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105 Looking Back on Ottoman Decline, Part 2
This episode recaps the second half of Season 5, beginning with the 1683 Battle of Vienna and following how the 18th century...

Eric D. Halsey
Jan 15, 20201 min read
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104 Looking Back on Ottoman Decline, Part 1
This episode recaps the first half of Season 5, beginning from the death of Suleiman and covering the long Ottoman wars with the...

Eric D. Halsey
Dec 28, 20191 min read
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103 An Aristocracy of Pig Farmers
As the Ottomans struggle to fight Janissary supremacy and rampant banditry within their own borders, the twists and turns of the...

Eric D. Halsey
Dec 23, 20191 min read
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102 Revolutions, Rebellions, and Reforms
With internal rebellions and powerful empires at the gates, the Ottomans are looking weaker than ever. However, the entrance of a certain...

Eric D. Halsey
Nov 30, 20191 min read
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101 Küçük Kaynarca
As war between the Ottomans and the powerful Russian Empire intensifies, the resulting treaty will help redefine the Ottoman place in...

Eric D. Halsey
Nov 29, 20191 min read
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100 The Long Peace and The Brutal War
The longest ever period of peace between the Ottomans and the European powers comes to an end just as Ottoman decentralization and...

Eric D. Halsey
Oct 10, 20191 min read
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099 Hanging On
For the first all, all of the neighboring empires of the Ottomans decide it's time to strike the weakened power. Meanwhile, further state...

Eric D. Halsey
Oct 7, 20191 min read
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098 The Tulip Era
Following the devastating losses of the Treaty if Karlowitz, the Ottomans enter a period of sumptuous consumption which begins to reshape...

Eric D. Halsey
Sep 29, 20191 min read
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097 A New Century
In the aftermath of the Treaty of Karlowitz, the Ottomans have suffered perhaps the greatest series of setbacks in their history. With a...

Eric D. Halsey
Sep 23, 20191 min read
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096 Uprisings, Enlighteners, and the Great Turkish War
As the Austrian army closes in on Bulgarian lands, uprisings begin anew. But will the inspiration of men like Petar Parchevich and Petar...

Eric D. Halsey
Aug 27, 20191 min read
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095 The Second Tarnovo Uprising
As the Great Turkish War expands and intensifies, the Ottomans are pushed back on nearly every front. Greece and Hungary see historic...

Eric D. Halsey
Aug 5, 20191 min read
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094 The Siege of Vienna
Despite a recent failed attack on Austria, Ottoman support for Protestant Hungarian Rebels against the Austrians has made war inevitable....

Eric D. Halsey
Jul 28, 20191 min read
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093 March to Europe
As the Venetian war in Crete winds down, new ones pop up with the Hapsburgs, Poles, and Russians. The Ottomans, led by the Köprülü...

Eric D. Halsey
Jul 20, 20191 min read
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092 The Reign of Köprülü
One of the most devastating wars in European history is coming to an end, shaping the continent for centuries to come. At the same time,...

Eric D. Halsey
Jun 29, 20191 min read
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091 Palace Intrigue
An Ottoman governor goes rogue and starts a war, the Sultan marches East at the head of his army for the first time in decades, and...

Eric D. Halsey
Jun 22, 20191 min read
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090 Sunni vs Shiite, Protestant vs Catholic
As the dynamic young Sultan Osman II tried to reform the Empire, it turns out the Empire would rather not be reformed. Rebellions,...

Eric D. Halsey
May 26, 20191 min read
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089 The Mad King and The Mad Sultan
The Ottomans are being challenged by the Spanish on the seas, by the Safavids in the East, and by a chaotic political situation in the...

Eric D. Halsey
May 24, 20191 min read
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088 The Changing Empire
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...

Eric D. Halsey
Apr 29, 20191 min read
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087 The First Tarnovo Uprising
From Thessaly to Anatolia and even in Bulgaria itself, rebellions continue to challenge Ottoman domination as a new force rises up to...

Eric D. Halsey
Apr 26, 20191 min read
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086 The Revenge of The Vassals
As corruption and mismanagement ravage the Ottoman Empire, rebellions spread ever further and three vassal states finally rise up to...

Eric D. Halsey
Mar 30, 20191 min read
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