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@GeldtheGelded

2 жыл бұрын

Jack, I think you'll start a nuclear catastrophe with that video title

@JackRackam

2 жыл бұрын

@@GeldtheGelded heheheheh, all according to plan

@ajithsidhu7183

2 жыл бұрын

@@JackRackam sikh empire please

@ajithsidhu7183

2 жыл бұрын

@@JackRackam king prous please

@pileofcheese5017

2 жыл бұрын

Ey bud, is there a link to the Skanderbeg video anywhere?

Mehmet the Second: The man who loved Rome so much he conquered it

@JonatasAdoM

2 жыл бұрын

If you love it, you should place your crescents on it.

@morganrobinson8042

2 жыл бұрын

It's the only worthy homage.

@beowulf4545

2 жыл бұрын

Nothing more roman than taking rome

@adidoki

2 жыл бұрын

Man called himself Kayser-i Rum

@maverick7291

2 жыл бұрын

If only geography was their strong point because Rome is in Italy.

the "throat slitter" is actually a pun, "Boğaz Kesen" also means strait cutter (cutter as in cut someone's water or stopper)

@danielbona283

2 жыл бұрын

Ow, he really was nerd

@nowhereman6019

2 жыл бұрын

Mehmed liked puns. He is now my favorite.

@SirFaceFone

2 жыл бұрын

Quite a witty non-Roman Roman emperor.

@EyvallahEnglish

2 жыл бұрын

@@SirFaceFone What makes someone a Roman? The language? Greek is not a Romance language. But that didn't stop them from being Roman emperors. Is it religion? Well there were Pagan Roman emperors, Christian Roman emperors, why not Muslim? Or is it the genes? Well most Ottoman emperors had Eastern European mothers. So if you do the math, they were more European than they were Turks genetically by the time Mehmet II conquered Constantinople.

@mortache

Жыл бұрын

@@EyvallahEnglish Plus there were Roman emperors from Spain, Illyria etc even in the west, so...

“tHaT’s NoT vErY cHrIsTiAn. Who’s the Jesus expert?” I quite literally fell out of my chair laughing.

@amymonroe9328

2 жыл бұрын

My too..i like the coffee came out of my nose! Frgn hurt.

@abdiabdi3225

2 жыл бұрын

That along with Jesus prophet was so good

@Halloyaw11

2 жыл бұрын

@kean perera in Islamic tradition, Jesus of Nazareth was a prophet, rather than the chosen Son of God in Christian belief. That's what it's referencing.

@MrWrongoStarr

2 жыл бұрын

@kean perera Jesus was a bastard

@alvaro701

2 жыл бұрын

@@Halloyaw11 In most Christian traditions. We killed the Christians that thought otherwise.

"Jesus Prophet, whats a guy gotta do to be a Roman these days?" That one, detective. Thats the line that took my sides.

@muhamadsayyidabidin3906

2 жыл бұрын

A wholeheartedly agreed with you

@savioblanc

2 жыл бұрын

Hate to shit on the joke but as a Muslim, Mehmed wouldn't call him Jesus Prophet as Christ means Messiah and Islam acknowledges Jesus as the Messiah. In fact, in Arabic, they literally call him Jesus Christ - Isa Al-Masih

@Makofueled

2 жыл бұрын

@@savioblanc Pretty cool thanks for the info. I'll have to look up how much of what Jesus Christ said is used in Muslim accounts and if there are any differences, because I imagine it differs from the Christian version of him.

@savioblanc

2 жыл бұрын

@@Makofueled very much differs but lots of similarities too. Muslims also believe in the Virgin birth of Christ, believe he was the Messiah, call him the Word of God, claim he was sinless and that he will be the one returning in the last days. Yet, somehow claim he is merely a Prophet of Allah and had nothing divine about him. They also have him speaking as a baby and making clay birds as a child and giving them life.

@spartanx9293

2 жыл бұрын

@@savioblanc isa doesn't mean Jesus it means Esau to refer to Jesus as Esau would be an insult the Arabic form of Joshua(meaning God saves) is Yusha Yeshua (to save)does not translate into Arabic into as isa it translates as yasou just the name Arabic Christians know him as

“Skanderbeg is one of the greatest military commanders you’ve probably never heard of” EU4 Players: Allow me to introduce myself

@JackRackam

2 жыл бұрын

Rule #785 of the Internet: in any discussion of history, there will be Paradox Interactive players

@archsteel7

2 жыл бұрын

@@JackRackam HAH! Yeahhhh…

@Alec11_43

2 жыл бұрын

I at least recognized his helmet in Albanian heraldry.

@commisaryarreck3974

2 жыл бұрын

@@JackRackam Don't worry We hate ourselves (Please just use an unlocker for dlc, do not be an idiot)

@MicaiahBaron

2 жыл бұрын

@@JackRackam Guilty as charged. Can confirm my Ottomans have had a hell of a time crushing Albania.

Every leader being defeated and conquered by Mehmed having a dramatic anime moment is fucking hilarious!

@comradekenobi6908

2 жыл бұрын

I noticed something when reading Mehmed’s story He may lost battles, but Mehmed never quits any of the wars with the people above. And defeated like 5 high skilled rulers in his lifetime This statement fits him perfectly “The man who gets defeated once isn't the loser. The guy who can't tought it out to the end, he's the one who loses.”

