1 00:00:10,960 --> 00:00:12,720 Speaker 1: This is a Jesse Kelly Show. 2 00:00:15,080 --> 00:00:19,319 Speaker 2: It is the Jesse Kelly Show. Another hour of The 3 00:00:19,440 --> 00:00:23,880 Speaker 2: Jesse Kelly Show. On an Amazing Tuesday. We had a 4 00:00:24,000 --> 00:00:26,560 Speaker 2: rip roar in first hour. If you missed any of that, 5 00:00:26,640 --> 00:00:29,520 Speaker 2: including the Crappiest Country in the World Championship, you gotta 6 00:00:29,560 --> 00:00:33,000 Speaker 2: go download the podcast. iHeart Spotify iTunes. We don't have 7 00:00:33,040 --> 00:00:35,159 Speaker 2: any time for anymore of that right now. In fact, 8 00:00:35,200 --> 00:00:37,839 Speaker 2: we don't even have any time for politics now. I 9 00:00:38,720 --> 00:00:42,680 Speaker 2: should remember. I have to keep this in mind. This 10 00:00:42,720 --> 00:00:47,320 Speaker 2: is something that's easy to forget. Not everybody has been 11 00:00:47,360 --> 00:00:50,360 Speaker 2: listening for the seven years we've been on the air. 12 00:00:50,400 --> 00:00:54,200 Speaker 2: In fact, most have not. People come along relatively recently, 13 00:00:54,800 --> 00:00:57,240 Speaker 2: so I need to explain something about me before I 14 00:00:57,440 --> 00:01:04,680 Speaker 2: derail the show. I love history, to be honest with you. 15 00:01:05,800 --> 00:01:10,639 Speaker 2: It's my favorite thing in the world. I love it. 16 00:01:10,640 --> 00:01:13,399 Speaker 2: It is what I do in my spare time. I 17 00:01:13,520 --> 00:01:17,000 Speaker 2: read history books. I gobble up all the history information 18 00:01:17,120 --> 00:01:19,440 Speaker 2: I can. You want to hear the biggest old Man 19 00:01:19,520 --> 00:01:23,720 Speaker 2: Jesse thing in the world. I love museums. Don't roll 20 00:01:23,760 --> 00:01:29,160 Speaker 2: your eyes, Chris, I'm a museum guy, and occasionally on 21 00:01:29,319 --> 00:01:31,600 Speaker 2: The Jesse Kelly Show I try to do it every 22 00:01:32,560 --> 00:01:36,039 Speaker 2: three or four weeks. I would say, we take time 23 00:01:37,319 --> 00:01:40,959 Speaker 2: and I tell a history story about some sort of 24 00:01:41,120 --> 00:01:47,600 Speaker 2: historical event, battle, expedition of some kind, whatever happens to 25 00:01:47,720 --> 00:01:50,040 Speaker 2: interest me. And yeah, we take requests for them and 26 00:01:50,080 --> 00:01:54,040 Speaker 2: things like that. But I love it. I enjoy it. 27 00:01:54,800 --> 00:01:57,120 Speaker 2: If we if you and me, if we could right 28 00:01:57,200 --> 00:01:59,520 Speaker 2: all the wrongs in this country, get rid of all 29 00:01:59,520 --> 00:02:02,640 Speaker 2: these dirty comies, I'd probably do history every single day. 30 00:02:03,160 --> 00:02:06,120 Speaker 2: That's how much. That's how much I genuinely enjoyed it. 31 00:02:06,200 --> 00:02:08,440 Speaker 2: I'd quit and go just start a history podcast. But 32 00:02:08,480 --> 00:02:12,680 Speaker 2: we got work to do now. Again, this is just 33 00:02:12,720 --> 00:02:16,519 Speaker 2: in case you are new. I do not always fit 34 00:02:16,600 --> 00:02:20,040 Speaker 2: it all in one show. This show was three hours long. 35 00:02:20,639 --> 00:02:22,880 Speaker 2: It depends on the history tale. I've had these things 36 00:02:22,919 --> 00:02:26,520 Speaker 2: stretch out three or four days. I'm just gonna go 37 00:02:26,520 --> 00:02:29,640 Speaker 2: ahead and tell you right now, the chances I'm able 38 00:02:29,680 --> 00:02:34,720 Speaker 2: to finish this entire thing tonight are It's almost zero. 39 00:02:34,840 --> 00:02:37,200 Speaker 2: It's probably zero. We'll come back and do some more 40 00:02:37,240 --> 00:02:42,519 Speaker 2: politics next hour. There's just so