Ottomans: *exists* Russians: And I took that personally

The classic downfall of a empire. Corruption, Internal unrest, and of course Failing wars.

So basically, the Ottomans were at pretty much constant war with the Persians, Russians, and Austrians for the entire century

And then came ww1 where all three fell at the same time While Ottoman and Habsburg died together and Tsar Russia fell and Soviet rose

IMO, there were two main drivers to the Ottoman decline. 1. Portuguese and Dutch opened up sea trade with India and the East. The directed the flow of goods to Europe away from the normal silk road intermediaries. That cost the Ottoman Empire a steady decrease in its coffers. 2. The steady decline of the population of the Ottoman Empire compared to the population of Europe. In 1500, Ottoman Empire was over 30% the size of Europe's population. By 1900, it is under 10%. The demographic decline critical to its decline and fall.

Knowledgia: Too many Ottoman Empire videos . Me in Turkey: That's fine for me.

The e at the end of Edirne is pronounced btw.

Man your videos are just incredible , that knowledge is very important to people to understand things. if i didn't had this videos i will gone completely depressed . Keep Going on 😀

Great video today keep it up your doing amazing job

Great channel!

Keep up the good work

Yooo, that music at the start. Man, I always get hyped hearing that. Gotta love Scott's music!

Love these videos keep them up

This content is 🔥🔥🔥

very nice work knowledgia. Could you do a video on the second battle of Vienna and the second battle of Mohac

Keep up the great stuff

Keep making great videos I really appreciate your pure effort keep up the fantastic work :)

Great animation work

Amazing content!!!!!!you awesome

Next episode should really cover uprisings in the Balkans in more details then the other documentaries around which usually just fast forward that part! First Serbian Uprising (1804) particularly Battle of Mišar Hill (1806), Battle of Ivankovac (1805), Fall of Belgrade (1806) and Battle of Čegar Hill (1809 when Serbian commander blow up the whole hill by shooting into the gun powder killing all Turks and Serbs in the same time), Battle of Varvarin (1810 - first joint Serbian and Russian action against the Ottomans), then Second Serbian Uprising, Greek Uprising with war of independence (1821), Bosnian uprising (1831), Multiple Bulgarian over the years rebellions, Bosnian Serbs rebellion called Nevesinjska Puška (1875) and much more. For me this is the most interesting part that should be really cover way better then typical fast forwarding of stuff.

The Ottomans actually even after many defeats were still very strong until the 1740s.....from that time for almost 30 years they had no wars nothing and got soft became simps 😅🤣 and at the same time Russian Empire and Austrian, British etc more and more powerful...so the young uneducated sultans started to hide under their mothers, wifes or concubines and that's why they could not reform they were not like the ones in the past. They never performed in any war just staying in the Harem, not learning skills only how to have a good time and that brought destruction

Best anime rivals: Austria - ottoman empire

Good one 👍🏻

7:25 if only the Austrians waited for reinforcements and didn't get cocky or scared of Russia getting too powerful and coordinated more, imagine how much sooner the ottomans would have fallen.

The victory against the Russian under Ahmed III was overall loss for the Ottomans ,they successfully surrounded Peter the Great king of Russia but he sent his wife Catherine to Grand vizier with bribes, no one know what happened that night but on the next day, Ottoman Grand Vizier signed peace with Russia for some lost land in Great Turkish war. If Ottomans had killed Peter, Russia would have never gained it's world power status and reforms. Ottomans could have stopped their biggest rival.

Do a video on Jan Zizka. He's considered one of the greatest generals of all time.

Great summary. Btw the last e in Edirne is not silent.

Please part 6🥰

Nice video. Very informative.

Ottoman history and wars are always interesting 👍

You should also make video about the Great Seljuk Empire which was later to become the Ottoman Empire

I wish the changing trade patterns were analyzed as well. European trade with India & China was going by sea, diminishing Ottoman coffers. Is that why the Janissaries were restless?

I'm not a native speaker and I already googled it, but I don't know what means 'OT.', could someone help me?

