting real tired of this war thing, that last one was so big and stupid it will probably be the War that Ends all Wars. Good thing the Economy is good in the Wes- oh shit now we’re in a Depression, thanks US stock market.” Germany: *still upset over getting cucked by Britain and France and depressed about the Depression, elects angry mustache man who promptly throws a giant temper tantrum* Italy and Japan: *join in to use Germany’s temper tantrum as an opportunity to expand* Europe: *gets fucked up by Germany’s giant temper tantrum* USA: “not my problem” Japan: *decides to pull a Zimmerman Telegram and yeet some planes planes at US to keep them weakened and out of the war, which just brings the US into the war* USA: “now it’s my problem” *does a D-Day in Western Europe while Russia slaps Germany out of Eastern Europe with its massive Commie dick because it figured out that it has more expendable peasants than Germany has bullets. Angry mustache man ragequits the lobby and then the US yeets a couple of death balls at Japan. And also Italy... probably maybe did something somewhere and then stopped doing that and switched sides because doing stuff is too difficult.* The world: “I’m getting real tired of this war thing again, now we can relax finally” The USA and USSR: *spend the next 50 years threatening to yeet death balls at each other and get into a contest to see how many death balls they can collect and how many allies they can get, until the USSR decides to relax a little bit and then accidentally falls apart* The world: “that’s a relief, now we can finally rela- oh god dammit did someone just yeet planes at the US again?!” The USA: *Never Forgets, goes to Middle East for a short little visit, ends up staying for 20 years* China: *decides to replace USSR as the new supervillain for the upcoming Earth Cinematic Universe movie, gets even more passive aggressive and secretive, accidentally stumbles onto a virus that doesn’t exist until it does and then it’s not that bad until it is and then it won’t spread outside China until it does and then it will go away in warm weather until it doesn’t* And now I’m locked in my house bored writing this comment wondering why I’m doing this and it even started and how long I’ve been typing it and whether I should stop procrastinating and do my online homework. This has been a shitty 800 year explanation for why I’m typing this, here have a sticker, now go away.

[@gametmane1093]

Your comment is a gem

[@balasopoulosjohn]

Damn Isabella and Ferdinand all they had to do was just take a city back

[@DARTH-R3VAN]

Words can't describe the quality put in your comment. If I were you I would just spam this comment everywhere as a way to make people learn the summarized meme part of history

[@KrishanDhanda]

Best i have read

[@thegodfather4837]

Pure Gold

[@lukad7744]

Constantinople: falls Rest of Europe: OH NO!! anyway...

[@gutsjoestar7450]

no, they simply didn't give a fuck about orthodoxe faith they cared baout catholicsm and their own internal probelms because europe was always busy within their ocuntry and leading divded kingdoms and duchies and states busy burning witches especially

[@lukad7744]

It's a meme...

[@jmgonzaga101]

I'm always saying this. If Sultan Mehmet II didn't conquered Constantinople, the world right now will be different on what it is today. The age of exploration will be delayed for 100-200 maybe 300 years since the major trade routes of Europeans is with Constantinople going to Asia. Also the second one is the Guttenberg's Printing Press. If Guttenberg didn't exist, Christopher Columbus will not able to read Marco Polo's "Il Milione" which commonly known as "The Travels of Marco Polo". Third one is Spain conquest of Granada. Spain conquest of Granada is one of turning point of Christopher Columbus exploration of funding his voyage going westwards through China. Without all of these happened, the world is in different place right now. There will be no America, Aztec and Incan Civilization still thrive on the next 200 years. No black people on the Americas since the slave trades will not reach in the Americas because of Europeans unpresent on the continent. Native American population will be drastically increased. Europe will be the center of the world not the USA. There will be no 9/11 terror attacks. So thanks to Sultan Mehmet II. Without him the world is not what it is today.

