PATREON EXTRA: Yeŋiçeri (Janissaries) the Empire's Elite: Part 1 "Origins"

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Episode Summary PATREON Extra The Empire's Elite "Origins" Part 1

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A brief meditative practice involving imagining history

The term, word, of Janissary and how it relates to Yeŋiçeri

Janissaries trace their origins to Sultan Murad I (although Sultan Orhan may have had something to do with them as well)

Christian captives first Janissaries

Training regimen established under Sultan Bayezid I

Numbers, and training in detail

Growing animosity between Janissary and cavalry units

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"Big Drumming" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 Licensehttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

"Clash Defiant" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 Licensehttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/