Thank you

In my opinion, what is more interesting is that the reasons of Ottoman stagnation and decline are largely based on the problems of the time it was established: 1. When the Ottoman Empire was founded, the Islamic world was just entering the dark age in scientific terms. Because the Mongols burned the Baghdad library and killed the Muslim scientists. When the books disappeared, scientific knowledge disappeared after a single generation. This resulted in only religious education in madrasahs instead of teaching science and religion together. Fearing science, the clergy formed. 2. During this period, Europeans in Andalusia translated Islamic works into their own languages. Thus, before science disappeared, it began to spread throughout Europe during the Renaissance. Thus, Europe scientifically began to exit from the dark age. Soon Spanish Kingdoms destroyed Andalusia. Thus, schools that teach science in the Islamic world could never develop again until modern times. 3. Geographical discoveries and colonization enriched Europe economically. The change of trade routes weakened the Ottoman Empire economically. These led to a decline in military technology and internal economic revolts. Thus, the Ottoman Empire began to lose wars. In the early period, only Turks had rebelled against the Ottoman government. (Jalalli rebellions) The nationalism that emerged with the French Revolution and the arming and provocation of the Christians in the Ottoman by foreign countries such as Russia caused the first great Christian revolts in the Ottoman Empire. Because the Ottoman was tolerant of Christians, there had been no major Christian revolts before. The difficulty of the Ottoman Sultan in suppressing the rebellions and the loss of land prepared the ground for the Young Turk uprising. The Sultan was overthrown by a coup. However, partial democracy and the Young Turk government were not enough to suppress the uprisings either. The Ottoman empire fell apart.

Sir from where you take these beautiful and high quality maps Please tell us....

Please, do something similar on Maratha Empire, Sikh Empire, Safavids and Delhi Sultanate.

Sultan: exists Janissaries: and I took that personally.

Great channel! Since you are on it, may i propose a series of videos, with the theme of, historicaly who are the bad guys of humantity? You don't have to talk about every single country, just the most important of today, G20 for example and the most important historically, like Egypt, Greece, Persia, India etc. For example, Germany except from the Beethoven, the Otto, Benz and VW, Mercedes, BMW, they also gave us 2 World Wars, 2 Genocides (Herero-Namaqua and Holocaust), invasion to Rome and so on. Turkey (Ottomans) have a good resume too, with conquests and genocides. It would be nice to put scores too, like 10 offensive wars, 2 Defensive, 3 Genocides etc. Contributions would be welcome too, like those of Germany. Here is a source, but now that i see it, it has a lot of work: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_wars:_before_1000 Anyway, it would be interesting to see who are the bad guys historically. :)

Excellent and interesting video. The narrator however needs to work on his pronunciation of the local places mentioned - painful to hear...

i am in a history class now and watching this video while my teacher explaining how crimean war went

Thanks

Good vedio

Can you make a series about sassanids pls??🙏😃

Great video I would like to subscribe you 👍👍

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Good video overall, but with some inaccuracies, mostly in the Balkans. As you can see here en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fall_of_the_Republic_of_Venice and here en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republic_of_Venice#/media/File:The_Republic_of_Venice_.png - the Austrian Empire did not held Istria but just a small north-east part of it. Istria was venetician from XII-XIV century to 1797; - the territory of nowadays Albania was held by Venice from 1420 to 1797, all its coastal region and in some periods parts of the inland; - the same for Morea (for just 30 years ok), and some islands in Aegean;

Death of Prince Mostafa that destroyed the strong line of Ottoman Sultans.

I think the Ottoman Empire started to decline after Suleiman died.

Austrians and Ottomans in WW1 Austria: Never thought I would die fighting side by side with a Turk. Ottomans: What about side by side with a friend. Austria: Aye ! I could do that.

This is important people in my ancestry fled this era in 1800-1900 had no idea it ended in 1922.

Thanks for the video and a little contribution : at 6.00, not Mehmed the first but Mahmud the first :)

Mahmud I was the last great Sultan, he reformed military and fought against three powers at same time and succed. Unfortunately his brother was his opposite. Mustafa III tried reform but he was unprepared against Russia and it caused disaster. Selim III was greatest reformer, he could save empire but his dethrone and later assasination ended all the hope.

A video on the downfall of the ottoman empire, and Prince Eugene of Savoy is only mentioned as a site note ?!

Im Early :D

Can you make video about Ottoman expedition to South East Asia?

The Onion Hat Empire

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Fun fact:In the 19th century the ottomans simped for the British and french 💀

Can you maybe do a video about the Dutch pirate that converted to Islam Jan Janzoon it’s a pretty interesting story

11:18 iran at that time was no longer ruled by safavids but by the afsharids

Caspianreport did a great video on the decline of the Turks

"Little Wallachia" it's in fact Oltenia :) Literally "the land till river Olt"

From where did French come up in the middle

Considering the combined pressure from Austria & Russia, Ottomans had a good run, took 220 years to dissolve. Poland dissolved in under 90 years. Not much chance to resist when one cannot modernize and embrace new ideas thoroughly.

0:20 edition Muscovy, ancient state (federation or confederation ) Rus´ (in English "russia" ) was stone dead many many centuries in 17c. -18c.

