HIST 2101H Lecture 6: War & Society Lecture- October 11

• School: Trent University
• Department: History
• Course: HIST 2101H
• Professor: David Lawrence

Document Summary

Turks seen with reverence and with fear, knew they had a good army: well armed and well trained, veneians had been trading with the turks. They had super human qualiies: beter organizaion, discipline, leadership. Constructed a lose be: ghazis, osman and the byzanines. Controls the otoman empire for 11 years: consolidaion of the otoman empire (1414-1520) Islam inluences the consolidaion: syria, egypt, and western arabia by 1516-17/ southern europe by 1520. Jihad / abode or the house of war (dar al-harb) Imperial household is created to be able to maintain this large of an empire: otoman rulers would marry other rulers (potenially chrisian) o. Bay were sent out to manage the huge empire: batle of cospopolia, against the serbs o. June 28th: fall of constaninople (1453, theodosian walls and defense in depth, diicult to breach, even with gun powder weapons. Extended around the city: chain stretched across the water to keep ships out of the port.