From taxes and the army to trade and the economy, the Ottoman Empire is changing. In the first half of this episode, we go over those...

From Thessaly to Anatolia and even in Bulgaria itself, rebellions continue to challenge Ottoman domination as a new force rises up to...

As corruption and mismanagement ravage the Ottoman Empire, rebellions spread ever further and three vassal states finally rise up to...

As the Ottomans focus on fighting the Safavids off to the East, economic pressures are leading to increasing corruption and abuse of...

България забива знамето си по времето на Аспарух, подчертава се по времето на Тервел, но скоро, мастилото ще бъде заменено с кръв....

Първите 40 години на българската държава бяха истинска борба за оцеляване. Жонглирайки огромните задачи за изграждане на държава от...

With the coming of a fourth Ottoman-Venetian war, the power balance of the Mediterranean will be remade. Can Venice survive yet another...

The sons of Suleiman fight to the death to see who will control the Empire as geopolitics leads to the rising power of a class of...

This episode recaps the Ottoman civil war, the doubling of the Ottoman Empire under Sultan Selim, more intense fighting between the...

This episode recaps the first century or so of Ottoman rule following the destruction of the Second Bulgarian Empire, focusing on the...

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

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

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...

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

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

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

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

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

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

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...