[@ayslutte]

I Hate Hate Hate it when people are referring to the city as ''Islambol''. It is a false claim and it is really not cool of you to use it on your video. As many of the historians shoutout it before, the name of ''Istanbul'' comes from the Greek word Stanpoli which means ''to the City''. Even after the fall of Constantinople, Ottomans kept using the name Constantinople in Ottoman Turkish form of Konstantiniyye. However, the citizens kept using the name Stanpoli as they were using it for centuries before too. Stop this silly argument on the name of the City since it is a Greek name defended by the Turks willingly. At least let them cooperate in this issue...

[@thomasfeck188]

Mimimi....

[@nerosfreak]

it's bizarre to think that europe would've probably never colonised the new world if constantinople never fell to the ottomans.

[@ragingsage3973]

Well no, Portugal was already exploring the west coast of Africa at this point. The real goal of the explorative voyages were not just to circumvent the Ottomans but to also break Venetian Monopoly on Eastern Trade.

[@nerosfreak]

well i mean yeah but i doubt they would've ever done full scale colonisation

[@MrKrusten]

literally whats the connection between these two dude?

[@nerosfreak]

well the ottomans took over the only way to trade with india and china for europe back then, you see that would've been fine if they didn't tax the hell out of the trade and on top of that they weren't christains, and i think we all know what europe at the time thought of non-christains.

[@justacrow9847]

Someone would have eventually sailed that way. It was a matter of time for someone to find the Americas, again.

[@ayushgupta4376]

The negligence of Western Europe to take back Constantinople has been 1 of their greatest blunders. Even when Russians were at the verge of reaching there in late 19th century, the British stopped them.

[@striker8961]

I mean… we’ve been doing pretty alright. I don’t think anyone in the modern world think “man, if only we had Istanbul, then we’d be amazing.”

[@dokidelta1175]

@@striker8961 We'd be a lot better

[@keelahrose]

@@striker8961 At least then they wouldn't have been able to turn Hagia Sophia into a f*cking mosque. They're destroying it!

[@striker8961]

@@keelahrose … like physically? Or you are you crying about them “desecrating” a holy site with their own religion?

[@striker8961]

@@dokidelta1175 if you say so

[@alexandarvoncarsteinzarovi3723]

If only the rest of Europe were not squealing like scared children,

[@ozdemirsalik]

“Islambol” is a made up name by Turkish Islamic conservatives. It has named as “İstanbul” right after the foundation of the Turkish Republic. “İstan” means “land” in Persian & Turkish, “bul” means “find” in Turkish. “Islambol” is just a made up name meaning something like “much Islam”. In the Ottoman Empire it was called “Konstantiniye” which is basically the Turkish version of Constantinople. Please check your facts before uploading.

[@dimitriosvlissides5781]

IS TIN POLI TO THE CITY CITY WAS AND STILL IS THE SHORT NAME OF KONSTANTINO POLIS HENCE INSTABUL MEANS GOING TO THE CITY STOP WRITTING FIGMENTS OF YOUR IMAGINATION

[@ozdemirsalik]

@@dimitriosvlissides5781 that’s how Romans named it. I wrote about how Turks named it. After the foundation of the Republic, they’ve wanted to rename the city but keep it close to its original name. So they’ve renamed it İstanbul. The naming process is well documented, just google it. In every single Ottoman document it was referred as “Konstantiniye” which means “to the city of Constantin” in Turkish. The name “Türkiye” also has the same concept to itself. But with the Republic, they’ve named the city as “İstanbul” which literally means “find land” in Turkish. And it’s not just İstanbul, all the Turkish cities renamed during that period.

