Holy War and the Rise of the Ottomans
Tides of History
Audible / Patrick Wyman
4.7 • 6.5K Ratings
🗓️ 1 November 2018
⏱️ 57 minutes
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Summary
The Ottoman Empire rose from humble beginnings in Anatolia to dominate a vast swathe of territory. Holy war, gaza, was a powerful driving force behind that expansion. At the Battle of Nicopolis in 1396, Ottoman holy war clashed directly with its Christian equivalent: crusading.
If you're interested in learning more, you can check out:
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| 0:05.2 | On a chilly spring morning in the Aegean Sea, a motley collection of ships churned across |
| 0:22.3 | the Darden Nails. |
| 0:24.6 | A wind from the north fraught the tops of the deep blue waves. |
| 0:28.8 | The sailors at work sent salty ocean water spraying into the grey morning air. |
| 0:34.3 | They were heading just a few miles between two rocky coastlines. |
| 0:38.3 | On one side was Europe, on the other was Asia. |
| 0:42.0 | This was an old crossroads for mythic heroes and merchants alike. |
| 0:47.2 | These waters saw the struggles of Achilles and Odysseus. |
| 0:50.4 | They carried the Persians on their way to attack the Greeks in the 5th century BC. |
| 0:54.8 | They watched Alexander the Great trace that same path in the opposite direction later. |
| 1:00.2 | The great city of Constantinople grew up just a short distance away on the shores of |
| 1:04.5 | all of this heroic history. |
| 1:08.8 | It was here in 1352 that an army waited. |
| 1:12.3 | On the southern side of the Darden Nails, impatient horses pod the ground and wining under |
| 1:16.7 | the weight of their riders. |
| 1:19.7 | These were Turkaments, independent-minded raiders, hired by Orhan, the son of Osmond, |
| 1:24.8 | the founder of the Ottoman dynasty. |
| 1:27.7 | They were heavily armed. |
| 1:29.6 | Their swords, steel helmets, and chainmail armor clanked and wrestled with each small |
| 1:34.2 | shift. |
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