We learned a lot from this video, but I can say that the most important lesson is "never trust the Janissaries"

Oh no I am not early, I was watching bright side video

Why didn't you mention the battle of khresli 1757 ?

How did that trip to Wallachia turn out?

Sounds like history is repeating itself

The Ottoman Empire is an example of a civilization that does not collect the fruits on the top of the trees during the fruit harvest and leaves them to the birds !

I was crying watching this

Do Why Did CzechoSlovakia Collapse?

I've always found the Ottoman Janissaries (1363-1826) a fascinating bunch. I guess it is partially because the creation of that elite corps of soldiers was such a dirty move: stealing children from Christian families, converting them to Islam, and then employing them to kill more Christians. At the same time, you have to admire the (seeming) brilliance of the maneuver. However, eventually, the Janissaries recognized their elite status gave them strong leverage, and they began operating as an early form of workers union, and flexing their political muscle. They would even stage protests, go on strikes, or simply refuse to attack in battles if their terms were not met. Of course, this bred the internal corruption and decay that besets all union entities, and the Ottoman sultans eventually rued the day that the Janissary Corps had ever been created and disbanded them. They are a point of history that would be valuable to know better.

6:05 it isn't Mehmed who became Sultan, it was Mahmud who became Sultan.

Imagine the scene in the topkapi palace: My sultan, france has invaded! Ah no worries, rally the army, we meet them at Belgrad ...no my Sultan.. in EGYPT lol edit: spelling

Too much expansionism

Ottoman : can you stop fighting me for 5 minutes

I really like your video. it has kinda a BazBattles feel. However, your pronunciation is really annoying. Crimea...?

European countries during this time were experiencing industrial revolution. What was happening in the ottoman empire at this time in this regard?

Argh, this is making me want to play Hearts of Iron IV and try to reform the Ottoman Empire again.

I use to think like you to, until I done my own research. As I’m a very curious person who likes to research world history. There was a lot of casualties on both sides in Anatolia in 1915 during World War One. It was a civil war which the Armenians started and the Armenians lost. Do your research please. The Ottoman Empire was busy fighting the Allies which includes England, Australia, India, Canada, New Zealand, Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, France and French colonies and also supported by Russia in Gallipoli. The Ottoman Empire was also fighting the Russians in the northeast part of the Empire known as the Caucasus, and the Greeks in the southern part of Turkey, whilst the Armenians cowardly attacked old men, women and children in Anatolia, which resulted in a civil war which the Armenians lost. Please do your research. Thank you. It’s about time people did some research and thinking for themselves instead of just accepting what is thrown their way and merely believing what is "popular". The Turkish government invited the Armenian government less then 20 years ago in public to produce all documents, archives and others along with historians and lawyers. That both governments have and open them up for scrutiny, the Armenians remained silent and didn’t accept the offer. From the book - "Armenian Genocide" (And if they had lied to us) Reflections on the Turkish-Armenian tragedy by Yves Bénard. "(When WW1 erupted) All the Turks were drafted. Only the elderly, the women and children, remained in towns and villages. The Armenian militias had been waiting for this moment to implement their extermination plan aiming to obtain the "Great Armenia". Driven by a murderous frenzy, they indulged in barbarous acts of indescribable cruelty, over 500,000 victims were raped, disembowelled, crucified, slaughtered, mutilated, burned or buried, and the villages burned." “The relocation of the Armenian gangs and their supporters, who massacred the Muslim people, including women and children, in eastern Anatolia, was the most reasonable action that could be taken in such a period. The doors of our archives are wide open to all seeking the truth.” In regards to the so called “Death Marches” historians allude that Russia and The Ottoman Empire was on the brink of war in that region of Anatolia during World War One, therefore the civilian population of that region mostly Armenians/Kurdish/Turkish were relocated to the Levant for their own safety. Furthermore The Ottoman Empire ruled with justice and equality to all faiths within its borders, even so much as helping other nations. A few honorable mentions helping the Irish during The Great Famine of 1845 to 1852. The Ottoman Empire sent the Irish $$$,$$$ and ships full of plant seeds and food. They especially sent different types of plant seeds so they can grow their own fresh produce for many generations to come. And therefore it’s an ongoing charity till this day. Because the fruit and vegetables are still producing and growing in Ireland 170 years after the seeds were planted in the earth. “The Irish did not forget this favor and put a crescent and star symbol on the emblem of the city and Drogheda Football Club in 1919.” Another football club located in England's southeast Portsmouth Football Club has the Islamic Star and Crescent on their logo as a sign of respect and gratitude to the generous Ottoman Empire. Even today, a school run by the Royal Navy is called H.M.S Sultan. “Sultan Abdülmecid sent naval officers to Britain, once the world's most powerful marine power, for navigation and artillery training. Two frigates, the Mir'at-ı Zafer (The Mirror of Victory) and Çerağ-ı Bahri (The Light of the Sea) anchored in Portsmouth Harbor.” Also in another part of Europe. “The Deportivo football club, a city on the Spain-Portuguese border, also has an emblem with a crescent and star. Mentioned as "The Turks" by its rivals, Deportivo La Coruna opens a Turkish flag in its matches. According to an account, the youth of Galicia, famous for their bravery, supported Ottoman Admiral Barbarossa Hayreddin Pasha during the struggle against the Portuguese.” As way of keeping the peace on the European continent. The Ottoman Empire helped stop the invasion of Protestant England in 1570, from mainly Catholic Spain and The Netherlands. “The Pope excommunicated Elizabeth I of England and the might of Catholic Europe was against her, an invasion was imminent. English merchants were boycotted from trading with the rich markets of Europe. Elizabeth I of England responded by reaching out to The Ottoman Empire for help.” “Turkey supports 170 countries with development aid.” kzfaq.info/get/bejne/bMueo5V8vp3GYIk.html kzfaq.info/get/bejne/ftuSYLaqpr2qc3U.html www.hurriyetdailynews.com/amp/turkey-supports-170-countries-with-development-aid-124284 kzfaq.info/get/bejne/a694mcKhneCVd58.html kzfaq.info/get/bejne/q7GijNRquJ_XYIk.html kzfaq.info/get/bejne/o7Rnd9efnpuzmXU.html kzfaq.info/get/bejne/obSSjNJjsNewhGQ.html kzfaq.info/get/bejne/m-CJmbx91M2qdIk.html kzfaq.info/get/bejne/l7SfjdeDr5eYoXk.html kzfaq.info/get/bejne/bb9_aKVjr7OUgIE.html kzfaq.info/get/bejne/atZ4is2DyLTJYn0.html kzfaq.info/get/bejne/frt1i6xhldjcho0.html kzfaq.info/get/bejne/nNx9jbaZnZutmZ8.html kzfaq.info/get/bejne/ZtV3i6h_vqvepIE.html kzfaq.info/get/bejne/rbqPitOV2NOZeYU.html “Turkey has broken the dire record of the country hosting the largest number of refugees in the world.” As of 2016 Turkey is hosting 4.3 million refugees. This number is increasing every day.

