Do you know the exact version of this song made up of the lyrics in the Orkhon Inscriptions? I've been looking for a long time but could not find it. :\ ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-d1TIK5a11E8.html&pbjreload=101
Do you know the exact version of this song made up of the lyrics in the Orkhon Inscriptions? I've been looking for a long time but could not find it. :\ ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-d1TIK5a11E8.html&pbjreload=101
Prussian Rocket Turks culturally are not romans...they are Ottoman and moved in when the Eastern Half of the Roman Empire lost territory. The Eastern Half, still simply called the Roman Empire after the western half fell in 476ad, spoke Greek. When the ottoman Turks crumbled the remaining Roman Empire in 1453ad, they brought their own middle eastern languages and culture. They are not Greco-Roman in heritage.
Well, it makes sense when you think about. Losing your weapon was a common occurence on the battlefield due to a variety of factors. Losing your cooking pot meant that you fled so fast you couldn't bring your camp with you
Here's a fun fact: Janissaries would usually tip their giant cauldrons (kazan) over when they wanted to mutiny. That's why pushing the kazan can be punishable by death. Even today, "tipping the cauldron over" is an idiom for mutiny in Turkish.
@Mc Juary mhm for ablong period ottomans didnt have wives but mistresses. 5-6 sultans had only one wives (though they still fucked other women, after all he is the king, isnt it?...)
There is a contemporary historical record of how the grand vizier Sokullu Mehmed Pasha was recruited as a boy. When the recruitment officers came to his village, they seated the children they had chosen at a table. They placed a bowl of soup in front of each of them and handed them a very long wooden spoons. Then they asked the children to eat the soup with these spoons without spilling it on themselves. Naturally, they all messed up. Except for two kids. These two children were feeding each other with these long spoons, so the soup was not spilled on them. The officer asked whose idea it was. Here is the owner of that idea, Sokullu Mehmed Pasha, then known as Bajica son of Dimitrije. He became the most powerful and influential statesman in the entire Ottoman history. The empire continued to expand during his vizierdom late 17th c. In fact, his glorious grand vizier period is called the Sokullu era in Ottoman and Turkish history.
He was Serb born around nowdays border between Serbia and Bosnia(better Herzegovina)and Montenegro. His brother was later Serbian orthodox priest. Story well known in Serbian history. That's why he had so much influence in Serbia and built many things. Some people try to overwrite the truth and history but I think that is all known...
Actually the fun fact is many Christian people living in rural areas were literally volunteering to give away their kids to Devshirme system for them to have a better life. Even in history many kids who became pashas later on brought their families to their Sanjaks (Regions) or Konstantiniyye giving their families a rich and comfortable life.
@عبدالله أدن Of Course turks are people with asian eyes, you see turks of Turkey are primarily Greeks, Armenians and Persians, That adopt the culture of this people with asian eyes that invaded then around year 900 and Christmas could do nothing in the Ottoman government just pay taxes and obey
Pretty neutral and well informative video, well done!! But even there several minor mistakes that i will briefly mention: 1) Janissaries wasn't the Ottoman standing army rather a part of it!! It was called Kapıkulu army and it had Kapıkulu cavalry, Janissaries (Infantry division), Topçu ocağı (Artillery division), Cebeci Ocağı (Supply division) or even Lağımcılar, drillers who were drilling tunnels under castle walls etc had an official division which is why Ottoman armies were way superior compared to European armies as they had unmatched discipline in their time.. 2) Claiming Janissaries were bodyguards of Ottoman Padishahs is a common mistake in the west while in reality Kapıkulu heavy cavalry were Padishahs' bodyguards and they had much heavier equipments than Janissaries but to ensure their absolute loyalty Ottoman never increased their numbers greatly unlike Jannisaries and they were coming from Turkish Sipahis. Because Turks were Nomads pretty much all Turkish soldiers were cavalry such as in 1475 there were 6,000 Jannisaries and 40,000 Sipahi cavarly, this was also another point why Ottoman never lost a pitched battle for several centuries as cavalry was very effective in pitched battles. 