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004 Новата Държава и Вечните Предизвикателства
Създадена преди повече от 1300 години въпреки това проблемите, пред които е изправен Аспарух и лидерите на тази нова държава, са...

Eric D. Halsey
Jan 26, 20191 min read


080 Bulgarians in the Early Years of Ottoman Domination
Often, the Bulgarian experience in the Ottoman Empire is portrayed as a singular one. In this episode, I unpack why that's wrong by...

Eric D. Halsey
Dec 23, 20181 min read


003 Няма връщане назад
Защо, как и кога се е създало Първото Българско Царство и кои са трите групи формиращи го? Това е момента, когато за пръв път номадско...

Eric D. Halsey
Dec 20, 20181 min read


077 A Hungarian Requiem
As Sultan Suleiman marches toward the Hungarian border with the full might of the Ottoman Imperial Army at his back, who can stop him?...

Eric D. Halsey
Nov 18, 20181 min read


076 Suleiman the Magnificent
As a young man brimming with energy takes the Ottoman throne, the West is distracted. As shifting alliances and internal divisions turn...

Eric D. Halsey
Oct 28, 20181 min read


075 The Fall of the East
The West raises yet another crusade against the Ottomans as their new Sultan Selim I prepares for the greatest bout of conquest the...

Eric D. Halsey
Oct 14, 20181 min read


074 A Return to Conquest
Chaos engulfs Walachia and Moldavia while earthquakes and civil war come to the Ottomans. All the while, the rising power of the Safavids...

Eric D. Halsey
Sep 29, 20182 min read


073 The Second Ottoman-Venetian War
As the Europeans attempt to pull together an alliance for another anti-Ottoman Crusade and a second Ottoman-Venetian war comes into play,...

Eric D. Halsey
Sep 25, 20182 min read


072 A Game of Crowns
Two brothers will fight for the Hungarian throne as Eastern and Central Europe are reshaped by new rulers. Far to the West, a new...

Eric D. Halsey
Aug 26, 20181 min read


071 Brother vs Brother
Sultan Mehmed II's son Bayezid II has come to the throne while his brother starts a civil war to gain the throne for himself. The...

Eric D. Halsey
Aug 25, 20182 min read


070 Go West
The Ottomans are on the offensive following their victory over Venice. The question is: where will the blows strike and will Sultan...

Eric D. Halsey
Jul 30, 20181 min read


069 The Fall of Albania
Following his humiliation defeat in the depths of winter, Sultan Mehmed is out for revenge against Stephen the Great of Moldavia. Then,...

Eric D. Halsey
Jul 16, 20181 min read


068 Scorched Earth
Feeling secure in the Balkans despite his ongoing war with Venice, Sultan Mehmed moves to Anatolia to challenge another Turkic state...

Eric D. Halsey
Jun 30, 20181 min read


067 Skanderbeg
With the Ottomans dominant in Morea, they can focus their full attention on Albania and Skanderbeg. The question is, can Skanderbeg...

Eric D. Halsey
Jun 14, 20181 min read


066 The Ottoman Venetian War
Mehmed’s relentless expansion continues unabated as another kingdom falls and war begins with Venice. But can the Pope bring together a...

Eric D. Halsey
May 24, 20181 min read


065 Mehmed the Conqueror
After some setbacks, Sultan Mehmed really gets his conquests underway, mounting invasions in Anatolia, Albania, Greece, and Serbia. His...

Eric D. Halsey
May 17, 20181 min read


064 The Siege of Belgrade
Following his conquest of Constantinople, Mehmed sets his eyes on new conquests: namely the destruction of Serbia. The first part of this...

Eric D. Halsey
Apr 28, 20181 min read


063 The Death of Byzantium
It’s finally here, after years of preparation, Sultan Mehmed is ready to deal a killing blow to the Byzantine Empire. With an army at his...

Eric D. Halsey
Apr 23, 20181 min read


062 A Final Crusade
The militant regent of Hungary John Hunyadi won’t take no for an answer, so he musters the forces of the west for a final crusade.

Eric D. Halsey
Mar 31, 20181 min read


061 The Crusade of Varna
The west gathers its strength for a strike at the Ottomans on Bulgarian lands with the last Bulgarian royal in tow. But what will they...

Eric D. Halsey
Mar 24, 20181 min read
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