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Suleiman the Magnificent - I: A Lion Takes the Throne - Extra History (Patreon)

Published:
2016-03-11 11:08:05
Edited:
2018-05-15 03:20:50
Imported:
2022-01

Content

Suleiman ascends the throne of the Ottoman Empire. He wants to be benevolent, but he must prove that he is no pushover.

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Suleiman the Magnificent - I: Hero of All That Is - Extra History

A young Suleiman ascends the throne of the Ottoman Empire. He wants to be a benevolent ruler, but he must prove that he is no pushover. Support us on Patreon! http://bit.ly/EHPatreon --- (Episode details below) Grab your Extra Credits gear at the store! http://bit.ly/ExtraStore Subscribe for new episodes every Saturday! http://bit.ly/SubToEC Watch the Suleiman the Magnificent series! http://bit.ly/1nBF8i9 Play games with us on Extra Play! http://bit.ly/WatchEXP Talk to us on Twitter (@ExtraCreditz): http://bit.ly/ECTweet Follow us on Facebook: http://bit.ly/ECFBPage Get our list of recommended games on Steam: http://bit.ly/ECCurator ____________ Perhaps it all began when Suleiman's father died... Suleiman's father, Selim I, had pushed the borders of the Ottoman Empire further than any before him. Suleiman and his childhood friend, a Greek named Ibrahim who'd once been his slave, had to race back to Constantinople to claim the throne before news got out. Suleiman immediately bestowed gifts on the janissaries and court officials whose favor he would need for a successful reign, but he also carried out executions against those he suspected of treachery. He could not afford to be too kind. Indeed, his rule was challenged immediately by a revolt in Syria, which Suleiman crushed with overwhelming force to secure his reputation as a powerful leader. He wanted to stretch the empire even more, to bring it into Europe, which brought his attention to Hungary (his gateway to Europe) and Rhodes (a thorn in his side in the Mediterranean). The young prince of Hungary gave him the excuse he needed by executing an Ottoman envoy who'd come to collect tribute. Suleiman prepared his troops for war. ____________ ♫ Get the intro music here! http://bit.ly/1EQA5N7 *Music by Demetori: http://bit.ly/1AaJG4H ♫ Get the outro music here! http://bit.ly/23isQfx *Music by Sean and Dean Kiner: http://bit.ly/1WdBhnm

Comments

Anonymous

I like how these open up.

Anonymous

I really like how this one keeps the storyteller voice throughout. It lends the video a taste of oral history that usually gets a little lost under some of the clinical historical context.

Anonymous

Unusual mode for you ugys to take for the telling of history, but so far it seems to work well for this particular piece.

Anonymous

Good start :) A detail but the arrival of the message of his father's death could have been made a bit more dramatic: He was traveling with his entourage in Manisa (which is the province crown princes traditionally govern) upon reading the message, his entourage (and esp. his childhood friend Ibrahim) would know what's about and express their loyalty.

Anonymous

Certainly a change in the way of narration, but nothing wrong with that

Anonymous

Epicpre title open!! Loved it

Anonymous

Ah, a framing device! Excellent.

Anonymous

Awesome, thank you!

Anonymous

I like how it's being told from a memory, brings into a more personal history instead of just dry facts. (And that's an easy trap to fall into with history, I've been impressed how you've been avoiding it).

Stormy Weather

This is wonderful! I love the timing of this series, and as always you guys are fantastic story tellers, and really make it come to life! ^u^

Anonymous

Awesome job guys. I love the mimicry of Muslim/Turkish/Arabic storytelling, and it seems many other commentators like it as well! As a small criticism, I felt it would have been beneficial to give a small explanation of how Turkish succession usually worked, giving the race to the capitol, killing of his Uncles, and immediate ceremony context. It would also help set the stage for future struggles Suleiman must face . . .

Anonymous

The narration style is a nice way to hear the story, but I gotta say it makes me a little wary of the liberties you have to be taking. Especially that last line about "elation along with his rage" seems to push things a little closer towards historical fiction. I hope you guys talk about your sources and adaptation method in the Lies video.

Anonymous

The brash Hungarian prince... was an idiot. :-)

Anonymous
>>1491191

I have to agree with this comment. That is the risk with "History that's fun to watch"... Still, it IS fun.

Anonymous

Very excited for the new series! Yay!

Anonymous

Oh, also so much love to see Lilienne's art again. =)

Anonymous

2:56 his father's what? It sounds like "beer." Is this some Turkish word I'm missing.

Anonymous

Awesome start!