3) But ofc this was also creating a major problem as those cavalry were pretty much useless during sieges and Ottoman kept struggling greatly while capturing cities and castles. Which is why Janissaries had very serious political power from beginning as they were both vast majority and the most elite Ottoman infantry therefore Ottoman princes were swearing in front of Janissary corps and officially becoming their commanders, also commanding them in battles to ensure Janissaries' connection and loyalty to Ottoman dynasty. Here is a well done scene: (I personally don't like the show much as there is too much love affairs but they portrayed Ottoman military and political structure very well indeed) ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-tLDcnz0cnnE.html 4) All going well while Ottoman had a series of extraordinary rulers and Janissary corps was a small and elite force then they both started to deteriorate, first Janissaries were allowed to marry and soon after the children of Janissaries were also accepted to the corps. Then Muslim children were also accepted and not long after it completely became voluntarily and devsirme system was abolished. Those weren't exactly the problems if they managed properly but Ottoman rulers became very incapable who gave Janissaries more and more privileges such as opening businesses and trading etc!! Janissaries were allowed to buy properties but not to open businesses so they would remain as soldiers but after many privileges there were thousands of merchant etc Janissaries while the actual army size was much smaller, the worst part they were all getting paid!! Osman II saw this was becoming a huge problem very early on despite his very young age (He was only 17 years old) and tried to abolish Janissaries in 1622 but he failed to hide his intention and got killed while Janissaries kept growing and sucking Ottoman wealth until it was finally abolished in 1826!! There are several breaking points in Ottoman history which could change literally everything...
@@horizondoggo5262 No, we just have a much better grasp on our history unlike demiwitted myts prevalent amongst european histiography about us, thats all. We dont need to be nerds actually.
AAlcy44 stfu we are one of the most multi-cultured and talented people of all civilisation history. All the other nations used similar methods to assign more units. At least we are not like Americans who can not locate their country on a map or who don’t know what language people speak in England.
@AAlcy44 raising them to offices and well-paid positions is still more humane than sending them on makeshift crusades or getting them violated by catholic clergymen. The lesson is, world was a much more cruel place until late 20th century
1) I'm not a nationalist. I'm a realist. Every nation and every politician commits many atrocities throughout history. Denying either side is stupidity. 2) No single nation is "talented". Assuming one is, is simply more nationalist propaganda 3) Ad hominem, aka attacking a person instead of their arguments is simply a red flag of logical fallacies.
@AAlcy44 here's another fun fact. I'm a board-certified physician who has served in Italy, Spain, UK and Turkey. My talents have saved lives. I even have videos describing pathology specimens under microscopy in my channel. Check them out. Beat your prejudice. Become human.
They rebelled hundreds times even in first periods of Ottoman (in 1446 they dethroned Mehmet 2 and rethroned Murat 2, in 1480 they retreated from inside of Rodos castle because commander Messiah Pasha banned the looting, in 1481 after Mehmet the Conqueror died, they looted Istanbul and killed supporters of Cem Sultan including Grand Vizier Karamani Mehmet Pasha, 1512 dethroned Bayezid 2 and throned Selim 1, in 1514 They throwed bullet to Selim 1's tent while in campaign because of tiring marches, in 1566, Suleyman 1 died and his son Selim 2 throned, they rebelled again because Selim 2 didn't give tip and salary increase and they became succesful again).
