Military History The Ottoman Empire

1. 1.Introduction: Scope & the Ottoman Military System's Own Distinct Character
2. 2.Ghazi Origins: Osman I & the Rise of a Frontier Warrior State (c. 1299-1350s)
3. 3.The Janissaries: Slave Soldiers & the Real Devshirme System
4. 4.The Timar System: Ottoman Cavalry & Real Provincial Military Administration
5. 5.The Conquest of Constantinople (1453): The Ottoman Side of the Siege
6. 6.Ottoman Naval Power: Barbarossa & the Real Battle of Preveza (1538)
7. 7.The High Water Mark: Mohács (1526) & the First Siege of Vienna (1529)
8. 8.Lepanto (1571) & the Real Limits of Ottoman Naval Dominance
9. 9.The Second Siege of Vienna (1683) & the Real Beginning of Ottoman Retreat
10. 10.Capstone: Real Military Decline & Reform — From the Nizam-i Cedid to the 1826 Auspicious Incident & Gallipoli