Billy Wellman > Quotes

“Battle of Kosovo is remembered in Serbia today as a valiant effort on the part of the Orthodox Christians,”
― Billy Wellman, The Ottoman Empire: An Enthralling Guide to One of the Mightiest and Longest-Lasting Dynasties in World History

“In early 1357, Suleyman, Orhan’s eldest son and successor, tragically passed away, and the younger son of the Ottoman emir, Halil,”
― Billy Wellman, The Ottoman Empire: An Enthralling Guide to One of the Mightiest and Longest-Lasting Dynasties in World History

“By September of 1687, the Venetians had invaded Greece and taken Athens, something that greatly alarmed the Ottoman”
― Billy Wellman, The Ottoman Empire: An Enthralling Guide to One of the Mightiest and Longest-Lasting Dynasties in World History

“The superior European forces were able to decisively defeat the Ottoman fleet, sinking more than fifty Muslim ships”
― Billy Wellman, The Ottoman Empire: An Enthralling Guide to One of the Mightiest and Longest-Lasting Dynasties in World History

“Safavids, who had once again thrust into Iraq and massacred the Sunni population of Baghdad in 1624.”
― Billy Wellman, The Ottoman Empire: An Enthralling Guide to One of the Mightiest and Longest-Lasting Dynasties in World History

“The Ottoman Empire became engulfed in a long war with the Kingdom of Poland, which lasted until 1498.”
― Billy Wellman, The Ottoman Empire: An Enthralling Guide to One of the Mightiest and Longest-Lasting Dynasties in World History

“By the time of his death in 1566, he was by far the most powerful man in Europe,”
― Billy Wellman, The Ottoman Empire: An Enthralling Guide to One of the Mightiest and Longest-Lasting Dynasties in World History

“Bayezid I continued fighting the holy war in the name of Islam against the Christians of the Balkans”
― Billy Wellman, The Ottoman Empire: An Enthralling Guide to One of the Mightiest and Longest-Lasting Dynasties in World History

“Mehmed built a new castle for himself in Constantinople, overlooking the Bosphorus and allowing him to be secluded”
― Billy Wellman, The Ottoman Empire: An Enthralling Guide to One of the Mightiest and Longest-Lasting Dynasties in World History

“With the capture of Nicomedia, the Ottomans became an undisputed force to be reckoned with”
― Billy Wellman, The Ottoman Empire: An Enthralling Guide to One of the Mightiest and Longest-Lasting Dynasties in World History

“led by the legendary Tamerlane, in the early 1390s after brutal raids and conquests”
― Billy Wellman, The Ottoman Empire: An Enthralling Guide to One of the Mightiest and Longest-Lasting Dynasties in World History

“Russia’s Peter the Great had also taken Ottoman lands on the northern Black Sea coast in 1696,”
― 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

“Members of the Janissary and the sipahi (cavalry) corps of the army were discontent with the continued defeats the army suffered.”
― Billy Wellman, The Ottoman Empire: An Enthralling Guide to One of the Mightiest and Longest-Lasting Dynasties in World History

“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

“By the year 1300, Osman had maneuvered his way through the fragmented political climate of the region”
― 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

“Technically, neither Russia nor the Ottomans had the right to influence Crimea according to the treaty,”
― Billy Wellman, The Ottoman Empire: An Enthralling Guide to One of the Mightiest and Longest-Lasting Dynasties in World History

“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

“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

“The merciful emir allowed the population of the city to peacefully evacuate to Constantinople”
― 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

“Instead of fighting with the Ottomans, Shah Abbas retreated from eastern Anatolia and Armenia,”
― 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

“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

“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

“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