The Ottomans Were BASICALLY The Roman Empire

Join the Discord:   / discord   Support on Patreon:   / romabooramblings   Literary Sources: Şahmeran Baltacıoğlu, LITERARY STORIES IN THE COLLECTED POEMS OF AVNI Toward an Ottoman Rumi Identity: The Polemical Arena of Syncretism and the Debate on the Place of Converts in Fifteenth-Century Ottoman Polity FÂTİH DÎVÂNI VE ŞERHİ Dīwān of Sultan Mehmed II with Commentary The Age of Beloveds love and the beloved in early-modern ottoman and european culture and society Walter G. Andrews and Mehmet Kalpakli CEMAL KAFADAR; A ROME OF ONE’S OWN: REFLECTIONS ON CULTURAL GEOGRAPHY AND IDENTITY IN THE LANDS OF RUM John Freely, The Grand Turk Footage: Rise of Empires: Ottoman (2020-2022) Music: EU4 Soundtrack - Conquest of Constantinople EU4 Soundtrack - Caravan EU4 Soundtrack - Suleiman the Magnificent 00:00 Intro 00:35 The Emperor 05:43 The State 09:30 The People 15:42 Outro