HIS109Y1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 15: Great Depression, Spanish Inquisition, Habsburg Monarchy
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Expand ottoman empire, becomes most powerful state in western world. By 1460 virtually all of greece serbia and bosnia were conquered. 1480-81 cape of otronto attacked by sea turks determined to turn meditarian to turkish territory and ultimately invade italy successors to mohammed changed policy turn against islamic states around the turkish empire. Mentality of luthers revolt, arc of turkish empire around greece to morocco and almost ot point of gibralter. Ottomans so successful by 1559 most powerful state in western world maybe world. Turks turn to europe again, use power base in balkans, King of hungary, put together nobility and mercenaries to fight turks slaughtered. 1683 lay siege to vienna fortunately turkish supply lines to stretched to sustain siege siege of vienna siege broken, turkish prisoners introduce coffee. Bakers create croissants turks destroyed luxury trade forever treated all christians and infidels.
