Suleiman the Magnificent - The Lawgiver - Extra History
Added 2016-03-25 16:54:14 +0000 UTCWith his best friend and the love of his life by his side, Suleiman is ready to take on the world.
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It's the way of human beings. We're hard wired to protect the young. He wanted him out of the way but a murderered child is a sight that even some of the most hardened of killers, warriors, and generals would find reprehensible.
Robbie the Gnome
2016-03-28 18:09:00 +0000 UTCIt's Sulieman's complete trust of Ibrahim that I find worrying. I think a small misadventure will topple their finely laid plans. But that's so often the way of it.. one little misfortune or tragic misstep throws everything into chaos.
Robbie the Gnome
2016-03-28 18:03:58 +0000 UTCNot a problem. I write a bunch on military history, strategy, and tactics all the way from antiquity to modernity, and I think the evolution of warfare is something critical to understand when studying history.
Jim McGeehin
2016-03-26 20:41:13 +0000 UTCThe cold, cynical bastard in me believes the boy-king was not killed by Ottoman musket balls, but by someone much closer to the boy. Still, I'm not as much a student of history where the Middle East is concerned, but why do I get the feeling Ibraham and Suleiman are going to come to blows? Is it the same, cold, cynical part of my soul, or recognizing that history often doesn't allow two great men to share the same stage?
The Cayute
2016-03-26 18:30:39 +0000 UTCThat's an interesting impact from gun warfare that I hadn't ever considered yet. Thank you for the insight! -Soraya
Extra History
2016-03-26 03:26:37 +0000 UTCWar. War never changes.
Extra History
2016-03-26 03:23:52 +0000 UTCPoor King Louis. :( Still, I hope we did a good job with it.
Extra History
2016-03-26 03:22:53 +0000 UTCIt'll come out a little more during the course of the series, but we may yet discuss it during Lies!
Extra History
2016-03-26 03:22:26 +0000 UTCGlad you enjoyed it!
Extra History
2016-03-26 03:21:31 +0000 UTCDon't jinx it!
Extra History
2016-03-26 03:21:26 +0000 UTCThe Ottoman method of warfare shows the profound change that firearms and cannons were bringing to military science. Troops could be trained and replaced relatively quickly, and thus, the Ottoman Empire focused less on maneuver as Hannibal and Belisarius would do, and more upon superior resources and logistics. Thus, Suleiman was able to win battles like the Siege of Rhodes, which in an era past would be seen as an appalling strategic failure (the Knights of Rhodes inflicted more than twice their total troop count in casualties to the Ottoman forces) because in this new era, soldiers could be replaced relatively easily, and there was enough coin and food to manage the larger armies of this new era.
Jim McGeehin
2016-03-26 02:45:59 +0000 UTCSuleiman fights a massive battle to take over land from Hungary. They kill thousands of men. He gets upset over the boy-kings body. Such priorities eh?
Curtis Fric
2016-03-25 22:30:55 +0000 UTCAnd yet doesn't it seem from the beginning of the episode that Suleiman didn't feel that way.
Aaron hutchinson
2016-03-25 21:44:57 +0000 UTCSuch a contrast to Justinian. In comparison, it feels like Suleiman is such marching on a road of victory with little to no setbacks.
Hung Nguyen
2016-03-25 20:45:18 +0000 UTCAwesome episode
Halil Köklü
2016-03-25 18:09:37 +0000 UTCGreat work. Thank you
Martin Ockovsky
2016-03-25 18:01:14 +0000 UTCPerhaps it would be good to explain the danger's of Ottoman court in the the lies video? I believe many viewers will need more context on why Ibrahim feared being promoted, and why his loyalty was so important to Suleiman. Why the competition between Roxalana and the Sultan's other wives could have such large ramifications.
Yazen Shunnar
2016-03-25 17:18:25 +0000 UTCthe "Mohácsi vész" is one of the saddest moments in hungarian history, yet it somehow feels great to watch an extra history episode about it
Richárd Nagyfi
2016-03-25 17:13:59 +0000 UTCHoly hot mess!
Russano Greenstripe
2016-03-25 17:05:02 +0000 UTC