@m.thorton9305

2 жыл бұрын

@@comradekenobi6908 K-KUZEEEEEEEE

@comradekenobi6908

2 жыл бұрын

@@m.thorton9305 KIRYAAAAA

@CollinMcLean

2 жыл бұрын

@@comradekenobi6908 Doesn't matter how many fights you win... all that matters is if you win the last one...

@comradekenobi6908

2 жыл бұрын

@@CollinMcLean true, wish more people have this mindset

We really need more Ottoman material. For being such a major player for a such a large and pivotal portion of history I feel like there is criminally little deep dives on them on KZread.

@maddogbasil

2 жыл бұрын

It's also surprising how big they got Literally a muslim Mediterranean roman empire but their not remembered to fondly Probably because of all the revolts and messy early 20th century politics People then still hadn't exactly come together to constitute what exactly could be considered a genocide Since colonialism was still fresh in the minds of the europeans

@midshipman8654

2 жыл бұрын

@@maddogbasil Well, I think its a complicated subject and not just related to that latter stuff. Other things like how Egypt was on again off again semi-independent. other stuff about caliph authority, etc. But it sill is a very important piece of things that could definitely use more content. Though i do think particular rulers like sulemon have a pretty good amount of attention about them.

@patriktoyra794

2 жыл бұрын

@@maddogbasil Maybe because of the widespread SLAVERY of the ottomans? Or the devshirme system of kidnapping christian boys for inforcing the jannisaries? I regard the Ottoman empire as very, VERY Evil..

@AlexanderofThebes

2 жыл бұрын

You clearly haven't seen Kings and Generals then they have entire ongoing series of the ottomans campaign from Osman I to modern day

@Dyknown

2 жыл бұрын

@@maddogbasil I think the freshness and proximity matters a lot; the Ottomans ran a lot of current EU members and was at war with the rest of them. By contrast, the Muslims haven't run Spain for more than half a millennium and Persia never really messed anyone except long-gone Roman Emperors like Marc Antony and Heraclius of the Byzantine period. It's just too recent!

7:17 Constantinople really wasn't an "important site" for Jews _until_ the Ottoman conquest. While it did have one of the largest if not _the_ largest Jewish population of any European city for the entire medieval period, the Byzantines tied with the Papal States for having _the_ most restrictions on that population of any European country that still tolerated their presence. And honestly, it never really gained much prestige as a center of Jewish thought or culture after the Ottoman conquest. Even within the Empire, Thessaloniki, Smyrna, Baghdad, and (most of all) Safed were the real heavy-hitters. If you ever do a video on Suleiman the Magnificent, you gotta talk about Safed; he basically transformed it into the new capital of the Jewish world from scratch.

@nowhereman6019

2 жыл бұрын

Ayyy, you. Love your series.

@mahedihasan2762

2 жыл бұрын

Sultan Mehmed's personal physician Yakub pasha was a jew.

@JohnnyLodge2

2 жыл бұрын

Has more to do with the expulsion of the jews from Iberia, no?

@starcapture3040

2 жыл бұрын

The Donme Will rule it later

@Yannis1a

2 жыл бұрын

This sounds like a collab

I like the idea that at FIRST he wasn't impressed by seeing a bunch of his men on spikes until he realized just how MANY there were and he's like "ohhhhh he's crazy.... fuck this!"

@MilloSpiegel

2 жыл бұрын

"every man taken during the night, every soldier stabbed during an ambush and every corpse off the battal field stood before him" yeah Vlad the impaler got his nickname for a reason

@stephenflint3640

2 жыл бұрын

That is the definition of a fridge logic moment. One of those thoughts that just escalate into a truly astounding moment that freezes you, mid-browse, in revelation. It's no wonder he NOPED the fuck back to Ottoman land. Honestly, I would have noped right off to any other Continent than the one Vlad was squatting in until I was damn sure he was dead and gone, and even then consider the merit and value of tramping back to the land that birthed that kind of being.

@robber233

2 жыл бұрын

In my opinion he left because he realized Vlad hated the ottomans, not in a superficial way either. The kind of hate that makes one enjoy his killing and will wake up overjoyed to kill more of them everyday. Vlad didn't care about the empire or its strength he just wanted to hurt and kill them. And if Mehmet stayed he'd be joining them his legacy that of a scarecrow feasted on by the birds, and his great remnants the excrement left behind. Tldr: In short Vlad made Mehmet feel like an average man not a king. He made him feel mortal. And Mehmet ran in fear. Then Vlads people killed him cause they were afraid of him and thats how it goes

@Elenrai

3 ай бұрын

@@stephenflint3640 I read a book, a sort of fiction but heavily leaning on historical records, and it did present Dracul´s story from his own perspective, and there was a good explanation presented; No prisoners of war. Normally ransom would be a thing. Dracul might literally have executed every last prisoner of war to pull this shit off

Jack is getting closer to his dreams of having mcu style videos where he can just pull in clips from other videos

@JackRackam

2 жыл бұрын

It's all coming together

@CollinMcLean

2 жыл бұрын

@@JackRackam Now all we need is a video on Mourtzouphlos so we can bring back Innocent III.

@JackRackam

2 жыл бұрын

@@CollinMcLean Boy would I love to bring back Innocent III! Had to figure out who you were talking about, but learning what that nickname means and looking at his portrait - wow, spot on

@CollinMcLean

2 жыл бұрын

@@JackRackam Is know his actual name is Alexios V Doukas but Mourtzouphlos is so awesome sounding...