@@islamonlysolution461 What did you expect? Those were enslaved children from european countries, many of them from Serbia, where I am from. That was so cruel..to enslave so many children and make them a military servants who fought against their own flesh and blood
@@DC-ru5xz ah yes just finishing off the work austrian did for 2 months and claiming all the glory for it. (Gets thoroughly raped for the later centuries to come to boot)
@@305killer It is slavery to forcibly take away children from their parents, and is very cruel. Both children and parents suffer because of that, because children belong to their parents. Forcing a kid to train in order to become someones military slave without having right to choose freely if he wants that or not is SLAVERY. limiting someones walking and choice freedom is slavery, and kiddnaping children from their parents is a cruelty at its peak. Especially because of the fact that we never concidered ottoman empire our country, they forced us to be with them. Janissaries trained under strict discipline with hard labour and in practically monastic conditions in acemi oğlan ("rookie" or "cadet") schools, where they were expected to remain celibate. Which kid wants to be taken away from its parents to some occupators who will make them train hard to become military servants? I think none. As I kid, I always loved my mom and never wanted to go away from here, especially not to go to some foreign country to train hard to be someones servant
@Alvi Syahri Would you give your kid to work hard from young age to someone who occupated your country, just to become their military servants? Its not just about money. The children love their parents, and parents love their children. So thats why it is painful for parent to forcibly give their own child to anybody, especially to occupators. And also, it is hard for children to train hard and work hard to becomr military servants and to be taken away from parents. It's traumatic. Did someone asked children or parents do they accept that? No. They were forced to live that kind of a life, being away from each other..it must have been so painful for children and mothers, I know I love my mom the most and she loves me too. Making someome work hard to be your servant and live how you want and take him away from family forcibly is SLAVERY. They didnt gave them freedom and right to choose on their own what they want, and that is reducing basic human rights! We didnt need their money, they forcibly held us within that horrible empire.
no osman ii literally wanted the janissaries to be fucking extinct(i mean it’s clear as to why, they almost created a succession crisis in the ottoman empire)
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Osman II betrayed the Janissary. The Janissary have never replaced the original Ottoman Dynasty the founders. Even if the head of the family were kids and incompetent. The teenaged Sultan wants to do get the army out the job when his campaign and ambitions were not being met instantly his plans were exposed and died. Osman's step mother and half brother avenged Osmon when he got killed but stayed patient and calm and disciplined the Janissary over years so Osman's brother can conquer by the time he grows up.
Remember to assassinate janissaries first then fight other “weaker enemies”. If you are forced to fight them, remember to use the hidden gun and the hookblade with its two very important parts... the hook and the blade.... use this to get an advantage in combat... if nothing works hold L1 to call other assassins to kill them for you... finally... loot them
@@thanakonpraepanich4284 I don't know I had never chance to taste them. :) But it sounds likely, because after their organization had been corrupted many of them engaged in trade.
same with countries and companies they become so big then the power they gain corrupts them. edit: now that i think about it thats what happened to youtube they used to be cool but then now their the most corrupt company ever.
I am going to give an example from a more modern age: SS was actively plotting and had many operations to overthrow their führer because of "how dumb he has become" Also himmler tried to negotia with the allies so yeah
@Александр Guess that's why they were shouting "Allah-u Ekber" when charging. They were fighting for Allah and their sultan, they were religious man. During the early time of their education as a child they were being taught to believe in Islam. Maybe not all of them were Muslims but most of them were. And after the early 17th century the system got corrupted and the tax collectors started to conscript the Anatolian Turks.
That last one was also a rule or Winged Hussars. But here it's serious - you see, in Polish-Lithuanian Nobility there was a believe they come from Sarmatian people (tribe at the Black Sea - not that true, but a little bit), so magnates were calling themselves ,,Sarmatians" and were having mustaches.
