The West raises yet another crusade against the Ottomans as their new Sultan Selim I prepares for the greatest bout of conquest the Ottoman Empire has yet seen. By the time the smoke clears, the stage will be set for a new era of Ottoman history.

Major Characters in this Episode:

Bogdan III of Moldavia

Selim I

György Dózsa

King Vladislaus of Hungary

King Louis II of Hungary

Holy Roman Emperor and Emperor of Austria Maximilian I

Martin Luther

Stephen IV of Moldavia

Holy Roman Emperor and Emperor of Austria Charles V

Timeline for this episode:

• 1514, Moldavia submits to the Ottomans

• 1514, Peasant revolt in Hungary

• 1514, Victory by Poland-Lithuania against Moscow

• 1515, First Congress of Vienna

• 1516-7, Ottoman Mamluk War

• 1516, Vladislaus dies and is replaced by his son Louis

• 1517, Martin Luther posts his 95 theses

• 1517, Bogdan III dies in Moldavia

• 1519 Maximilian, Emperor of Austria and Holy Roman Emperor dies and is replaced by Charles V, sparking the Italian War of 1521-1526

• 1520, Selim I dies and is succeeded by Suleiman the Magnificent