Mehmet being upstaged at his own biggest victory is made even worse when you realise that not only did he get overshadowed by his successors such as Suleiman (who only were so successful thanks to Mehmet), but the final stand of Constantine inspired Hellenistic and Balkan independence movements for centuries to come. His greatest victory was sullied so bad that it almost directly contributed to the Greek war of independence and the Balkan wars. Imagine winning almost every single campaign and setting off a new empire only for it to fall apart because the guy you had beaten had a death way cooler than your own victory which caused his death. Mehmet literally suffered from success.

@thefutureisnowoldman7653

2 жыл бұрын

Is it that big of failure considering it's still called Istanbul and hagia Sophia is still a mosque

@Imperator_-sl4zu

2 жыл бұрын

His victory was only sullied in pop culture and western historical research. Look what Mehmet left behind and what they speak in themselves. Constantine left a legend but Mehmet left a physical city, a people, and "actual" history.

@ousamadearudesuwa

2 жыл бұрын

@@Imperator_-sl4zu well both left their legacy. Constantine drilled into the minds of both the Turks and the Balkans the desire to keep on fighting as a legacy of someone who is willing to take a last stand for what he has left instead of running away. Meanwhile Mehmet II left the foundations of an empire that will be remembered for its glory, a physical legacy.

@Borderose

2 жыл бұрын

Honestly, centuries of rule compared to centuries of inspired resistance sounds like a better legacy.

@MarkhasSteelfort

Жыл бұрын

@@thefutureisnowoldman7653 I'm sorry but the city was called Constantinople, or "Konstantiniyye" during Ottoman times. Only İslamic revisionists claim otherwise. It change with the foundation of the Republic.

I need more "Dame dame" montages whenever a ruler happens to be conquer a lot of kingdoms

As a romaboo and a muslim, I feel assaulted and empowered by the title of this video.

For an Ottoman Sultan, Mehmed II certainly acted like the Roman emperors of old.

@MarkhasSteelfort

Жыл бұрын

His successors were fools to not understand his vision of reforming Rome. Everything went downhill from there.

@gabrielalvespereira3750

Жыл бұрын

@@MarkhasSteelfort Turns out the ottomans were so roman that they even copied all the roman failures and even had the same enemies. The ottomans fought the same Germanic, Slav and Persian enemies and as a tradition had a dozen rebellions per day just like old times and had a few great emperors and then a dozen shitty ones. And then, it went downhill, the Roman Empire couldn't stand anymore and then finally fell in 1922. And all this started because apparently someone drank milk from an female wolf in Italy, and all this ended because some guys thought that the empire wasn't too good.

@juandiegoparales9379

Жыл бұрын

​@@gabrielalvespereira3750 Even considering the Ottoman rulers as Roman Emperors is a lack of respect!

@islammehmeov2334

Жыл бұрын

​@@juandiegoparales9379 long live the OTTOMAN ROMAN EMPIRE

@juandiegoparales9379

Жыл бұрын

@@islammehmeov2334 hahaha Good Joke 😹

Mehmed popping out of nowhere to argue about Roman succession made me almost choke on my food several times.

9:53 Mehmet running up to stake his claim to the empire like he's gonna "well actually" someone in a classroom is perfect

I love how Mehmet saw a country where the ruler mass impaled enemies on a regular basis and thought, "Yeah, this seems like a great place to invade."

@FF-ch9nr

2 жыл бұрын

He eventually did kill Vlad though, or at least his men did in a lucky ambush and they delivered his head to Mehmed, much to his surprise.

Should any man tell you that a mountain had changed its place, you are at liberty to doubt it if you think fit; but if any one tells you that a man has changed his character, do not believe it. Mehmed the Conqueror

@ripvanwinkle7689

2 жыл бұрын

Im too dumb to understand this but sounds deep

@JonatasAdoM

2 жыл бұрын

@@ripvanwinkle7689 If someone tells you mountain is somewhere else, you can choose not to believe him. "If he tells you he changed and is a different person, he's lying."

@justinian-the-great

2 жыл бұрын

Interesting quote, though I find it wrong. Men can change, especially after traumatic experiences. Wether for better or for worse depends on the contents of their heart.

@gothicfan52

2 жыл бұрын

@@justinian-the-great Maybe but it's better not to take chances as an important figure like a Sultan. Caesar learned it the hard way and got stabbed by the men he pardoned

@rafifputrataqidarmawan4044

2 жыл бұрын

@@justinian-the-great Most people who are changed show it via actions not words so yeah

As a romanian, i have to give credit to Mehmed for not backing down from any fight with his enemies. I can say he and all of his adversaries like Hunyadi, Vlad, Stephen, Skanderbeg and Constantine became underrated subjects of legend. Edit: wow. Thanks guys for the likes. May the fans of history prevail.

@glocksmith226

2 жыл бұрын

If I don't go to heaven, then I will kill the satan himself, and his demons with the help of my soldiers. -vlad the impaler

@dr.vikyll7466

2 жыл бұрын

This whole time was a competition among a lot of very skilled rulers and generals.

@cgt3704

2 жыл бұрын

@@dr.vikyll7466 yes but these guys are very underrated

@Makofueled

2 жыл бұрын

Hunyadi gang!

