As the Venetian war in Crete winds down, new ones pop up with the Hapsburgs, Poles, and Russians. The Ottomans, led by the Köprülü Viziers are still expanding their territory and reforming themselves, but how long can it last as the pressures of a changing Europe make themselves felt on the Ottoman world?
Major Characters in this Episode
Emperor Leopold I
Köprülüzade Fazıl Ahmed Pasha
Sultan Mehmed IV
Kara Mustafa Pasha
Imre Thököly
Timeline for this episode
1663–1664 Austro-Turkish War
1664, Battle of Saint Gotthard
1664, the Siege of Novi Zrin
1664, Peace of Vasvár
1666, Venetians try and fail to retake Canea
1668-9, the Cossacks become Ottoman Vassals
1672-1676 the Second Polish–Ottoman War
1676-1681, Russo-Turkish War
1683, Hungarian uprising against the Austrians
1683, Ottoman attack on Vienna
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