Suleiman+the+Magnificent

[|world civ project.mp3] Suleiman the Magnificent was born in 1494, in the town of Trabzon, in present-day northeastern Turkey. He attended a palace school and served his apprenticeship as a governor. first in the town of Bolu, when he was about 15 years old. He succeeded his father as ruler, and led many successful military campaigns. He extinguished a revolt from the governor of Damascus, then turned his attention to taking the Hungarian city of Belgrade. He avenged his father's defeat in Belgrade by encircling the city, and forcing the 700 men protecting the city to surrender. This opened up the heartland of central Europe. Suleiman ignored the open path through Hungary and Austria and decided to go for the islands for the islands of Rhodes whose closeness to Asia Minor was a perennial problem for the Ottomans. His armies forced a 5 month siege and eventually Rhodes fell. As the relationship between Hungary and the Ottomans got worse, Suleiman diverted his attention back to the eastern half of Europe, he defeated King Louis the 2nd of Hungary, and was in almost complete control of Eastern Europe. The Austrians however soon defeated the Ottomans in Hungary and Bolu, and recaptured both. The Ottomans would soon recapture all of that territory. He kept going into Austria, but after 4 tries, could not take control of Vienna. So he made a treaty with the Austrians. Suleiman turned to Asia, he campaigned to take over Persia (Iran), after two tries and no success against the Shah, he settled with what he had taken over already. The war with the Persians took 20 years, and hurt the Ottoman military, but they had still conquered more land, and were one of the most, if not the most, powerful nation on Earth at the time. Throughout Suleiman's campaigns, he conquered most of Northern Africa, Southern, and Eastern Europe, and all of Arabia. He went as far east as past the Persian Gulf. Under Suleiman the Ottoman Empire reached its golden age of its cultural development. After an apprenticeship, artists and craftsmen could advance in rank within their field and were paid commensurate wages in quarterly annual installments. Payroll registers that survive testify to the breadth of Suleiman's patronage of the arts, the earliest of documents dating from 1526 list 40 societies with over 600 members. However influenced by Persian culture, the Ottomans developed their own artistic and writing ideas. In his own personal life, he was crazy over a woman named Herenzaltan (Roxelena, in the west). She was a daughter of a Ukrainian Orthodox priest, who was captured and rose through the Haram, and became Suleiman's favorite. He also allowed Herenzaltan to remain with him at court for the rest of her life, breaking another tradition, that when imperial heirs came of age, they would be sent along with the imperial concubine who had them to govern remote provinces of the Empire, never to return unless their progeny succeeded to the throne. Suleiman later had some internal family struggles. His wife, and son didn't get along very well and he was found dead, mysteriously strangled. Herenzaltan also died a few years later, very mysteriously. After Herenzaltan's death, her two sons Selim, and Bayezid fought for Suleiman's throne. Then, in exchange for money the Persian ruler returned the two sons to the Ottomans, and they were both executed. About a decade later Suleiman died whilst on a military campaign in Hungary, he was seventy-one years old when he died, the year was 1566. When Suleiman died, the empire that he built with his bare hands, was the strongest in the world. With its unrivaled military strength, economic riches and territorial extent, was the world's foremost power. Under his control, he recaptured many major Muslim cites such as: Mecca, Medinah, Jerusalem, Damascus, and Baghdad. He conquered most of the Balkans, and Eastern Europe. The Ottomans also completely owned Northern Africa. Suleiman's legacy was not just in the military department. The administrative and legal reforms which earned him the name Law Giver, which ensured the Empire's survival long after his death. Suleiman is one of the greatest miltary, and economic leaders in the history of the world. After what he started with what his father left him, he tripled the size and population of the empire.

__1. World Encyclopedia__. 7th Edition. 1998.("Suleiman the Magnificent" 131-136) 2."Suleiman the Magnificent." 1 Oct 2008 . 3.Embree, Mark. "Suleiman The Magnificent ." 1 Oct 2008 . _ Script

Suleiman the Magnificent was born as a prince in a city called Trabzon, in northwestern Turkey. The year was 1494. He attended the palace school and became a very scholarly man. At the age of 15 he served his apprenticeship, and became the goverbor of Bolu at 15 years old! Since his father was ruler, he was next in line to take the throne. His first action as ruler of the Ottoman Empire was to put down the revolt of the governor of Damascus. Right after that his kept his sight clearly on the military, turning his attention to the Eastern Europe. First on his agenda was to conquer Belgrade, which was the stepping stool to the rest of Europe. He avenged his father's defeat there by encircling the city and laying siege upon it.Suleiman ignored the open path through Hungary and Austria and decided to go for the islands for the islands of Rhodes whose closeness to Asia Minor was a perennial problem for the Ottomans. His armies forced a 5 month siege and eventually Rhodes fell. As the relationship between Hungary and the Ottomans got worse, Suleiman diverted his attention back to the eastern half of Europe, he defeated King Louis the 2nd of Hungary, and was in almost complete control of Eastern Europe. The Austrians however soon defeated the Ottomans in Hungary and Bolu, and recaptured both. The Ottomans would soon recapture all of that territory. He kept going into Austria, but after 4 tries, could not take control of Vienna. So he made a treaty with the Austrians. Suleiman turned to Asia, he campaigned to take over Persia (Iran), after two tries and no success against the Shah, he settled with what he had taken over already. The war with the Persians took 20 years, and hurt the Ottoman military, but they had still conquered more land, and were one of the most, if not the most, powerful nation on Earth at the time. Throughout Suleiman's campaigns, he conquered most of Northern Africa, Southern, and Eastern Europe, and all of Arabia. He went as far east as past the Persian Gulf. Under Suleiman the Ottoman Empire reached its golden age of its cultural development. After an apprenticeship, artists and craftsmen could advance in rank within their field and were paid commensurate wages in quarterly annual installments. However influenced by Persian culture, the Ottomans developed their own artistic and writing ideas. Suleiman married a woman named Roxelena, Suleiman later had some internal family struggles. His wife, and son didn't get along very well and he was found dead, mysteriously strangled. Herenzaltan also died a few years later, very mysteriously. After Herenzaltan's death, her two sons Selim, and Bayezid fought for Suleiman's throne. Then, in exchange for money the Persian ruler returned the two sons to the Ottomans, and they were both executed. About a decade later Suleiman died whilst on a military campaign in Hungary, he was seventy-one years old when he died, the year was 1566. When Suleiman died, the empire that he built with his bare hands, was the strongest in the world. With its unrivaled military strength, economic riches and territorial extent, was the world's foremost power. Under his control, he recaptured many major Muslim cites such as: Mecca, Medinah, Jerusalem, Damascus, and Baghdad. He conquered most of the Balkans, and Eastern Europe. The Ottomans also completely owned Northern Africa. Suleiman's legacy was not just in the military department. The administrative and legal reforms which earned him the name Law Giver, which ensured the Empire's survival long after his death. Suleiman is one of the greatest miltary, and economic leaders in the history of the world. After what he started with what his father left him, he tripled the size and population of the empire. DRAMATIC MUSIC TO END THE PODCAST SULEIMAN VOICE: "My name is Suleiman the Magnificent and I almost ruled the entire known world at the time I lived, I am one of the greatest conquerers ever!"


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