much background I want 41 00:02:42,520 --> 00:02:45,640 Speaker 2: to go into, and then the siege itself. It's a 42 00:02:45,639 --> 00:02:48,480 Speaker 2: little more complicated than some other things we've done. I 43 00:02:48,560 --> 00:02:52,160 Speaker 2: have a lot, a lot of reasons. But it's gonna 44 00:02:52,160 --> 00:02:54,960 Speaker 2: take a little bit and I'm gonna talk history. If 45 00:02:55,000 --> 00:02:57,200 Speaker 2: you don't like it, change the channel. I'll see you 46 00:02:57,240 --> 00:03:02,799 Speaker 2: next hour or tomorrow. I love it. Now, I want 47 00:03:02,800 --> 00:03:09,400 Speaker 2: you to imagine something. I want you to imagine that 48 00:03:09,560 --> 00:03:16,520 Speaker 2: you are manning a cannon and obviously you are firing 49 00:03:16,720 --> 00:03:20,880 Speaker 2: cannon balls at the other side, and the other side 50 00:03:20,960 --> 00:03:25,840 Speaker 2: is firing cannon balls back at you. Okay, not an 51 00:03:25,840 --> 00:03:32,680 Speaker 2: ideal situation, obviously a little bit frightening. Only you see 52 00:03:32,720 --> 00:03:38,760 Speaker 2: their cannons go off one day and you're thinking, uh, oh, 53 00:03:39,440 --> 00:03:42,600 Speaker 2: I better take cover. There's a cannon ball come in 54 00:03:42,600 --> 00:03:50,240 Speaker 2: my way. Only after you duck down, you hear the 55 00:03:50,280 --> 00:03:54,200 Speaker 2: cannon ball land and it doesn't sound like the other 56 00:03:54,280 --> 00:03:57,680 Speaker 2: cannon balls at all. In fact, it made a kind 57 00:03:57,720 --> 00:04:03,440 Speaker 2: of funny splat. So you poke your head up to 58 00:04:03,480 --> 00:04:08,600 Speaker 2: see what the problem is, and you find out they 59 00:04:08,600 --> 00:04:13,520 Speaker 2: didn't fire a cannon ball this time. They fired your 60 00:04:13,560 --> 00:04:18,640 Speaker 2: best friend's head at you. We are about to talk 61 00:04:18,680 --> 00:04:24,520 Speaker 2: about one of the nastiest sieges and most important sieges 62 00:04:25,400 --> 00:04:29,920 Speaker 2: in human history. Honestly, you can say this siege probably 63 00:04:30,000 --> 00:04:34,960 Speaker 2: affects the world we live in today, and the world 64 00:04:35,040 --> 00:04:37,520 Speaker 2: we live in today, possibly would have been radically different. 65 00:04:38,640 --> 00:04:41,760 Speaker 2: What time period are we in now? The Siege of 66 00:04:41,880 --> 00:04:45,560 Speaker 2: Malta is in the fifteen hundreds, and I'm about to 67 00:04:45,560 --> 00:04:47,760 Speaker 2: give a bunch of background on the two different sides, 68 00:04:47,800 --> 00:04:50,000 Speaker 2: So just hang with me for a moment. But it's 69 00:04:50,040 --> 00:04:54,080 Speaker 2: important to understand just some basics about the technology and 70 00:04:54,160 --> 00:04:57,240 Speaker 2: the world we live in in the fifteen hundreds, right, 71 00:04:57,279 --> 00:05:00,359 Speaker 2: So this is post Christopher Columbus. You got that fourteen 72 00:05:00,440 --> 00:05:04,159 Speaker 2: ninety two and all that. This is the era where 73 00:05:04,200 --> 00:05:08,760 Speaker 2: there still have sailing ships. Ships still have sails in them, 74 00:05:08,760 --> 00:05:12,440 Speaker 2: so there's no engines and things like that. But it's 75 00:05:12,520 --> 00:05:19,880 Speaker 2: not all bows and arrows and swords. However, there are crossbows, 76 00:05:20,279 --> 00:05:24,800 Speaker 2: bows and arrows and swords, and they are employed a 77 00:05:24,960 --> 00:05:28,440 Speaker 2: lot on the battlefield. There are cannons, as I just 78 00:05:28,520 --> 00:05:33,520 Speaker 2: pointed out, each every major country will have cannons at 79 00:05:33,560 --> 00:05:40,320 Speaker 2: their disposal, and they