i commented this before ill copy paste "Lmao if they where good enough if not they would be sent back to their piss poor village, remmember this was a elite unit with high pay and for 200 years ottoman empire was top 3 wealthiest empire so it was a honour for the kids"
@@supraed9026 no - Winged Hussars, excluding Jan III Sobieski's Army Reform, were the same thing since 1503. But in their begginings in XVIth Century they were pretty small force, very marginal and most of Polish-Lithuanian Army was made out of two things: light Calvary and _Chosen Infantry_ (you see, Polish-Lithuanian Commonwelth didn't have full-time infantry and when it was necessary local Nobels got an order from a king to form such formation, mostly from Peasantry and Middle Class). All of them loyal to Nobels, who formed them, and not that much to King. As more and more wars with Russia were happening, various commanders and kings started to appreciate this heavy Calvary. In XVIIth Century they became a huge part of Polish-Lithuanian Army, due to one simple thing - they were enormously effective (I bet you know this long hussar Lance - it was 6 meters long and could kill 6 people at the same time) and all of battles they were fighting in, they always had very small losses (in Battle of Kircholm in 1605 3.600 Polish-Lithuanian soldiers faced the 11.000 Swedish soldiers. Polish-Lithuanian side had 120 soldiers killed or captured, and on Swedish side: 6-9 thousand). Excluding one minor reform, they stayed pretty much the same to their death in 1702, but just became more popular part of Polish-Lithuanian Army. But for Ottomans, two most crushing loses with Polish-Lithuanian Commonwelth, was surely Battle of Chocim in 1673 (30 thousand Polish-Lithuanian soldiers against 35 thousand Ottoman soldiers and their 120 cannons. Polish-Lithuanian losses were almost no existing, and Ottoman ones were crushing 30 thousand killed or captured and their 120 cannons)
@@Admiral45-10 damn son. Clearly you are more of a man of culture. Yeah I also like the winged hussar. But dont really know the strength history of them really well
If I were a world history teacher i'd be using these videos all the time to help students better understand subjects. They're so interesting and educational. I could rewatch episodes over and over.
@@ancient9270 I meant the Janissaries social standing in the Ottoman Empire was similar to the Samurai of Fedual Japan because both at great influence in politics
Amazing! Glad to see a video well reasearched and following modern trends in historiography, like the debt the Ottoman military paid to the Byzantines and that many of the Janissaries future problems for the empire were already at the beggining.
@@fatmamisk the Praetorian Guard did fight in the frontline wars as well and were very able to justify their high ranks when called upon. However as the Emperors ended up living more in the eastern end of the Empire they became less of a political and military force, until Constantine himself ended heir institution at Malvian Bridge.
The Janissaries get an inordinate amount of credit for the Ottoman successes in war. In reality the Ottoman Army was mostly cavalry, for most of it's life. Six different types of cavalry, and I was to pick the most crucial element of ottoman battlefield successes I'd say it was the engineer and artillery corps. Huge canons bombarding fortifications (that's why it's Istanbul today), sappers, transporting a fleet across land, siege engines, and more. The Janissaries certainly had their fair share of significance, but nothing near the importance the west likes to give them.
@@hugohom2280 horses are not a factor here by dicipline and combat tactics jannisaries wipes the floor with all in their prime when blood tax system was upheld
Mehmed Paša Sokolović je poreklom Srbin iz Hercegovine. Rođen je kao Bajica Nenadić u selu Sokolovići blizu gradića Rudo. Otac mu se zvao Dimitrije, dok ime majke nije poznato - pominju se imena Dobrina, Anđelija ili Marija. Kao dečak školovao se u manastiru Mileševa. U "Danku u krvi" odveden je u Janičare kada mu je bilo oko 15 godina.
At first the land we call “Anatolia” was partial among dynasties then naturally war emerged between them for the total control of the land. The dynasty named “Osmanogullari” (House of Osman) grew the most successful and conquered others. Since it was a dynasty; the leadership, sultans in this case, was passed from father to son. Generally the elder son would rise to power but this often changed to the most successful one after assassinating your siblings became legal for the ownership of the throne. There was a system called “Timar” to keep the lands fertile. The government would assign people to do the farming of the lands and the landlords who rented them would pay some small fees and taxes to have their land protected by soldiers of the govt. Hopefully this helped, I’m no history major lol this is as far as I can recall from the high school.
Alper Örsel ok, but I’d prefer an episode for it, it would be cool, because I know that if you give me a huge speech but I know that I would not get it, but if they make a 10/20 minute episode just like with the nazis and the British and further on, because that will make it easy and clear and entertaining.