@comradekenobi6908

2 жыл бұрын

@@dr.vikyll7466 I noticed something when reading Mehmed’s story He may lost battles, but Mehmed never quits any of the wars with the people above. And defeated like 5 high skilled rulers in his lifetime. Which compared that with many generals in history, is a LOT Yet he did all that in his lifetime This statement fits him perfectly “The man who gets defeated once isn't the loser. The guy who can't tought it out to the end, he's the one who loses.”

I loved the bit of no one accepting Mehemed as Roman Emperor even though is as legitimate as every emperor before.

@averroesthecommentator2989

2 жыл бұрын

Its not true that no one accepted him as emperor though, most of the Eastern Roman population + the eastern orthodox church formally recognized him as Roman Emperor.

@mariyabiswas3391

2 жыл бұрын

Eastern Orthodox Church did and so is his empire.

@owenhayes3622

Жыл бұрын

He couldn't be a Roman Emperor as he would've needed recognition from either the Catholic or Orthodox churches to have any sort of legitimacy, which as a Muslim, he was never going to get. The only way Mehemed could've possibly been recognised as a Roman Emperor is if he were to have conquered the city of Rome himself, which he never did. Still, I think it would've been funny for a Muslim Turk to be Roman Emperor, but some dreams just don't come true.

@juandiegoparales9379

Жыл бұрын

I want what this guy smokes!

@islammehmeov2334

Жыл бұрын

​@@owenhayes3622 well he did conqueror wech wes the capital of the estarn roman empire constantinople and the orthodox church did legitimate hem so he is the real ROMAN EMPEROR)

Friendly reminder that in some versions Vlad did what he did not only to the Ottomans, but to his own people. If his story has any grounds in reality the guy was pretty fucking sick, and I am not using sick as "cool".

@bintangyudha4777

2 жыл бұрын

To be fair he doing it to all of his enemy including saxon merchant, rabellious boyar and so on overall he was good commander but yeah he end up killed by his own men because all his cruel punishment and he quickly became despot instead "work" with boyar after that for most of history (with some exception) until mid 19 century wallachia became vassal of ottoman to the point they appointed rich greek or italian merchant as ruler

@JohnnyLodge2

2 жыл бұрын

Those versions are the german versions. And they were biased because they too were an enemy of Wallachia

@Ren21798

2 жыл бұрын

that explains why his own people revolted against him

@rohansensei5708

2 жыл бұрын

Vlad wasn’t just hated by Turks but Bulgarians, Hungarians, Germans and Wallachians as well

@discountplaguedoctor88

Жыл бұрын

Vlad was most likely a sociopath or a psychopath, considering his behavior.

We need a video about Vlad III. “Dracula” “Vlad the Impaler”

@michaelsinger4638

2 жыл бұрын

Also Michael the Brave, Skanderbeg, John Hunyadi, etc.

@JohnSmith-ey6zy

2 жыл бұрын

Last Halloween we got that Goth vampire lady, pretty sure we might get Vlad in the next one, hopefully.

@discountplaguedoctor88

2 жыл бұрын

I literally ASKED when we were getting a video about Vlad in the comments section of that video on Richard "I'M THE MOST OVERRATED KING IN ALL OF ENGLAND'S HISTORY" the Lionheart.

@glocksmith226

2 жыл бұрын

If I don't go to heaven, then I will kill the satan himself, and his demons with the help of my soldiers. -vlad the impaler

@starcapture3040

2 жыл бұрын

He was actually killed by the ottomans but no idea why didn't mentioned it

The Ottoman Empire was almost destroyed, but Sultan Murad II. managed to overthrow the Crusader Host at Varna by slaying the Hungarian King, the spirit of Christendom to launch another crusade was broken and while the byzantine Emperor managed to return into the Ottoman fold, it was both clear that they could not be trusted

@APoleYouKnow

2 жыл бұрын

The King of Hungary at the time was also the King of Poland so double the renown for that one.

@arawn1061

2 жыл бұрын

@@APoleYouKnow double kill

@compatriot852

2 жыл бұрын

@@APoleYouKnow and Grand Duke of Lithuania

@papazataklaattiranimam

2 жыл бұрын

Murad II the Great 😍

@APoleYouKnow

2 жыл бұрын

@@compatriot852 I miss the times when my country was ridiculously important.

I love how Mehmed keeps getting pissier every time he gets interrupted by the lamenting rulers

I feel like the Ottomans are such a criminally underrated empire in history. Lasted for like 600 years, only one major civil war compared to the Romans who had them on a biennial basis, had stable borders, and also Coffee. Also, I love how your video series have been more serialized lately. Caligula, Hand dynasty China, now the Byzantines and Ottomans, it's kind of nice.

@juancarlosdegoya2757

2 жыл бұрын

Where did you get that they had stable borders? Their borders were a mess in the Balkans

@midshipman8654

2 жыл бұрын

agree that they are underrepresented, but wasnt pretty costly civil wars between the saltubs sons like a common thing every generation? (not saying thats anything out of the ordinary, but it was particularly costly for the ottomans)

@legiohysterius4624

2 жыл бұрын

@@midshipman8654 nope when a new sultan was crowned all his brothers were immediately executed they only had like 1 civil war which led to this policy. Cruel and brutal yes. Effective undoubtedly

@CollinMcLean

2 жыл бұрын

@@legiohysterius4624 To quote Blue from OSP, let's file that one under "Ideas just dumb enough to work". Which I imagine for the people within the Empire, they aren't going to be losing too much sleep over the deaths of a few dozen nobles they don't know and who probably don't care about them in comparison to tens of thousands of them losing their lives in frequent civil warring.