[@dimitriosvlissides5781]

@@ozdemirsalik The Romans named it the New Rome But its people gave with the time the name Konstantinopolis as an honor to the Emperor Konstantinos the Great who was its founder Bythe years passing by in short was POLIS in greek city, As it was the only CITY in the known world ΕΙΣ ΤΗΝ ΠΟΛΙΝ ,IS TIN POLIN ,ment TO THE CITY like when one says ""I am going instinpoli " Which became Instanbul in Turkish Of course the sultanate wanted to keep the name Konstantinye as they thaught themselves inheritors of the East Roman Empire but with a diferent religion When it became republic and some years later they changed it to INSTABUL which was the quoloquial name I think your interpretation is a revisinist one with some nationalists overtone "

[@sciuresci1403]

Kayseri de kayısıdan mi gelmis ? Kayısı eri ? Fnfnshd kayseri nasil kayzerya(sezar diyari ?)dan turediyse istanbul da konstantinapolun halk arasindaki adi iste. Konstan istan olmus pol bul.

[@Jotari]

All the names are made up.

[@francesco8000]

I always thought that Moscow saying they are "the third Rome" show that Vodka existed 600 years ago and Russians were already drinking too much.

[@JustGeridan]

Ivan III (who ruled after the blind prince in the video) later married a Byzantine princess, Sophia Palaiologina, who brought with her the court ceremonies of Byzantium. Ivan styled himself "tsar" (caesar) and adopted the symbol of the Orthodox Roman Empire, the double headed eagle, which is still used in Russia and many nations whose territory was once controlled by Byzantium, and which symbolized the symphonia, or harmony of Church and Empire. The idea had developed during the first 500 years of Christianity that God had providentially made the Roman Empire His chosen vessel for bringing the world into the Church, and so the idea of an Orthodox Imperium became very important in Eastern Orthodox thinking. Thus Russia became the continuation of Rome's legacy as an Orthodox imperium.

[@blueangel4ever370]

@@JustGeridan It's just that basically every major European power saw themselves as the successor to Rome, including Italy, Russia, Austria, Germany, France, Turkey and (Bulgaria, Serbia, Greece). Austria and Germany had a Kaiser, the modern Form of the Caesar. Anyway, it made almost everyone's claim kinda ridiculous and the only Empire where it really mattered wasItaly, since that was their excuse to grab more territory. The other European nations just saw themselves as the protector of Christians and the faith

[@JustGeridan]

@@blueangel4ever370 of course, even America has pretensions of being "Roman", just look at the architecture in DC. I think the difference with Russia is 1. Continuity of faith, as an Orthodox empire, and 2. The passing down of the court rituals and Byzantine forms of government in Ivan's court and legal codes. Those other nations, like the HRE, might have laid claim to be the successors of the Roman Empire, but were their governments really reflective of it? I think it's a pretty easy case to demonstrate that the way Russia operated as an empire is the most similar to how Rome was post-Constantine. The key distinction is the view Russia (and Byzantium) had for themselves in history: as God's kingdom on Earth, protectors of the Church. In the West, there was a similar idea in Charlemagne's "Christendom" but it was wrapped up in the Papacy, and the Popes became greater in temporal power and authority than the Holy Roman Emperors. In the East, the Church remained in the spiritual realm, while emperors remained the highest temporal authority.

[@blueangel4ever370]

@@JustGeridan Well, there is a difference between the eastern and western roman empire. I think the "protector of the faith" part in the English monarchy should be scratched, this title was awarded when England was catholic. I think you can look at different factors, historically, France and Italy were the last countries with a real claim, since the Ottomans granted the protection of the Christians in their empire to the French and well... Italy is just a top candidate for the succession because of the pope, Rome, etc. I actually don't think the Russians are the closest, they explicitly separated their church from the eastern Roman empire and never wanted to become similar to Greece, they have no geographically claims at all, not even a remotely similar language, and the symbols were used by many nations, including Austria

[@axelpatrickb.pingol3228]

@@JustGeridan The US specifically modeled itself after the Greek and Roman republics, not the Empire that came after them...

[@MAXLevel-russianbarrier]

This is like oversimplified but not too childish humor and MUCH more consistent 🙌

[@toast2980]

Humor is subjective

[@samiippotsuboku2580]

And not some over repeated facts that everyone knows already

[@camacaron06]

I like Oversimplifed more because of the higher production value but I also like this channel a lot too

[@Justanothermusicnerdxo]

I like both but oversimplified has much more thorough animation and unique scenes.

