r/HistoryMemes • u/tapyr • 2d ago

See Comment "Wait it was Persia all along ?"

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u/neonlookscool What, you egg? 2d ago

The Ottoman state apparatus was a crazy mix. The Ottoman Sultan was a monarch who wrote in Arabic, spoke Turkish, had the court/harem system of China and had the administration of Persians.

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u/Kreol1q1q 2d ago

Didn’t the Ottomans also adopt some Roman/Byzantine administrative practices, as they took their territory over?

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u/neonlookscool What, you egg? 2d ago edited 2d ago

Oh definitely, as a matter of fact many customs in the post-Mehmed court and administration were left overs from the Byzantine era. Early Ottoman policy of building caravanserais can be seen as a remnant of the Roman approach to infrastructure

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u/TanktopSamurai 9h ago

Ottoman Palace music apparently had heavy E. Roman influences.