@CollinMcLean

2 жыл бұрын

@@juancarlosdegoya2757 Certain fronts may have been messier than others but for the most part the Ottomans maintained good control over their territories with little relatively litle loss throughout their history. It wasn't like the Huns, Mongols, or Macedonians who's empires crumbled within decades or like the Eastern and Western Roman empires who's territories were frequently in crisis from internal fracture. The Byzantines frequently lost massive chunks of territory and in the third century Rome at one point split into three different empires.

The Excessive use of Baka Mitai every time Mehmed took down his neighbor is fantastic, I love it

I love how he put a qoute from him into the video "If you are sultan you will come and lead the armies, if I am sultan then I order you to come and lead the army" might have gotten it wrong but it's still funny to me

The idea of Cardinals screaming: "I'm the Jesus expert here!" In response to a King not wanting to go to war, is so funny!

@JackRackam

2 жыл бұрын

"You think I wear this silly outfit because I want to? I wear it because I know better than you!"

@wetwillyis_1881

2 жыл бұрын

@@JackRackam lol

@MasonGreenWeed

2 жыл бұрын

You know what I'm going to make my own church - random guy from Magdeburg

@losisansgaming2628

Жыл бұрын

​@@MasonGreenWeed with blackjack and hookers?

I wrote a report on Mehmed II back in highschool, and one fun part was his relationship with his grand vizier Candarli Halil. Halil's family was incredibly powerful and had been advising the Ottomans for generation, and he wanted to put Murad back on the throne due to his strong relationship with him. It is highly likely that Halil then orchestrated a anniversary rebellion to place Murad back on the throne after the initial war with the Hungarians. However, this power did not last, and Mehmed had Halil executed shortly after the conquest of Constantinople.

This is great, hope you'll make a video about other Ottoman sultans as well, especially Süleyman

@aaronTGP_3756

2 жыл бұрын

Or Salim I, the man who started the Ottoman Caliphate and couldn't help but kill each of his grand viziers when they did something slightly wrong.

@shaggythewriter8185

2 жыл бұрын

Sounds like a *MAGNIFICENT* video idea

@velstadtvonausterlitz2338

2 жыл бұрын

Kicked by the knights hospitaller. Imagine having an entire empire behind your back, only to lose against an order of Christian knights.

@jazzjj7665

2 жыл бұрын

@@velstadtvonausterlitz2338 Are you trying to start a fight over a 500 year old event? Wow you really gots to move on

@The-Plaguefellow

2 жыл бұрын

@@jazzjj7665 Might want to say this to most of mankind. Apparently, quite a few people on this planet think they've been alive for the past millenia.

His life story feels like a protagonist battle royal! Nearly everyone that he was fighting was a protagonist! Fuck more people probably know who Dracula is than about the Byzantine empire (big sad)

I’m bummed you didn’t mention, the ottoman Venetian war. A minor hero in it was Krokodeilos Kladas, one of the last sons of Constantinople born to a minor Byzantine noble family, He fought against the ottomans in hopes to create a Greek state in the Peloponnese. Sadly Venice betrayed him and signed piece with Mehmed and his successors, he and his men held out for days against the ottoman armies, until he was captured and Mehmed had him flayed alive in 1490 One of the last sons of Rome

@y7va

2 жыл бұрын

Ahem actuallyyyyy the last sons of Rome are OTTOMANS

@Albukhshi

2 жыл бұрын

Mehmed died in 1481; if your date is right, then he didn't flay Klades. Sounds like this was Beyazid II's order.

@MrAizatazmi

2 жыл бұрын

Venice would even betray pope if the price is right

@byzantineboi8345

2 жыл бұрын

@@Albukhshi it’s hard to tell, ether way ottomans gave him a horrible death The info on him is unfortunately lacking, even when it comes to anti-Ottoman freedom fighters he’s overshadowed by the legacy of Constantine XI, and the Rebellion of Skanderburg

@jchea1764

2 жыл бұрын

Now that is a true son of Rome. Respects.. ✋🏻

Fun fact: he had a concubine named Radu the Handsome. Radu was the younger brother of Vlad III, meaning Mehmet II's side chick was the brother of the guy who was not only at war with him, but so brutal his name now means "devil" in his native tongue.

@mylesjude233

2 жыл бұрын

Man that should've been in the video, where Mehmed II can be like " Hey Dracula, lay down your arms and I will let Translvylvania live as my bitch, your brother already is"

@nowhereman6019

2 жыл бұрын

I'm getting traumatizing Helsing flashbacks.

@comradekenobi6908

2 жыл бұрын

Source for this? I have search far and wide for this fact but _to no avail_ If you don’t know When Vlad III (Dracula’s father) gave his sons Vlad and Radu to the Ottomans to live there and study their way of life In fact here’s the quote In 1436, Vlad II Dracul ascended to the throne of Wallachia. He was ousted in 1442 by rival factions in league with Hungary, but secured Ottoman support for his return by agreeing to pay tribute to the Sultan and also send his two legitimate sons, _Vlad III and Radu,_ to the Ottoman court, to serve as hostages of his loyalty. The boys were taken to the various garrisons at Edirne. Radu eventually became a *friend of Murad II's son, Mehmed II.* While at the Ottoman court as boys, *Vlad and Radu* were educated in logic, the Quran and the Turkish and Persian language and literature In fact your statement makes it felt like this is just some mediaeval Christian propaganda since back then one of the most popular way to taint someone’s image was to basically call them gay, meaning the gay insult has long existed since ancient times

@phastinemoon

Жыл бұрын

@@comradekenobi6908 if your information is correct, that means that Mehmet had a Naruto-Sasuke dynamic with DRACULA! Once childhood friends, until they grew up and became bitter enemies! I want THIS anime!