[@UrsusSuperior44]

@@toast2980 Yes, humor IS subjective, but in a way that different people find different things funny/humorous. Childish humor is childish, ironic humor is ironic, etc, that's not really subjective. But I don't really think that OS humor is childish though. Lighthearted, yes. But childish? Eh I don't know Either way, History Matters is waaaay better, worlds more informative

[@glorifiedtoaster4368]

1453 never forget :( edit: don't go to replies the Turks and Opposed are clashing

[@titaniumsalmon3238]

I’m American but Id join them

[@Enesggoker]

@The Sacred Potat Will the french march on Istanbul with white flags? The Turks will have no mercy.

[@aegeanharrier6648]

@The Sacred Potat How does leveling the city to ground helps. Destroying thousands of years of history from many countries only hurts humanity itself

[@amrmohamed1387]

@The Sacred Potat You guys are on the wrong side, it doesn't matter if you win or lose, you are on the wrong side and you will regret it.

[@Enesggoker]

@The Sacred Potat Yes we all know how France deals with it’s enemies🏳️🏳️🏳️ please, stop your delusional world. The map will not go under a major change.

[@jacktomas1596]

Fun fact about the fall of constantinople. The roman emperor died on his feet unlike his more western counterpart

[@Ravag3rrr]

And thats why Sultan Respected him And Ordered his Burial According to his religion

[@ahmetrefikeryilmaz4432]

@Γεώργιος Γερακάκης in your dreams. İzmir is cold this time of the year btw, how's Greece?

[@cloudpine5695]

@Γεώργιος Γερακάκης lmao there is no more Ottoman Empire indeed, but there is the Turkish Republic, therefore I suggest you to stay home (corona is everywhere), and stop thinking that Constantinople will arise again, its impossible and also, would highly appreciate it if you call it by its real name, Istanbul. Oh and, please don't take this personally my friend, I have respect to Greeks and love their culture, if only all Greeks and Turks could stop insulting each other and be friends. After all, we are neighbors fir centuries now.

[@cloudpine5695]

@Γεώργιος Γερακάκης okay I see your level of understanding from what you just mentioned, "Islam = Arab religion"? Then i could say Christian Catholic is American religion, and orthodox, i don't even know. Islam isn't an Arab religion, and Turkey does not have an Arab culture. You really have no idea how different Turks and Arabs are right? but anyway, hearing that I could be Greek is exciting, always wanted to what it'd be like to be on the other side.

[@cloudpine5695]

@Γεώργιος Γερακάκης I can't say I had the best education, but I'm sure it was a pretty decent one. Qur'an is yes written and read in Arabic, Christianity however is something else. The amount of times the people have changed the words and phrases in the Bible is just so funny. I can't comment a lot about neither Islam or Christianity but what I've seen and observed is, the most disgusting mind sets originate from your religion I guess. Slavery, prostitution, dictatorships, racism etc. Anyway, you're very grumpy for what reason I don't know, but don't judge someone because of their nationality, culture and belief. Try to approach people with kindness, you won't lose anything. you guys think you're the right ones, na man. if you keep spitting bullshit and hatred against the people who try to approach with good intentions, then you are no good at all. keep your opinions to yourself.

[@hanskuke3433]

0:08 every Norwegian is like: “Oh look, he included us!”

[@johanneskepler1]

inferiority complex

[@masu5781]

All I know is that this greatly affected Lebron’s legacy.

[@IAmAlpharius20]

Ayy lmaoo

[@justinian-the-great]

Well, it should've added that Balkan rulers from Serbia, Bosnia, Montenegro, Wallachia, Moldova, Albania and Latin principalities in Greece were horrified, since they truly were next. Also Hungary, as one of the leading European powers, was scared that they'll have to face Ottoman invasion alone. And indeed, Balkan was fully conquered by the end of the XV century, while Hungary lost its independence to the Turks by the second half of the XVI century. Thus, when in Western Europe XV and XVI century mark the beginning of renesance and new bright age, for people of Balkans and central Europe XV and XVI centuries mark the beginning of centuries long Ottoman occupation and (both metaphorical and real) slavery!

