The Rise and Fall of The Ottoman Empire - Animated History

[Music] lasting for more than six centuries the ottoman empire has been known as one of the mightiest and longest lasting dynasties in world history this islamic run superpower is regarded as both a source of strong military force ethnic diversity and an empire with notable achievements in arts and architectural constructions [Music] history the ottoman empire was initially just a small balik in anatolia or asia minor a large peninsula in western asia which originated from the seljuk empire a large empire that included modern day mesopotamia syria palestine and most of iran following the final mongol defeat of the seljuks in 1293 seljuk territory was quickly divided into small principalities which were led separately by various tribes including the ke in 1299 osman the first a descendant of the ke tribe established a formal government and formed the ottoman turks the name ottoman is derived from osman's name which means athaman in arabic the next few years witnessed the conquest of this small balik towards more powerful neighbors by 1326 under orhan son of osman the ottomans took control over bursa and the following years captured the byzantine territories bordering the sea of marmara making way for the ottoman expansion toward europe at its height the ottoman empire covered several regions including turkey greece bulgaria egypt hungary macedonia romania jordan palestine lebanon syria parts of arabia and a considerable amount of the north african coastal strip [Music] the most glorious period a host of scientists firmly believes that the most glorious period of the ottoman empire occurred during the reign of suleiman the magnificent a brilliant military commander religious leader as well as political ruler under his reign the ottoman empire started its massive expansion towards eastern europe and managed to invade several big cities in 1521 suleiman controlled part of the hungary territory and continued annexing hungary's parts in 1526 by early 1529 the ottoman arrived at vienna the capital of austria besides eastern europe suleiman the first also commanded the most powerful and modern naval force at the time to conquer asia his massive expansion turned this empire into an extremely large state and by the time he passed away its total population reached 15 million moreover under the reign of suleiman the magnificent this islamic rule superpower also attained considerable accomplishments in domains of politics law and culture specifically the reforms and attainments suleiman the first reaped are called the golden age of islam which has exerted enormous influence on countries in the region and all around the world this period was also marked by major achievements in fields of science mathematics engineering philosophy medicine literature economics etc for example the ottoman was considered the pioneer in the field of vaccination the method of vaccination or variation referred to then as inoculation had been practiced for centuries against smallpox and ottoman lands before it was popularized in britain and europe in the 18th century by the wife of the british ambassador to ottoman lady mary worsley montagu in 1717 during the smallpox epidemic she had witnessed the application of varialation in constantinople and helped spread the technique throughout her country and thereafter europe notable achievements besides occupying large areas of the middle east eastern europe and north africa the ottoman people also took pride in significant achievements in various domains such as arts science medicine architecture and so on in particular the period that suleiman the first came to the throne marked a turning point in the development of arts architecture and law regarding law's reform this mighty sultan had codified a secular legal system called kanun for the ottoman state to be specific it refers to laws showing the relationship between taxpayers and recipients of their taxes thereby regulating taxation's types and rates in terms of architectural construction a large number of elaborate mosques and public buildings were built which reflected the characteristics of ottoman culture via minor details contributing to define the culture of the time constantinople recently known as istanbul built up as the capital of the ottoman empire under the reign of suleiman the magnificent remains its beauty until now and has become a popular tourist attraction concerning such academic fields as science and medicine the ottomans also reaps remarkable achievements in science ottoman people had learned and acquired a sound knowledge of advanced mathematics astronomy philosophy physics geography and chemistry in medicine several instruments invented at that time namely forceps catheters scalpels pincers and landsats are still used worldwide today regarding the domains of arts you can easily discover such a large number of popular forms of arts invented at this time such as calligraphy painting poetry textiles and carpet weaving ceramics and music [Music] the collapse of the ottoman empire the beginning of the 17th century marked the slow decline of the ottoman empire the decline firstly was reflected through the loss of economic and military dominance to europe despite the ottomans efforts to invade new territories its defeat at the battle of vienna in 1683 no doubt contributed to the weakening of the empire by the 19th century ottoman's power was becoming weaker and weaker as it lost nearly all of its territories in europe during the balkan war in 1912 and 1913 resulting in its challenging economic situation as well as increased reliance on the rest of europe in the middle of the 19th century ottoman empire carried out a reform to modernize the state itself as well as to improve its status nevertheless the reform turned out not as successful as expected and it was the outbreak of world war 1 that made the ottoman empire completely dissolve during the war the ottoman army entered the war on the side of central powers including germany and austria-hungary central powers were defeated by the allied powers in october 1918. as a result according to the armistice of mudros the majority of ottoman territories were divided among britain france greece and russia in 1922 the elimination of the ottoman sultan's title officially put an end to the ottoman empire giving the foundation for the republic of turkey in the following year thanks for watching if you find this information useful please give us a thumbs up and share it with your friends don't forget to subscribe to our channel for more videos of history

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Keywords: Ottoman Empire, Seljuk Empire, Osman I, Suleiman the Magnificent, superpower, Islam, Golden Age of Islam, vaccination, inoculation, Lady Mary Wortley Montagu, Constantinople, Balkan War, Battle of Vienna, Tanzimat reforms, World War I, central powers, allied powers, Armistice of Mudros, Ottoman Sultan, Istanbul, ottoman, islamm, the rise and fall, North African coastal strip, Ottoman culture, Republic of Turkey

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Length: 8min 2sec (482 seconds)

Published: Wed Sep 08 2021