Billy Wellman > Quotes

“Aided by the Knights Hospitaller, Prince Lazar of Serbia and King Tvrtko of Bosnia led about twenty thousand men”
― Billy Wellman, The Ottoman Empire: An Enthralling Guide to One of the Mightiest and Longest-Lasting Dynasties in World History

“He managed to take down and vassalize the leaders of the four western beyliks—the Karasids, Menteshe, Sarukhanids, and Aydinids”
― Billy Wellman, The Ottoman Empire: An Enthralling Guide to One of the Mightiest and Longest-Lasting Dynasties in World History

“Hafsa Sultan, one of Selim’s concubines, gave birth to Suleiman on November 6, 1494.”
― Billy Wellman, Suleiman the Magnificent: An Enthralling Guide to the Sultan Who Ruled during the Golden Age of the Ottoman Empire

“Taking the mantle of kingship when he was just a child, Pepi II ruled Egypt for about ninety-six years”
― Billy Wellman, Ancient Egypt: An Enthralling Overview of Egyptian History, Starting from the Settlement of the Nile Valley through the Old, Middle, and New Kingdoms to the Death of Cleopatra VII

“The sultan seized Athens in 1826, swinging the tide back into the hands of the central government.”
― Billy Wellman, The Ottoman Empire: An Enthralling Guide to One of the Mightiest and Longest-Lasting Dynasties in World History

“The Ottoman conquests continued with even more enthusiasm during Orhan’s reign, who defeated Byzantine Emperor Andronikos III at the Battle of Pelecanum in 1329. The emperor was forced to flee after his forces were routed, freeing the way for Orhan to capture the city of Nicaea”
― Billy Wellman, The Ottoman Empire: An Enthralling Guide to One of the Mightiest and Longest-Lasting Dynasties in World History

“Bayezid, who rallied his armies and confronted his brother near the town of Yenişehir,”
― Billy Wellman, The Ottoman Empire: An Enthralling Guide to One of the Mightiest and Longest-Lasting Dynasties in World History

“When Osman died in 1324, he had been dreaming of capturing the city of Bursa to really assert the dominance of the Ottoman state”
― Billy Wellman, The Ottoman Empire: An Enthralling Guide to One of the Mightiest and Longest-Lasting Dynasties in World History

“This gave the sultan effective control of the eastern Mediterranean”
― Billy Wellman, Suleiman the Magnificent: An Enthralling Guide to the Sultan Who Ruled during the Golden Age of the Ottoman Empire

“The remedy was a drastic one: the law of fratricide.”
― Billy Wellman, Suleiman the Magnificent: An Enthralling Guide to the Sultan Who Ruled during the Golden Age of the Ottoman Empire

“The Library of Alexandria Being a student of Aristotle himself,”
― Billy Wellman, Ancient Egypt: An Enthralling Overview of Egyptian History, Starting from the Settlement of the Nile Valley through the Old, Middle, and New Kingdoms to the Death of Cleopatra VII

“As the Ottomans retreated, Shah Abbas used the opportunity to seize even more territories,”
― Billy Wellman, The Ottoman Empire: An Enthralling Guide to One of the Mightiest and Longest-Lasting Dynasties in World History

“Aided by many high-ranking officials, the military entered Istanbul and massacred many of the sultan’s closest allies in court,”
― Billy Wellman, The Ottoman Empire: An Enthralling Guide to One of the Mightiest and Longest-Lasting Dynasties in World History

“Although the Byzantine Empire, or at least whatever was left of it, allied with the Ottomans,”
― Billy Wellman, The Ottoman Empire: An Enthralling Guide to One of the Mightiest and Longest-Lasting Dynasties in World History

“At the start of Suleiman’s reign, the Byzantine Empire, including Asia Minor and Greece,”
― Billy Wellman, Suleiman the Magnificent: An Enthralling Guide to the Sultan Who Ruled during the Golden Age of the Ottoman Empire

“Customs rates were also lowered to encourage foreign merchants to pass through Ottoman territories”
― Billy Wellman, The Ottoman Empire: An Enthralling Guide to One of the Mightiest and Longest-Lasting Dynasties in World History

“Osman started the process, but Bursa wouldn’t be taken until 1326.”
― Billy Wellman, The Ottoman Empire: An Enthralling Guide to One of the Mightiest and Longest-Lasting Dynasties in World History

“With no siege equipment, low discipline, and high expectations, the crusaders encamped near the city on its southern side,”
― Billy Wellman, The Ottoman Empire: An Enthralling Guide to One of the Mightiest and Longest-Lasting Dynasties in World History

“The Ottoman conquests continued with even more enthusiasm during Orhan’s reign, who defeated Byzantine Emperor Andronikos III”
― Billy Wellman, The Ottoman Empire: An Enthralling Guide to One of the Mightiest and Longest-Lasting Dynasties in World History

“Abu Bakr became the first caliph, and his followers became the Sunni;”
― Billy Wellman, Suleiman the Magnificent: An Enthralling Guide to the Sultan Who Ruled during the Golden Age of the Ottoman Empire

“The First Losses of the Empire During the 17th century, the Ottoman Empire experienced domestic and external challenges,”
― Billy Wellman, The Ottoman Empire: An Enthralling Guide to One of the Mightiest and Longest-Lasting Dynasties in World History

“Venice, perhaps the most important maritime state in the Mediterranean,”
― Billy Wellman, Suleiman the Magnificent: An Enthralling Guide to the Sultan Who Ruled during the Golden Age of the Ottoman Empire

“They started to dress and look like their European counterparts, and the tulips they planted”
― Billy Wellman, The Ottoman Empire: An Enthralling Guide to One of the Mightiest and Longest-Lasting Dynasties in World History

“Osman is considered to be the founder of the Ottoman state, which derives its name from its first ruler.”
― Billy Wellman, The Ottoman Empire: An Enthralling Guide to One of the Mightiest and Longest-Lasting Dynasties in World History

“Ottoman army needed modernization and understood that the Janissaries stood in his way of fielding a military worthy of his European counterparts”
― Billy Wellman, The Ottoman Empire: An Enthralling Guide to One of the Mightiest and Longest-Lasting Dynasties in World History

“They are thought to be relatives of the Hunnic tribes, which migrated westward starting from the 4th century and eventually reached Europe”
― Billy Wellman, The Ottoman Empire: An Enthralling Guide to One of the Mightiest and Longest-Lasting Dynasties in World History

“Holy Roman Emperor Leopold I was able to arrive at the city with a relief force of more than eighty thousand troops.”
― Billy Wellman, The Ottoman Empire: An Enthralling Guide to One of the Mightiest and Longest-Lasting Dynasties in World History

“Bayezid’s quick vanguard was able to crush the crusaders from the sides while the main infantry advanced forward”
― Billy Wellman, The Ottoman Empire: An Enthralling Guide to One of the Mightiest and Longest-Lasting Dynasties in World History

“Motivated by their French allies in the west, who were just as adamant about seeing the Habsburgs collapse”
― Billy Wellman, The Ottoman Empire: An Enthralling Guide to One of the Mightiest and Longest-Lasting Dynasties in World History

“Persian merchants in Istanbul had seen their inventory confiscated.”
― Billy Wellman, Suleiman the Magnificent: An Enthralling Guide to the Sultan Who Ruled during the Golden Age of the Ottoman Empire