[@notisttt1240]

@David Josephus Daniel Nuntius languages evolve differently from each other. Unless I'm mistaken, Italian, Spanish and French are evolutions of Latin, so talking about it like Latin died is kinda false.

[@notisttt1240]

@David Josephus Daniel Nuntius Thing is, Greek has evolved a lot too. Yes, the average Greek can understand some words and texts from ancient Greek but there's also many texts they cannot.

[@Hungabrigoo]

Thank you thank you thank you! Actual stuff that is relevant, you should have made this damn video.

[@Hungabrigoo]

@David Josephus Daniel Nuntius Not sure what is your point is. First of all, historians do not really use the term "Dark Ages" anymore, because it is misleading and unscientific. Second, if you insist to you use it, the "Dark Ages" lasted longer in the East than in the West, simply because most of all invasions to Europe came from Asia (with the exception of the Almohads.) West Europe is an extremely protected position. The East is not, so it took many centuries more to stabilize. France was prospering while it supported Ottoman rule which put the Balkans back hundreds of years. You cannot even compare the two situations

[@OsedayCan]

You call that slavery? You haven't seen what actual slavery is

[@shanemize3775]

I'm a lifelong student of history and yet you continue to come up with topics that I have always wondered about! I don't know how you do it, but I am so glad that you pull it off. I'm always excited to see one of your videos pop up. I love your sense of humor, animation, and your pithy way of telling the story. My only complaint is that there just aren't enough of them! Lol. Thanks so much for another awesome video! Please keep the outstanding videos coming and God bless you, my friend!

[@verysmartultrahuman939]

no homo, you forgot to write no homo because that was very very gay, deep and nice but still gay.

[@Hungabrigoo]

Don't forget to read about the countries that were actually fighting the Ottomans at the time (and for hundreds of years), as this video just blatantly ignored them.

[@onelove9791]

This is a much watered down and biased version.

[@galatheumbreon6862]

"Crusadeee they did many crusades, most of them almost didn't fail but at least the Italians got so sweet trade deals"

[@tk5gqj514]

Some of them*

[@moongrog1154]

@@tk5gqj514damn , I was gonna say that

[@Real_Tower_Pizza]

Bill wurtz?

[@galatheumbreon6862]

@@Real_Tower_Pizza yep

[@kabbosarker526]

Constantinople falls.. Holy Roman Empire : Thanks God. Now I am rome Moscow : No I am the new rome. Ottoman Empire : fu*k off guys. I have the former roman capital. I am the true Rome now. The first muslim rome in history.

[@content4115]

what about the seljuk sultanate of rum?

[@TheBlackzman]

@@content4115 that ain't Rome... It rum

[@TheBlackzman]

Nah Asian can't be Rome right 😂

[@nromk]

Meanwhile the sultan of turkey called himself the sultan of Rome

[@mightmagic3877]

Yep thats true im Turkish and we Turks know mehmet the conqueror used roman empire war tactics, old Turks create a war strategies like cengiz khan - timur - attilla but in ottoman era Turks used roman empire war tactics Sultan mehmet was higly educated person he was speaking so many languages and almost all of the languages he can speak european languages, many of Turks thinking he wasn’t muslim he was an atheist really interesting person.

[@عبدالرحمن777-ذ3ذ]

Where is ur proof?

[@Eric.T.Cartman]

All wrong! The big question is: what was James Bizonettes reaction to the fall of Constantinople!

[@walhallw7436]

Who is he though?

[@cringe7391]

I heard he was a bit sad but not too upset

[@thathistoryiscoolguy]

If only that crusade happened It would be the only good crusade

[@Lichenroc]

These days we have more nationalism and tribalism than in those days the idea of a nation state or protecting the "West" was not as cut and dry as we might think. Everyone was out for themselves during the Middle Ages.

