The Ottoman Empire Quotes

“The superior European forces were able to decisively defeat the Ottoman fleet, sinking more than fifty Muslim ships”
― Billy Wellman, The Ottoman Empire: An Enthralling Guide to One of the Mightiest and Longest-Lasting Dynasties in World History

“The sultan seized Athens in 1826, swinging the tide back into the hands of the central government.”
― Billy Wellman, The Ottoman Empire: An Enthralling Guide to One of the Mightiest and Longest-Lasting Dynasties in World History

“Ottoman army needed modernization and understood that the Janissaries stood in his way of fielding a military worthy of his European counterparts”
― Billy Wellman, The Ottoman Empire: An Enthralling Guide to One of the Mightiest and Longest-Lasting Dynasties in World History

“The 19th century would be the age of modernization in Europe, where advancements in technology, economics, and industry”
― Billy Wellman, The Ottoman Empire: An Enthralling Guide to One of the Mightiest and Longest-Lasting Dynasties in World History

“Selim personally oversaw the creation of the Imperial School of Military Engineering, which was completed in 1795.”
― Billy Wellman, The Ottoman Empire: An Enthralling Guide to One of the Mightiest and Longest-Lasting Dynasties in World History

“They started to dress and look like their European counterparts, and the tulips they planted”
― Billy Wellman, The Ottoman Empire: An Enthralling Guide to One of the Mightiest and Longest-Lasting Dynasties in World History

“However, the Ottoman high class was still largely confined to its own bubble, blind to the overall situation”
― Billy Wellman, The Ottoman Empire: An Enthralling Guide to One of the Mightiest and Longest-Lasting Dynasties in World History

“landowners and the governors of different provinces started to operate largely on their own,”
― Billy Wellman, The Ottoman Empire: An Enthralling Guide to One of the Mightiest and Longest-Lasting Dynasties in World History

“Technically, neither Russia nor the Ottomans had the right to influence Crimea according to the treaty,”
― Billy Wellman, The Ottoman Empire: An Enthralling Guide to One of the Mightiest and Longest-Lasting Dynasties in World History

“From 1768 to 1774, the Ottoman Empire saw itself go to war with Russia once again.”
― Billy Wellman, The Ottoman Empire: An Enthralling Guide to One of the Mightiest and Longest-Lasting Dynasties in World History

“The Ottomans lost Dalmatia and the Morea to Venice, western Ukraine and Podolia to Poland, Azov to Russia,”
― Billy Wellman, The Ottoman Empire: An Enthralling Guide to One of the Mightiest and Longest-Lasting Dynasties in World History

“Russia’s Peter the Great had also taken Ottoman lands on the northern Black Sea coast in 1696,”
― Billy Wellman, The Ottoman Empire: An Enthralling Guide to One of the Mightiest and Longest-Lasting Dynasties in World History

“By September of 1687, the Venetians had invaded Greece and taken Athens, something that greatly alarmed the Ottoman”
― Billy Wellman, The Ottoman Empire: An Enthralling Guide to One of the Mightiest and Longest-Lasting Dynasties in World History

“Holy Roman Emperor Leopold I was able to arrive at the city with a relief force of more than eighty thousand troops.”
― Billy Wellman, The Ottoman Empire: An Enthralling Guide to One of the Mightiest and Longest-Lasting Dynasties in World History

“Ottomans invaded the Austrian territories in 1683, laying siege to Vienna in June.”
― Billy Wellman, The Ottoman Empire: An Enthralling Guide to One of the Mightiest and Longest-Lasting Dynasties in World History

“Motivated by their French allies in the west, who were just as adamant about seeing the Habsburgs collapse”
― Billy Wellman, The Ottoman Empire: An Enthralling Guide to One of the Mightiest and Longest-Lasting Dynasties in World History

“The First Losses of the Empire During the 17th century, the Ottoman Empire experienced domestic and external challenges,”
― Billy Wellman, The Ottoman Empire: An Enthralling Guide to One of the Mightiest and Longest-Lasting Dynasties in World History

“Aided by many high-ranking officials, the military entered Istanbul and massacred many of the sultan’s closest allies in court,”
― Billy Wellman, The Ottoman Empire: An Enthralling Guide to One of the Mightiest and Longest-Lasting Dynasties in World History

“Members of the Janissary and the sipahi (cavalry) corps of the army were discontent with the continued defeats the army suffered.”
― Billy Wellman, The Ottoman Empire: An Enthralling Guide to One of the Mightiest and Longest-Lasting Dynasties in World History

“Safavids, who had once again thrust into Iraq and massacred the Sunni population of Baghdad in 1624.”
― Billy Wellman, The Ottoman Empire: An Enthralling Guide to One of the Mightiest and Longest-Lasting Dynasties in World History

“Instead of fighting with the Ottomans, Shah Abbas retreated from eastern Anatolia and Armenia,”
― Billy Wellman, The Ottoman Empire: An Enthralling Guide to One of the Mightiest and Longest-Lasting Dynasties in World History

“As the Ottomans retreated, Shah Abbas used the opportunity to seize even more territories,”
― Billy Wellman, The Ottoman Empire: An Enthralling Guide to One of the Mightiest and Longest-Lasting Dynasties in World History

“The Celali rebellions, which erupted throughout the country multiple times from the late 16th century to the mid-17th century,”
― Billy Wellman, The Ottoman Empire: An Enthralling Guide to One of the Mightiest and Longest-Lasting Dynasties in World History

“By the time of his death in 1566, he was by far the most powerful man in Europe,”
― Billy Wellman, The Ottoman Empire: An Enthralling Guide to One of the Mightiest and Longest-Lasting Dynasties in World History

“During his reign, the Ottoman Empire would reach the height of its power and truly become the most feared”
― Billy Wellman, The Ottoman Empire: An Enthralling Guide to One of the Mightiest and Longest-Lasting Dynasties in World History

“Selim’s rule is characterized by the increased importance of the Janissary infantry, which was the core of the Ottoman army in the”
― Billy Wellman, The Ottoman Empire: An Enthralling Guide to One of the Mightiest and Longest-Lasting Dynasties in World History

“Customs rates were also lowered to encourage foreign merchants to pass through Ottoman territories”
― Billy Wellman, The Ottoman Empire: An Enthralling Guide to One of the Mightiest and Longest-Lasting Dynasties in World History

“During his reign, the sultan made sure to surround himself with the men he personally trusted,”
― Billy Wellman, The Ottoman Empire: An Enthralling Guide to One of the Mightiest and Longest-Lasting Dynasties in World History

“The Ottoman Empire became engulfed in a long war with the Kingdom of Poland, which lasted until 1498.”
― Billy Wellman, The Ottoman Empire: An Enthralling Guide to One of the Mightiest and Longest-Lasting Dynasties in World History

“Bayezid saw himself engaged in a conflict with the Mamluks, who were now the Ottoman Empire’s main rival.”
― Billy Wellman, The Ottoman Empire: An Enthralling Guide to One of the Mightiest and Longest-Lasting Dynasties in World History