With the end of the Napoleonic Wars, the European powers are defining a new way to relate to one another. Alongside this new "concert of Europe" comes a new distaste for revolutionary anti-Ottoman movements. In this new context, the Second Serbian Uprising will rise with a new leader and aim to fulfill at least some of the promises of the first. Meanwhile, the Ottoman Empire itself will finally begin to bring some peace and prosperity back to its Balkan territories.
Major Characters in this Episode
Sultan Mahmut II
Mohammad Ali
Karadjordje
Miloš Obrenović
Tsar Alexander I of Russia
Klemens von Metternich
Alexander Ypsilantis
Timeline for this Episode
1815, Second Serbian Uprising begins
1815, Congress of Vienna
1816, a complete reconstruction of the Rila Monastery begins
1817, Serbia gains de-facto independence and establishes a monarchy
1818, The Emirate of Diriyahm the first Saudi State, is destroyed, ending the Ottoman-Saudi war and Abdullah bin Saud is executed
1820s, peace largely returns to Bulgarian lands after decades of unrest and banditry
1821-30, Greek war of independence