[@paul3345]

Saying “heresy” is too strong. It’s actually “schism”, which has more to do with which authority you recognise, than “heresy”, which has to do with doctrine of the faith. Otherwise, there would not have been attempts to reunite. At times when they did call each other heretics, was more out of spite and attempt to dominate than by honest belief.

[@Mechronastamuth]

There are historical records in Turkish archives that state western countries actually called those eastern christians "heretics". So what he says is historically correct

[@freakrx2349]

@@Mechronastamuth not just that, the rifts between Eastern and Western Christians grew because of the Teutonic campaigns to try and conquer Russia. Needless to say, the Teutonic order was unsuccessful due to the Mongols and the famous Novgorodian commander Alexander Nevsky.

[@Dimitrije_Sukovic]

There are major doctrinal differences which warrant that label, such as the primacy of the pope as well as the Essence-Energy distinction solidified in the East by St. Gregory Palamas as opposed to the Augustinian and Thomistic theology of the West.

[@noescape2108]

Heresy usually meant schism, but the schism between Catholic and Orthodox Church was unique in that it was first solely a question on authority. There did not really exist a real schism until it began to be solidified with the failure of Council of Florence, fall of Constantinople and Russian opposition to healing of the schism. Even then it was not so clear cut, the eventual schism we know of today is a long historical process. ​@@Dimitrije_Sukovic Orthodox still hold to Papal Primacy, and essence energy distinction is not a ground for heresy, similar thought is found in Franciscan Theology. To not forget about Eastern Catholic Churches who venerate St. Palamas as a Saint and still mainly hold to his theology. The differences are mainly in the nature of papal authority, filioque, immaculate conception and purgatory. Emphasis on "nature of", since Easter Catholic Churches has no problem accepting these in view of their own theology that differ from the Latin thoughts of St. Augustine and St. Aquinas.

[@heidis.6903]

@@noescape2108 thank you for explaining (:

[@aterikasedi]

I live at the point where Constantinople was conquered (Ayvansaray). My house is just below the Roman Empire Palace. I get very emotional when I think of the war and conquest that took place here. When the municipality excavates any street here, the bones of people who fought in that period are still revealed. Right next to us, a 100-year-old house was destroyed and a Byzantine tomb was found under it. We live on a very large and rich history. I have endless respect for the Roman Empire, who created this history, and the Turks who preserved and maintained it.

[@flamingrubys11]

the turks did neither of the last two hate to tell you but they muslimed the place up converting buildings and such tearing down artifacts oh and aalso making sure not a single citizen of constanople lived

[@silentbullet2023]

​@@flamingrubys11 How many book did you read about the Ottomans or the fall of Constantinople?

[@Roofhack]

@@silentbullet2023 The Turks when they invaded Greece purposely used the Parthenon to store their gunpowder. It blew up destroying most of it. They cared little about preserving culture or history. The only reason why Hagia Sophie stayed in decent condition is because they literally forgot that they had covered over the important artwork until the modern period of secularisation (and because the true God preserved it).

[@arthurmorgan3180]

@@flamingrubys11you have 0 clue abt what you’re saying, the crusaders themselves did more damage to Constantinople than the ottomans, during the fall itself the city was only but a shadow of its former self at that point, the Turks renovated the city and as a whole always respected Roman archipelagos, it’s no wonder why they declared themselves the successors of the Roman Empire

[@Balgore8]

You forgot to mention the most important part and why its largely considered one of the most important historical events in the world, is because it forced western traders to seek India via ocean routes rather than over land through the middle east, so it was because of this event that exploration teams were fast-tracked to discover North and South America.

[@OfficialDenzy]

That happened a couple centuries later. When constantinople fell the Turks didn't immediately block the spice trades.

[@lordofdarkness4204]

@@OfficialDenzy They never blocked the spice trade, they just made it really really really expensive, which to be fair as far as most merchants at the time were concerned, it was essentially blocking the spice trade.

