Venice and the Ottoman Empire: Crash Course World History #19
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In which John Green discusses the strange and mutually beneficial relationship between a republic, the citystate of Venice, and an Empire, the Ottomans--and how studying history can help you to be a better boyfriend and/or girlfriend. Together, the Ottoman Empire and Venice grew wealthy by facilitating trade: The Venetians had ships and nautical expertise; the Ottomans had access to many of the most valuable goods in the world, especially pepper and grain. Working together across cultural and religious divides, they both become very rich, and the Ottomans became one of the most powerful political entities in the world. We also discuss how economic realities can overcome religious and political differences (in this case between Muslims and Christians), the doges of Venice, the sultans of the Ottoman empire, the janissaries and so-called slave aristocracy of the Ottoman Empire, and how money and knowledge from the Islamic world helped fuel and fund the European Renaissance. Also, there's a They Might Be Giants joke. If you really want to read about Ottoman eunuchs (warning: it's explicit), here you go: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eunuch#Ottoman_Empire Crash Course World History is now available on DVD! http://store.dftba.com/products/crashcourse-world-history-the-complete-series-dvd-set Follow us! @thecrashcourse @realjohngreen @raoulmeyer @crashcoursestan @saysdanica @thoughtbubbler Like us! http://www.facebook.com/youtubecrashcourse Follow us again! http://thecrashcourse.tumblr.com Support CrashCourse on Patreon: http://patreon.com/crashcourse
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Ottomans funny hat wasn't funny XD it's called in arabic "kaffan" it's material that cover him when he die , and there are people who still wearing kaffan on thier heads to not fear the death ya know , and also some people where it as traditional costume like sudanese people , :)
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Ceddein deden
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Being a Muslim, kidnapping christian kids and converting them to islam is Haraam in every way, and am disgusted by it!
HOWEVER.....what was the point of that?
I READ THAT the ottomans actually had alot of underaged manpower! -
Dope John Green thinks the t*rkroaches built the Hagia Sophia. Sad!
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4:36 Very Venice, much prosperous! Wow!
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devshirme was not kidnapped.if a christian family has AT LEAST 2 sons,they take one to raise him.but if the christian family only has ONE son they don't take him.
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What?! When did Ottomans conqured Byzantium? Everybody knows Ottomans were destroyed by Balkan coalition against Turks.
Well atleast in EU4. Poor Ottomans never survived to 18th century in my playtroughs. -
actually constaninople was called konstantiniye during the ottomans ages. it is Mustafa Kemal Atatürk who renamed it Istanbul. And there is one other mistake you made in your video about byzantine empire. Hagia Sophia was a mosque during the ottomans time but again mustafa kemal change the thing and made it a museum so it is actually a museum. love your work keep going
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That movie clip gets me every time
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İ ' m Turkish Toruko
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do about world war 3
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Thank you ---A witty, funny way of learning "boring" (actually not so boring!!) stuff! History is fascinating! Who knew!! (well this guy apparently knows some),
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You have deleted my Ottoman empire comment,,for that I will not educate others and will go to another video to comment👊
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Heh doge
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I know this may sound dumb, but can CrashCourse make a math section? They have science, literature, history, economics, physiology, anatomy, the list goes on and on! But there's no math section, and personally, although this doesn't really matter, John and Hank Green are my favorite people on CrashCourse. No offense to the others that work really hard at their sections, but since they're brothers they both have a sort of humor and friendly feel.
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Government Bureacrat
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hahaha hagia sofia was not even build by otomans. it was rebuild.
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"the ruler was the doge''
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The Ottoman rulers did not limit non Muslims people's praying or ceremonies,and preserved their religious or secterian organization or churches. The Ottomans were a worldwide model of this idea.Gibbons writes " It can not be argued that the Ottomans were the first nation in the new age to use the principle of religious freedom as fundamental idea in establishing their state ". Jean Bodin(1520-96)founder of European state laws,recommended to the King of France that he take the ruling of the Ottoman State as an example. He said that Padishah(Ottoman Ruler) treated the Orthodox,the Catholics and Jews as equal to Muslims and protected them all. Chenier of Geneva said in 1717: " The Turks have a very wide perspective of religion and show great tolerance" No one was punished for their religious beliefs,except for those who deliberatly insulted Islam.The few priest punished were not charged with religious offences,but with treason. Marshall Von Moltke found this source of this tolerance towards us Christians that reason for this could only be their solid and strong belief in Islam. The violence and aggression between rival Christians(Catholics and Orthodox Christians)sects in those years is recorded in their own books. After Viennas defeat,The Venetians invaded Sakiz for a short time and Mora for quite a long time. They caused so much violence that when the Ottomans resumed control,the Greeks greeted them with songs and celebration. The Ottomans also collected The Jizya from the people of the book in return for their exemption from military service and for protection Christians soldiers did not have to pay this tax.Soldiers from southern Romania,presented for service to the Ottomans in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries became very important part of army. Many non Muslims lived in the Empire ,especially in port cities. The state protected them and gave them complete freedom to conduct business,visit religious places,or just tour the country. V Morrin of Rokebey wrote that he went to Istanbul in 1794,when he was 22 years old,and had roamed freely among the Turks and found them very helpful. Ottomans respected the art of ancient civilizations.The mosaics in Ayasofia(Aya sofya) the number most famous mosques,were not touched from 1453 until 1922. Out of respect for Christians feelings,the mosaics were painted over. Orientalists,basing themselves on the twentieth century values have problem with dhimmi status of non Muslims Ottoman subjects. However they are gravely mistaken. we have mentioned the vast rights given to them in theory and practice.
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Ah, yes. The venecians, or, as I like to call them, Greedy Turbo-trolls on steroids.
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