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Austria Interview by Jonathan O’Callaghan 1529

Suleiman the

magnificent

SeizeS vienna

Local leaders look to make peace with new power in the region, but

Charles V vows to reconquer the Austrian capital for Christendom

What was the situation leading up to of development with Selim I and his his reign in the 1520s. And he’s looking
exClusIve the Siege of Vienna in 1529? main area of interest [being] Egypt and again with greater interest at Eastern

Interview With You have this period of enormous build- the Holy Land, the Levant, Syria, that Europe. And one of the things that he
does that is seen as important to the lead
region. And that provided an enormous
up. [There was] a significant period of
build-up under Mehmed II, who reigned amount of new territory for the Ottomans up is his attempt to conquer Hungary. So
from 1451 to 1481, and then after him and a new source of income and taxes the Battle of Mohács takes place in 1526
his son Bayezid II, [and] then you have and such. And then when you get to and he’s able to conquer roughly half of
following him this important period Suleiman, he inherits all of that and starts Hungary. But of course the other half

Vienna cultural

exchange announced

Many Christian citizens of
Vienna may have panicked
© Nancy Bisaha at the arrival of so-called
‘infidel’ Muslims of The
Exalted Ottoman State, but
PrOfessOr its leaders are working hard
to dispel such misinformation
NANCy BIsAhA now they control the city. A

festival of cultural exchange
Professor Bisaha is the has been announced where
Professor of History and
Director of Medieval and food vendors, entertainers
Renaissance Studies at Vassar and small business owners
College in New York, with can share the goods of both
a specialisation in the early Europe and the Middle East.
Ottoman Empire. After losing the battle, the Ottomans
focused on the Mediterranean

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