Anonymous
>>1492782

I think the word is "bier". It's similar to a casket.

Anonymous

The new story telling format is incredible; I hope to see more in the future!

Anonymous

so good!

Anonymous

Damn it, I already can't wait for lies to learn more about the Bey of Egypt

Richárd Nagyfi

oh my god Extra History is doing a show on the turkish fighting the hungarians *fan girl scream*

Richárd Nagyfi

please don't forget to cover the siege of Eger, which is one of the most important wars in hungarian history (there is a book by Géza Gárdonyi and also a movie adaptation on the subject, making it a national emblem for patriotic heroism) the people defending Eger used all kinds of unconventional strategies to achieve victory, like throwing bacon at the turkish to mock them, then lighting the now greasy area on fire, having women stop the siege by pouring hot soup down the walls and Gergely even built a god damn warmachine that was basically a huge exploding wheel set on fire

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>>1489556

It's a new approach we're trying! It won't be part of every series but it worked well with this one.

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>>1489571

There's a couple of narrative experiments in this series. We'll see how they work!

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>>1489477

Yeah, I'm glad we switched to doing a few seconds of cold open so we can set the stage before each episode. Works really well with the narrative aspect of this series!

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>>1489638

We try to hit a good balance between adding details that enrich the story while still keeping the pace of things moving forward. :)

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>>1490904

We figured the series was established enough at this point to let us experiment with some different narrative approaches.

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>>1490986

Well, you Patreons are responsible for the timing, but I do agree that it is a perfect follow-up to Justinian!

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>>1491122

There's a lot we have to cut short in order to make the story of someone as storied and accomplished as Suleiman fit into 6 episodes. But our hope is that people who find him interesting will decide to go learn more, and in that way they'll learn for themselves about how Turkish succession!

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>>1492404

You'll be getting a lot of her! Since we have Heather working on the Kursk series, Lil's taking over her spot on the schedule so you'll be getting quite a lot of her wonderful art... while also still getting to enjoy Heather's work on Kursk!

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>>1494776

Seems to be going over well so far! We're definitely dipping our toes into some new water here, and we've been curious to see how it will be received.

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>>1495561

I'm not sure if he'll be in Lies or not (as that's a ways off from being written) but oh, I can tell you, I did very unnecessarily deep research dive into that fellow. I think Lil just wanted to know what he looked like, and I wound up finding her his name, approximate age, rough life story... it was a bit more than she needed. ;)

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>>1501972

I don't think that siege made it in! I wish it had, but you know, Suleiman had a long reign and we only have six episodes. :( I gotta look up that warmachine though...

Richárd Nagyfi
>>1501972

this is a clip from the movie based on the novel about the battle of Eger (given its importance, the former Soviet ruler party in Hungary actually forced massive amount of real soldiers to dress up and take part in the movie as figurants), you can see the "tűzkerék" at 1:35: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wPLHYZG-IjE" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wPLHYZG-IjE</a> it looks hideous by today's standards, but keep in mind this is a movie made in 1968, they literally blew things up at the castle of Eger as there was no CGI and here is a replica of the real thing on Wikipedia: <a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:T%C5%B1zker%C3%A9k_rekonstrukci%C3%B3.jpg" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:T%C5%B1zker%C3%A9k_rekonstrukci%C3%B3.jpg</a> long story short the hungarians ran out of ideas and resources to defend themselves so as a desperate last resort they put all their explosives in wooden machines, barrels, millstones, etc. and let them loose, confusing the turkish army and killing many of their retreating warriors this could be a romantic exaggeration though but I still found it awesome as a kid when I first heard about it

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>>1501972

Holy crap! Can you imagine being an unsuspecting Turkish soldier when the first LITERALLY FLAMING BALL OF EXPLODING DEATH comes rolling out of the city at you? I mean... I wouldn't want to be those guys. Much worse than Hannibal's elephants.

Richárd Nagyfi
>>1501972

it turns out most of how the battle of Eger lives on in our collective memories is highly exaggerated (for instance we have famous paintings with the women of Eger pouring soup on the attackers as a last resort, but in reality even water was scarce so they only poured it on attackers with metal armor and women were mostly kept safe undeground or in buildings) which is kind of a shock for me anyway the people I've asked told me that the fire wheels have most likely existed but they weren't nearly as effective as one would think, as it was impossible to aim them and they just went loose. However, this was still enough to cause a havoc amongst the turkish soldiers marching in dense lines. So basically it reduced morale a lot and caused people to stamp on each other but the explosions themselves weren't that harmful.