@comradekenobi6908

Жыл бұрын

@phastinemoon HAHA I like your thinking but yeah their story is quite epic spanning decades and shared childhoods, culminating in a war In fact someone in my country made it into a comic book :D Search *Komik Muhammad Al fatih Indonesia* On google

Well, it's less that Murad really trusted his viziers and more that his viziers were major political players within the empire themselves. There is reason to believe that the powerful Çandarlı family, whom Mehmed's Grand Vizier was a part of, actually forced Murad to abdicate in favor of his son who then ruled mostly as their puppet until all the wars eventually made them admit they needed the tried and tested war leader back. A big part of why Mehmed wanted to conquer Constantinople was because he needed the clout it'd bring to try and take down the Çandarlı bloc; which is why he celebrated his victory in taking the city by ordering his Grand Vizier's execution. Sadly, much of Mehmed's political acumen gets forgotten in favor of his conquests. A *lot* of the peculiarities in the Ottoman system come from Mehmed's efforts to ensure a repeat of past troubles experienced by the Ottomans doesn't happen. The mass expansion of the devshirme system? Create a class of soldiers and bureaucrats with no loyalties to anyone but the Sultan and put them in charge of all central institutions so that the major families like the Çandarlı can never have that much power again. The fratricide law? So that the Interregnum period, when the influential families and nearby foreign powers all backed a different side, doesn't happen again.

@lukaswilhelm9290

Жыл бұрын

I swear man having Vizier to run a government in Islamic history always run quite badly.

For a minute, I thought this was going to be an April Fools joke, but this was seriously an interesting video.

The Jesus prophet part cracked me up And as a Muslim I understand that

Haha, the guy who voiced Mehmet II sounds like a cool dude.

The last remnant of the Byzantine Empire was supposedly The Principality of Theodoro on the Crimean Peninsula. It was a very fascinating multicultural little kingdom. Edit: I meant Byzantine not Ottoman

@KarthikAyyalasomayajula

2 жыл бұрын

DAME DA NE

@cgt3704

2 жыл бұрын

And one princess named Maria of Mangup married Stephen the great as a way to claim the Byzantine throne if lets say Constantinopole was recaptured. The marriage was not a happy one and it ended in 1475 when Stephen married a wallachian royal who was the niece of Vlad the Impaler (who in turn was Stephen's first cousin)

I love the MyHeritage skit between Constantine XI and Mehmet 😄 Also, Murad II with a dad bod is hilarious 🤣

@cgt3704

2 жыл бұрын

That one with the funny hat was Constantine's brother, Thomas.

Yeah, Mehmed is possibly the most influential person from as close to antiquity as we can get without him quite being there relative to 2022. The man basically reshaped global hegemony for the next millenium.

Not gonna lie Mehmed the 2nd was real bad ass guy, literally that dude conquered that many Lands and at the end Got Rid of Vlad aka Dracula in most badass way possible.

@subutaynoyan5372

Жыл бұрын

He also reformed Ottoman state into a proper Roman style empire from a land based Turkish Khanate with a lot of tribal confederacies He relied severely on devshirme subjects of his ,christian boys being converted into Muslim soldiers and made men of state and formed what Ottoman empire as we know He had to deal with a lot of resistence from his clergy, army, and even citizens. Unlike Suleiman I, he didn't have the luxury of outrageous wealth handed over to him, had to amass it himsef with very strict taxations. He even abolished religious cults and institutions from their lands, declared they're not really contributing anything important and the wealth they had should be used for the expansion of ''Islam'' which really shows he was very sly about using religious motivations to usurp wealth from religious institutions He even wanted to found banks and a more developed financial system but failed to make it so, because it's flat out against Islam. And he already had too much unrest formed about his behaviour . One of his closest friends, was executed for heresy right after his death

Let's be honest guys . Taking the title of emperor was a legally valid option at this point.

Awesome as ever! Great to collab with you!

"nah ah ah ah, Nope. Uh uh. You see this? I am Caesar!" "Caesar wears a turban?" "He does NOW!" Hysterical. :)

Interesting to see everybody else but Mehmed II in Mehmed II's video.

@adidoki

2 жыл бұрын

Was pretty annoying tbh, everyone got mentioned for amazing feats and mehmed´s were glossed over

@CollinBuckman

2 жыл бұрын

@@adidoki I think that's the joke (seeing as this came out on April 1st)

@shycracker

2 жыл бұрын

@@adidoki for me it's make Mehmed II more impressive to the fact he could make others make a famous last stand against such chivalrous figure

Mehmed II taking down Constantinople as a teenager kinda makes me feel like my adolescence was pretty much a waste. Maybe I can bring an empire to its knees at least before I'm 30?

