Alek

As all of us know, Ottomans had various traditions and ways to rule their state .One of the most tragic is sultans killing their brothers after gaining power. Most would probably say that this was a violent way leading to conflicts and the nation spliting into several pieces, but, history proved they are wrong. Ottomans had very few civil wars, which fortunately didn't cause serious damage, which was obviously caused by sultans killing their brotheirs. After sultan's death his children didn't always let their oldest brother rule. They often wanted the power for themselves and that's why Ottoman sultans killed their brothers after gaining power. What may frighten some people is that fracticiding sultans younger brothers was legalized by Mehmed II. In my opinion this was necessary for the nation to be a dominant force in the Medditerranean sea for couple centuries and not to get divided into small provinces ruled by some ruler scions like it happened  for example in Polan...

The fall of Constantinople(1453) marked the end of the medieval era as it ended, so it's obvious that it should be mentioned. Constaninople wasn't a city easy to conquer. The Ottomans tried to get past its giant walls half dozen times before they succeded. But, in the middle of the 15th century they finally got to a internal stability period.  The current byzantine emperor, Constantine XI wasn't paying his tribute to the sultan with pleasure, sohe decided to end it. The sultan Mehmed II took that as a violation of Ottoman-byzantine treaty, which most importantly guaranteed peace between this both states. In fact, he wanted to finally conquer the city. He declared war to the byzantines. Unfortunately for the byzantines, no one was eager to help them, like it happened in previous sieges.   Difference between the opponents forces was stunning, the Ottomans had around 100 thousand professional soldiers, while byzantines had around 8 thousand soldiers and 30 thousand locals gi...

 For the Ottoman Empire to be so effective, it had to be managed really well. The state was divided into provinces called Eyalets and those were divided into smaller, called Sanjaks. Every Eyalet was managed by a governor called Beylerbey who was accountable directly to the sultan. The Ottoman succes in almost every war they fought wasn't caused by luck. Their army was organised and well managed. As the Ottoman territory was growing and they had many nations under their rule, they used them to fight for their cause. Their forces included knights from Ottoman lands in Europe, mainly from Serbia.The Ottomans kept permanent mercenaries, e.g. Tatar light cavalry or some chrisian knights. Ottoman army also consisted Turkmen cavalry forces named akincis which didnt even get paid, which was really profitable for the sultan. In late 14th century Bayezid I formed the Janissary corps, which was full-time professional part of the army.  The fact that the Ottoman army was well balansed an...

My sources :  https://www.history.com/topics/middle-east/ottoman-empire                           http://factsanddetails.com/asian/cat65/sub424/entry-5259.html  There are many factors which led to the raise of Ottomans. Their country was ruled firmly and had straight political goal - to get more powerful. Ottomans had a uniform law system and welcomed different types of art, literature and most importantly, religion.  Some may say that as they were muslim, they didn't accept any types of culture and religion different than theirs, but it's not true. They used a millet system, which gave non-muslim inhabitants a limited amount of power in their minority groups, but still under the Ottoman rule. There are many examples of Ottoman wealth and power gained by conquering so many lands in Europe, but in my opinion the best and the most magificent is the Topkapi palace which was the dwelling place for Otto...