Altho "Devşirme" or "Blood Tax" may seem harsh, don't forget that becoming a Janissary was probably the most elite position a farmer/pleb can get. It was seen as a blessing for many, when we observe the plebs and farmers in Europe it was almost impossible for them to become an elite in wealth let alone in military power AND wealth.
@@Mmjk_12 They were peasants being heavily taxed for being Christian and pretty much lived like medieval peasants of course being a janissary was a blessing for them
As a Turkish citizen, it is quiet funny that how Simple History pronounces the Turkish world with an English accent. And thank you Simple History for making this quality content educational video.
Learned about these soldiers at school, they wore special garments made out of silk and other fine materials and wore died colored clothes to symbolize the wealth of the empire and were equipped with muskets which were new technology at the time, these might not be the exact soldiers but they are very similar
Do you know the exact version of this song made up of the lyrics in the Orkhon Inscriptions? I've been looking for a long time but could not find it. :\ ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-d1TIK5a11E8.html&pbjreload=101
I loved those units from age of empires, always preferred them over any other ranged unit because: The take only 1 pop Can build barracks after a card shipment arrives Power af in ranged combat
@Can Rüzgar Gulag was the specialized labour camp while stalin were the chairman of USSR, after stalin died , the gulags cleaned and closed when Kruschev took the power . Also communism purposes removing of the bosses whose profits from the ploteriats' work, and collectivize the industry. Yani dışardan duydugunuz her şeye inanmayın
i like how no one knows we lost half of army in road because of mud and the quarter of all army because of rain and snow and almost killed all the winged hussars
At 5:55 it says the recruits that were most intellectually superior had a different path than infantry men. I wonder what tests and assessments they used to determine this. Great video!!
There is a contemporary historical record of how the grand vizier Sokullu Mehmed Pasha was recruited as a boy. When the recruitment officers came to his village, they seated the children they had chosen at a table. They placed a bowl of soup in front of each of them and handed them a very long wooden spoons. Then they asked the children to eat the soup with these spoons without spilling it on themselves. Naturally, they all messed up. Except for two kids. These two children were feeding each other with these long spoons, so the soup was not spilled on them. The officer asked whose idea it was. Here is the owner of that idea, Sokullu Mehmed Pasha, then known as Bajica son of Dimitrije. He became the most powerful and influential statesman in the entire Ottoman history. The empire continued to expand during his vizierdom late 17th c. In fact, his glorious grand vizier period is called the Sokullu era in Ottoman and Turkish history.
Some people asked the meaning of the titles: Jannissary - Yeni Çeri - Yeni Asker Kapı Kulu - Servant of the Door (Door refers to the gates of the palace which is the centre of the empire and home of the empire) Acemi Oğlan - Newbie Boy Sipahi - Soldiers that own land Kazan - Cauldron
We still using this word btw (and I agree yaya means on foot)(for example (yayalar yeşil ışıkta geçmeli)the People who walking on foot should pass at the green light)
They were a bunch of crybabies that threw a fit whenever the government tried to modernize their army. It was one of the factors that contributed to the Ottoman Empire demise
What did you expect? Those were enslaved children from european countries, many of them from Serbia, where I am from. That was so cruel..to enslave so many children and make them a military servants who fought against their own flesh and blood. Horrible cruelty. To split children from their families forcibly, to serve occupators forcibly..
@@nemanjajovanovic2957 they were not really slaves and they didnt riot because of thier Christian origins. They had a big influence and benefits in the court so when the sultan tried to replace them they didnt like that They were turks in everything except blood
I remembered playing AoE with this unit a couple cannon type. Basically half of them use melee and the other use ranged. This cause the Ai forcibly to engage melee combat especially their rifleman (which was effective againts infantry but has very low damage with their melee). Yeah cannon fodder.
Muh the battle of vienna wasnt fair because the ottomans made a castle besieging formation cuz the europeans hide every time in castles if there would be a field battle the ottomans could easily win
Attention to details is impressive! The weapons, dresses, the accuracy. Just when I started thinking that RU-vid is a source of so called documentaries with bunch of BS....Well done Simple History!