Actual real historically accurate romanian here, Vlad III was an insteresting fellow... and although I wouldnt say that your interpretation wasnt correct, there were a few details that you have probably missed while discussing the night battle at Tirgoviste, one of those being that at a very young age, Vlad III was sold to the ottomans by his father to make him a janisarry in the ottoman army (elite soldier), and thus he learned how to speak turkish fluently, had a decent understanding of the ottoman military and knew a bit of chemistry (thus the poisoned wells). Do remember that I am not writing this in malevolence but to provide just a bit of interesting facts about the guy

@ImperialCataphract

2 жыл бұрын

from me the video is a 9/10 and the animations are a 11/10, also the dame dane parts were funni

@thomastakesatollforthedark2231

2 жыл бұрын

Wasn't he also a political Prisoner and... If some sources are to be believed a uh... Pleasure boy?

@ImperialCataphract

2 жыл бұрын

@@thomastakesatollforthedark2231 yes

@enterurnamehere27

2 жыл бұрын

@@thomastakesatollforthedark2231 the "pleasure boy" part is probably false tbh, dubious at best. But yeah he's a political prisoner

@thomastakesatollforthedark2231

2 жыл бұрын

@@enterurnamehere27 eh I've you have any sources that dispute it I'd love to hear. Learning is always good 😊

Hey, just thought I’d let you know I love your videos, and I’m glad you never seem to run out of content

@JackRackam

2 жыл бұрын

Thankfully a lot of interesting things have happened over the past 6,000 years 😃

good video! the whole “this is the end” repeated schtick is pretty nice!

If Vlad could have gotten his hand on a recording of Constantine XIs final speech you know he would have that on repeat to drive Mehmed II nuts.

@theunbeatable6598

Жыл бұрын

Mehmet respected Constantine and he was smart. Would prolly like it

@comradekenobi6908

Жыл бұрын

Pretty sure Vlad can do other stuff to trigger him since they grew up together

All the guy wanted to do was do a crowd-moving speech, he got speech-blocked every single time hahaha

Love your videos, one of the few channels that I need notifications on for because I can't wait for the next video!

This is such a good companion to the Constantinople video. Love Mehmed's characterization too!

if dovahhatty was allowed to finish the eastern roman series i can't even imagine how scary would mehmed ii be

Awesome video topic, with what you did with Constantine IX, can't wait to see how you cover the Great Eagle

@arawn1061

2 жыл бұрын

Who? Suleiman?

@mylesjude233

2 жыл бұрын

@@arawn1061 No, just referring to Mehmed II, didn't watch the video yet when I commented

@adidoki

2 жыл бұрын

He didn´t really count down most of Mehmed´s feats, like totally glossed over him sailing ships over freaking mountains as if it was a normal thing to do

I love that we’re at the point with Jack Rackham videos that we see other videos crossover or get referenced in the same time period.

i've watched this for the 4th time, still didn't fail to entertain. Greatest work yet, Mr. Rackam.

The Last Roman Emperor absolutely deserved that anime ending. The man genuinely decided to end his nation's history with a charge. Every Senator (yes, the Roman senate still existed), every Varangian, and even the last wielders of Greek Fire, all charged with him and died on their feet. The captain of the Varangian Guard, the leader of the last foreigners to federate with Rome and greatest single fighter in the city, remained behind, sitting on the throne, holding the crown until the Sultan came to claim it. According to one book I read about the event, THEY DUELED OVER IT.

@dashiellgillingham4579

2 жыл бұрын

Point not being that it actually happened, the point is the story is too perfect not to share.

Jack, this is honestly the best you've put up so far!

Maybe do a life and times of suleiman to magnificent or hurrem sultana or kosem sultana i would love to see those videos

In case people are wondering, the cannon, called “The Basilica”, built by the Hungarian engineer Orban, fired 1200 pound cannonballs. It was so strong it killed some of the men operating it

The many smaller cannons they brought to Constantinople honestly did most of the work, even if the big one is more dramatic. Also, completely different track but I think it bears mentioning that a lot of the Vlad-fighting was done in favour of setting up Vlad's brother Radu on the throne, who Mehmed is sometimes said to have had a relationship with. As far as "interesting things to mention about the guy", y'know.

@marseldagistani1989

2 жыл бұрын

So... Who was the Top and who was the Bottom? Sinc if Mehmed is a Roman fanboy, he'd choose to be Top like Hadrian.

@YossarianVanDriver

2 жыл бұрын

@@marseldagistani1989 I think that is generally what's implied yeah, since Radu (nicknamed "the Beautiful") is framed as the "beloved" in the classical Greek/Roman (and indeed Ottoman) model, and Mehmed as the active partner

@comradekenobi6908

2 жыл бұрын

@@YossarianVanDriver source for your statements

@JonatasAdoM

2 жыл бұрын

Medieval II showed me this. That huge cannon looks cool, but it takes too long to reload, is rather impossible to move and is out gunned by smaller and more efficient cannons.

@ilfedarkfairy

Жыл бұрын

@@comradekenobi6908 You can find the reasons on the Wikipedia: _"However, this was the only cannon that Orban built for the Ottoman forces at Constantinople,[51][52] and it had several drawbacks: it took three hours to reload; cannonballs were in very short supply; and the cannon is said to have collapsed under its own recoil after six weeks. The account of the cannon's collapse is disputed..."_ Kind of makes sense, these Mega-Projects are usually more for show than actual practicality.

4:55 Wow, that's an impressive artillery piece. I've never heard of a pre-industrial era cannon that was nearly as large as an industrial era battleship gun.