[@__semidulce]

@@OfficialDenzy Of course not :) but this was the first event that later would lead to push the Europeans to find another routes to Asia over the ocean, especially by going around Africa.

[@OfficialDenzy]

@@__semidulce Yeah I know

[@rudi8192]

They had already information about India and America. This the Turkish propaganda to find something good in a disaster, considering how much the Byzantine Empire gave this world in philosophy, science, education. It would be better not to have fall. Nothing good except violence and blood came from the Ottomans.

[@theskeptic2010]

"He caught a small case of death" LOL. I love these videos

[@ahmetonal8498]

Constantinople was fell and all European country like: -Don't you see i'm busy right now After 462 years, all European countries in Gelibolu: -Wait for me Byzantine i'm coming for you...

[@cspresimir]

@ibrahim bozkurt "Buffering ..."

[@teksinsahin2449]

Its not true.

[@Groveish]

In Gelibolu, Ottomans were mostly helped by German Empire, which I last checked, was a European country.

[@ahmetrefikeryilmaz4432]

@@Groveish Not really. There weren't any german troops there.

[@Groveish]

@@ahmetrefikeryilmaz4432 The commanding general, Otto Liman von Sanders was a German

[@OmneAurumNon]

Constantinople: *falls* Europe: That's no one's business but the Turks

[@user-ud3gh8fy5n]

Constantinople didn't "fall" till 1920s. Name was never changed during Ottoman era

[@lunchingtangpua2415]

@@user-ud3gh8fy5n it fall constantinopole lost it shine after it fall

[@user-ud3gh8fy5n]

@@lunchingtangpua2415 Idk what you mean by that

[@lunchingtangpua2415]

@@user-ud3gh8fy5n its a code only few chosen one knows it

[@ramiromen6595]

Byzantium: lol now that we aren't protecting the east you are doomed, what you gonna do now? Western Europe: mmmh conquer the world and have the Renaisance i guess. Byzantium: sobs

[@VergilDarkslayer]

"Looks at a woman drawing" Western europe:A WITCH

[@ufuker5754]

Well no without ottaman empire there is no need to explore different routes so without gold from New world there is no modern West you know today

[@lukat93]

Despot of Serbia Djuradj Brankovic allegedly cried for 7 days when Constantinople fell - they were close allies, and he had even in years before provided money for a tower reconstruction in the walls of Constantinople to upgrade it's defences. Serbia, being orthodox Christian, looked to Constantinople as the source of spiritual and imperial authority that had kept the imperial legacies of the Roman Empire, and they knew that with it's demise they would soon go down as well, which indeed followed for 400 years under the Ottomans. Serbia was annexed just 6 years after the fall of Constantinople.

[@islammehmeov2334]

It's funny considering Mara Brankovic allegedly wes happy 😊 for the foll of Constantinople and I'ven congratulating MEHMET THE CONQUEROR

[@Eagle_the_18th]

One of the most important cities in European history: Falls Venetian Traders: This will greatly affect the economy

[@Tortellobello45]

how Europe reacted: Basically all of Europe:idc Venice:oh no i had mone there my doge gotta suffer without his gold toilet paper Papacy:that's what you get from splitting from us Rest of Italy:bois we strong together less do an anti-Turkish alliance Muscovy:YEAH BOI I'M 3RD ROME HEHEHEHEHEHEHEHEHEH UVVUVUVUVUVUVUVUVUVUVUVU HAHAHAHAHHA ME CHIEF OF ORTHODOXS

[@richraichu4068]

You forgot to mention that they also blamed James Byzantine, the wealthiest guy in Constantinople, who did not help the emperor out with his wealth, rather fled to Sicily.

[@failuretv814]

James *Byzantine*. I see what you did there.

[@Homer-OJ-Simpson]

Q: How did Europe react? A: They didn’t

[@Hungabrigoo]

Except the countries that did but we are not going to talk about them because any country east of Germany officially does not exist.