have I'm gonna call them guns muskets, 80 00:05:40,360 --> 00:05:44,640 Speaker 2: you know, old single shot things that they are the 81 00:05:44,680 --> 00:05:51,720 Speaker 2: most basic thing you have ever seen, gigantic, heavy, cumbersome, 82 00:05:52,440 --> 00:05:56,240 Speaker 2: not very accurate at all. We're not Look, you're not 83 00:05:56,279 --> 00:05:59,520 Speaker 2: going to square up against a guy who's two hundred 84 00:05:59,560 --> 00:06:03,320 Speaker 2: yards of way and have a snowballs chance in you 85 00:06:03,480 --> 00:06:07,000 Speaker 2: nowhere of hitting him with these things. So yes, gunpowder 86 00:06:07,080 --> 00:06:10,080 Speaker 2: and shot and those things they do matter. It is important. 87 00:06:10,400 --> 00:06:15,760 Speaker 2: But I wanted you to understand we're still talking swords here, Okay, swords, cannons, 88 00:06:16,240 --> 00:06:20,599 Speaker 2: old old old guns. Now, before we get to Malta, 89 00:06:21,000 --> 00:06:26,240 Speaker 2: I'm going to talk about two different sides Jerusalem. We're 90 00:06:26,279 --> 00:06:29,760 Speaker 2: gonna go way way, way, way way back. This is 91 00:06:29,839 --> 00:06:34,080 Speaker 2: about the year one thousand, and in fact, very close 92 00:06:34,120 --> 00:06:40,599 Speaker 2: to being exactly one thousand years ago Jerusalem. You are 93 00:06:40,800 --> 00:06:46,000 Speaker 2: well aware Jerusalem is considered a holy land for the 94 00:06:46,080 --> 00:06:51,640 Speaker 2: three largest religions on the planet, Christianity, Judaism and Islam. 95 00:06:51,960 --> 00:06:55,400 Speaker 2: That is the case today. If you go to Jerusalem today, 96 00:06:55,920 --> 00:06:59,760 Speaker 2: you will see all three represented there. And it was 97 00:07:00,080 --> 00:07:03,919 Speaker 2: very much the case back in this era. And the 98 00:07:04,040 --> 00:07:09,000 Speaker 2: Muslims and the Christians both have laid claim to it. 99 00:07:09,640 --> 00:07:13,880 Speaker 2: They want it to be theirs, and they're fighting over it. 100 00:07:14,040 --> 00:07:17,880 Speaker 2: This is the era of what is known as the Crusades. 101 00:07:17,920 --> 00:07:20,560 Speaker 2: I'm not going to do a bunch of Crusades history. 102 00:07:21,160 --> 00:07:25,000 Speaker 2: But you've heard of a pilgrimage, right, you at least 103 00:07:25,080 --> 00:07:30,840 Speaker 2: understand what a pilgrimage is Christians at this time will 104 00:07:30,840 --> 00:07:33,880 Speaker 2: make pilgrimages and the same way you would do today. 105 00:07:34,040 --> 00:07:35,720 Speaker 2: I guess you could argue what we did as a 106 00:07:35,760 --> 00:07:38,520 Speaker 2: show a couple of years ago was a pilgrimage. You 107 00:07:38,600 --> 00:07:43,480 Speaker 2: are going to visit the holy sites of what you believe. 108 00:07:43,960 --> 00:07:49,280 Speaker 2: Muslims make pilgrimages there as well. Christians would make pilgrimages 109 00:07:49,760 --> 00:07:54,040 Speaker 2: to Jerusalem. While there, and remember there's all kinds of 110 00:07:54,040 --> 00:07:59,720 Speaker 2: fighting going on and ugly things. An order has been started, 111 00:08:00,160 --> 00:08:03,680 Speaker 2: an order exactly. I want you to think of the 112 00:08:03,760 --> 00:08:06,160 Speaker 2: Knights of Columbus. You've heard of the Knights of Columbus. 113 00:08:06,800 --> 00:08:08,600 Speaker 2: My father in law is a member of the Knights 114 00:08:08,640 --> 00:08:13,320 Speaker 2: of Columbus. What do they do well? They serve the 115 00:08:13,360 --> 00:08:18,040 Speaker 2: community in various ways. They'll give back, they do fish fries. 