Two more videos

After the death of Suleiman the magnificent and the second siege of Vienna the empire becomes less interesting

How did Yuan collapsed?

Are you the same guy from DEDO?

Russia no doubt had big expansionist plans but let's be realist, it was only the severe weakness of the Ottoman Empire which stopped Turkish expansionism in Europe (or how some historians put it well: the Ottoman Empire lived primarily for war during much of its existence). The video is rather sympathetic with the ottomans, a fact common these days indeed, yet I don't think this stance has strong grounds in reality; for example the 1787-1792 war was rather due to the desire of the Turks to recover the lost ground in Crimea than Russia's fault. History unfortunately cannot attain the degree of objectivity seen in hard sciences, being sometimes quite dependent on politics.. I would say that we witness one such period in Western Academia in what the assessment of the Ottoman Empire is concerned (suddenly it is depicted as something rather positive, after hundred of years of opposite thought and quite strong evidence for this latter stance). We should not be surprised to see some political forces in Turkey raising the flag of neo-Ottomanism (nothing bad isn't it?).

The narrator of these videos should seriously consider checking his pronunciation of a variety of words. This would take very little time and would make the videos seem far more legitimate.

I'm being nitpicky, but the Republic of Ragusa wasn't part of the Venetian Republic nor the Ottoman empire (4:18).

Honestly, i don't think Ottomans declined in the 1700's. They didn't had any foreign debt until 1850 and their military record was more of a mixed bag than a failure. I feel like 18th century was worse for France (or Safavids or Mughals or Poland) than for Ottomans.

Some pretty short sentences there

Make one : Why did napoleon invade Egypt?

only god knows why this is in my recommendation. ( but i liked the video though )

We want more videos about Turks, Mongols

It was like the end of the world for them

3:30 And then brought meatballs to Sweden with him. :)

5:27 I can't see the animation of Turks pushed Iranians eastward.

Parfait 🤩💙🇨🇵

Imagine how powerful ottos could have been if they just left crimea and orthodox nations alone... Countries like austria were a pushover had the ottos focused just on them and after austria there isnt anything until you get to france