Great video! If I may offer a suggestion you might want to think about doing a series on Roman successor states, such as Charlemagne and the (sort of) establishment of the Holy Roman Empire, the establishment of the Tsardom of Russia pre Ivan the terrible, the Kingdom of Italy from 1861-1946, etc. That would be totally awesome!

This video is literally just the monarchs of their regions making speeches and singing Baka Mitai I love it XDXD

Woah. No spoiler warnings? I'm only halfway through Netflix's Rise of Empires: Ottomans and you go and blurb the ending and all the plot twists. It hasn't even been 600 years. Not cool.

This is the funniest video you made in awhile, keep up the great work.

Really enjoyed this one! Funny and educational at the same time. Love this!

This is hilariously great on so many levels. Thanks for sharing! 😄

It's so funny that everywhere he goes people just make these grand speeches whilst he has no chance to make a speech about himself

wow jack the presentation is really awesome, laugh several times, first time there is humor in history lol ... keep up the good work

Always enjoy your videos, but this one raises the bar. Bravo. 👍

"Caesar wears a turban?" "He does now!!" I'm dying 🤣🤣🤣

@islammehmeov2334

Жыл бұрын

Long live MEHMET THE CAESAR OF ROMAN EMPIRE 🇹🇷💪☪️

@juandiegoparales9379

Жыл бұрын

​@@islammehmeov2334 hahahaha

@islammehmeov2334

Жыл бұрын

@@juandiegoparales9379 you know hate is more funny 1453 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

"...and then he got sick and died" Goddamnit everytime. honestly, more Caesar than anyone else at the time, definitely in top 10 emperors of Rome.

YAY, a new video! Awesome! 😎👍🏻

Great video, the humour was really on point

Let chack boxes Rulling from imperial city ✔️ Roman land ✔️ Rebellious Royal guard ✔️ Unique way of succession ✔️ And also war with Persians ✔️

Hey actually by this point Byzantine emperors daughters have intermarried with the ottoman sultans and their sons so technically they did have a familial claim just not a strong one

This is one of your best. Truly.

I always found it funny how he renamed himself Caesar when the title Caesar Augustus hadn't been used since the times of Heraclius

You keep your promise sooner then I expected next I want Selim the Grim

You're a glorious man. You're one of the most important KZreadrs that got me into history. The only one i like more is BazBattles and his channel is dead.

Wow. Lotta history packed into those 17 minutes!

Love this, love how funny Jack Rackam is with these videos.

0:39 I will now from this day forward call all pastors “Jesus experts,” thank you

@JackRackam

2 жыл бұрын

Jesusologists, if you will

Komninos: Ceasar wears a turband? Mehmet: He does now. . . I lost it hahahaha

Fracking love your version of history

Heyy finally my favorite history channel makes an Ottoman video! Hope you would do more!

I thought the ad segment was going to end with the poor kid being the inheritor of rome

@JackRackam

2 жыл бұрын

Shoot, I gotta write that down

6:27 he's talking to Jack not to Constantine lol

Jack's back! Praise be

High quality edit as always

I always wondered why constantinople was named istanbul??!

@JackRackam

2 жыл бұрын

Everyone pretty much started calling it "the city" which, in Turkish, over time became Istanbul, or so I've heard. It was a gradual process and the city didn't officially change its name until the 1930s or something

@nowhereman6019

2 жыл бұрын

@@JackRackam Atatürk (who definitely deserves his own video) refused to accept any mail addressed to "Constantinople", which forced the Europeans to finally call it Istanbul.

@KramerKontained94

2 жыл бұрын

That's nobody's business but the Turks

@Devillunar

2 жыл бұрын

@Jack Rackam During the Ottoman Empire up until 1929, the official name of the city was Konstantiniyye (Which is the Turkish version of Constantinople). The name was changed during the Turkish Republic by Atatürk. The name was most probably changed to differenciate it from the Ottoman Empire. Because Konstantiniyye was the capital of the Ottoman Empire, which was not the capital for Turkish Republic. So by changing the name they ended the Ottoman symbolism it could have for the city. This is one thing I found, but I'm not completly sure. I searched a long time in Turkish, and couldn't find an explanation besides this one. The new name was chosen because it was the name used by the people living in the city. The name Istanbul has a Greek origin, which you Jack explained above, which Atatürk didn't mind at all. Atatürk had a big interest for the history of Anatolia and even had a big interest in Ancient Greek, Hittite and Sumerian history and wanted that the Turkish people take interest for the previous cultures of this geography.

@Languslangus

2 жыл бұрын

Actualy its called Carigrad.

I almost forgot what day it was thank you for the video.

15:45 I'm sorry? What self respecting EU4 player HASN'T heard of the glorious Skanderbeg? Especially when the save analyser is called Skanderbeg.

Hey, did you know that Bijapur Sultanate (guys who fought together with the Mughals against Malik Ambar) might have been founded by Mehmed's brother? Crazy.

*"The best time to plant a tree was 20 years ago and the next best time is now"* I consider this to be best motivational quote I've heard in a very long time. But motivational quotes are useless if you don't practice what you preach*

@commerceusa

2 жыл бұрын

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@mortenbolin7481

2 жыл бұрын

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@commerceusa

2 жыл бұрын

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@cainguyen2974

2 жыл бұрын

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@annabelkatherine6441

2 жыл бұрын

‌He has really made a good name for himself.

The voice acting is so good..man has mastered it.

The last time I was this early, it was Constantinople, not Istanbul.