The Rise and Fall of the Ottoman Empire

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The Janissaries were circumcised, not castrated.

It honestly boggles my mind that the taxation on spices was SO steep that European countries decided that it made more sense to sail around a continent in voyages that took months, then to pay those taxes.

I've always been interested in the Ottoman Empire but I wasn't sure how to comprehend its history in a linear fashion so thanks so much for this video :)

Some errors: - Ottoman Empire didn't exist for 700 years, it existed for 620 or 623 years (its founding date is disputed, either 1299 or 1302. also it's fall is 1922 by Ataturk abolishing monarchy in Turkey) - Janissaries were not castrated. Only castrated people employed by Ottoman government were eunuchs in harems or people who rised to higher positions from being an eunuch. Close to being castrated, however, janissaries were forbidden from marrying until their retirement (until the reign of Selim the Grim). In fact, many people who rised to higher positions from being a janissary even married the sisters and daughters of the sultans and had children with them.

I would love to see a video like this on the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, an important yet overlooked country. There seems to be no in depth video like this on the history of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, and I think it would make a very interesting topic.

"What were they gonna do, sail around Africa?" Europe: so anyway, I started sailing

I have been watching your videos since the Aztec empire one. Still happy to rewatch most of them once in a while. Keep up the great work! 👍

Interesting video. I always liked your content. Even at its roughest, its still very informative. The dept that you go to that others don't dare to is extremely helpful. Thank you for what you do.

Thank you. I really enjoyed that. I knew the basics of the fall of the Ottoman Empire. However, you provided more detail which helps understand how it was steadily defeated and diminished.

The Ottoman Empire is an amazingly interesting empire, it’s progression from a rising star with a monopoly on religious tolerance in the Middle Ages to a nationalist, backwards second-rate power it very intriguing.

Always get super excited when I see a new History Scope video pop up! Informative as ever

The Empire's rise is impressive really, taking advantage of the weakened powers around them slowly getting larger and more powerful honestly it's intriguing history

I've been waiting for a video about the Ottomans from you, great job!

Netjes hoor! Nice to have Dutch representation among the history channels. And your humour is very well timed: sometimes less is more. Keep up the good work.

amazing quality as expected keeping working hard!

So complacency and procrastination really adds up and brings you down in the long run, good thing to learn. I'll stop procrastinating after i watch the next documentary video

In the very beginning; there are also 2 more main events in World history directly or indirectly triggered by The Ottomans. 1-Fall of Constantinople and Byzantium let scholars migrate to Italy which triggered Renaissance. 2-Just like the relationship between Ottomans-Balkans-WW1; similar relationship between Ottomans-MiddleEast-Today's conflicts.

6:21 Janissaries were not castrated. Just circumcised.

Good video as always, thanks for making it!