116 00:08:18,400 --> 00:08:23,960 Speaker 2: It's an order. Orders were a little different back then. 117 00:08:24,000 --> 00:08:25,520 Speaker 2: Now they did a lot of that as well. But 118 00:08:25,560 --> 00:08:28,400 Speaker 2: they could be they could be orders of service, they 119 00:08:28,440 --> 00:08:34,920 Speaker 2: could be military orders. An order begins in Jerusalem in 120 00:08:35,040 --> 00:08:40,040 Speaker 2: the year one thousand and It is known as the 121 00:08:40,160 --> 00:08:45,760 Speaker 2: Knights of Saint John or the Knights Hospitaller or the 122 00:08:45,840 --> 00:08:48,880 Speaker 2: Knights Hospitaller, depending on how you want to pronounce it, 123 00:08:48,920 --> 00:08:50,560 Speaker 2: I'm going to tell you right now. I picked the 124 00:08:50,600 --> 00:08:53,040 Speaker 2: one that I thought was the coolest sounding, and so 125 00:08:53,080 --> 00:08:55,840 Speaker 2: it's the what I'm sticking with. The Knights of Saint 126 00:08:55,960 --> 00:08:58,800 Speaker 2: John is the one I'm sticking with. But knights hospital 127 00:08:59,520 --> 00:09:02,880 Speaker 2: or hospital is a very very common way. It's an order. 128 00:09:03,800 --> 00:09:08,160 Speaker 2: It was not a military order. When it began. You 129 00:09:08,200 --> 00:09:11,320 Speaker 2: know the name hospitaler, hospital er, depending on your accent. 130 00:09:12,400 --> 00:09:16,559 Speaker 2: It was a hospital. They started a hospital in Jerusalem. 131 00:09:17,120 --> 00:09:21,800 Speaker 2: They did not only treat Christians or Jews or Muslims. 132 00:09:22,440 --> 00:09:27,440 Speaker 2: All were welcome. They started a hospital there. Hospitals. We 133 00:09:27,480 --> 00:09:30,760 Speaker 2: are used to hospitals being everywhere today, even if you're 134 00:09:30,760 --> 00:09:34,000 Speaker 2: in a rural area, there are hospitals twenty thirty minutes 135 00:09:34,000 --> 00:09:36,120 Speaker 2: from you. If you're in an urban area, you're probably 136 00:09:36,120 --> 00:09:39,120 Speaker 2: ten minutes from a hospital. That is not the case 137 00:09:39,240 --> 00:09:43,720 Speaker 2: in the ancient world. They started a hospital to care 138 00:09:43,960 --> 00:09:48,720 Speaker 2: for the sick. But like I said, this was an 139 00:09:48,760 --> 00:09:51,040 Speaker 2: era where there was quite a bit of it still is, 140 00:09:51,080 --> 00:09:53,600 Speaker 2: but there was quite a bit of controversy over this 141 00:09:53,760 --> 00:09:59,040 Speaker 2: chunk of ground. Wholly to the Muslims, holy to the Christians. 142 00:09:59,080 --> 00:10:01,040 Speaker 2: The Jews are not going to They're not going to 143 00:10:01,040 --> 00:10:02,600 Speaker 2: play a major role in our story here, so we're 144 00:10:02,600 --> 00:10:04,640 Speaker 2: going to set them aside right now. And they were 145 00:10:04,640 --> 00:10:06,880 Speaker 2: fighting over it, the Christians and the Muslims were fighting 146 00:10:06,920 --> 00:10:11,200 Speaker 2: over it. And if you were a Christian making a 147 00:10:11,280 --> 00:10:16,120 Speaker 2: pilgrimage to Jerusalem, remember you're not flying in on United 148 00:10:17,080 --> 00:10:20,600 Speaker 2: you have to walk, ride a horse, ride a camel, 149 00:10:21,080 --> 00:10:24,800 Speaker 2: and it was a dangerous affair. We'll continue in a moment. 150 00:10:25,160 --> 00:10:31,240 Speaker 2: Before we continue, think for a moment, think how sore 151 00:10:31,320 --> 00:10:33,360 Speaker 2: you'd be after riding on a camel for that. 152 00:10:33,320 --> 00:10:35,200 Speaker 1: Long and. 153 00:10:36,760 --> 00:10:40,080 Speaker 2: You don't have a relief Factor. 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They start 178 00:12:11,920 --> 00:12:15,200 Speaker 2: a hospital in Jerusalem around the year one thousand. But 179 00:12:15,720 --> 00:12:20,280 Speaker 2: Christians making the pilgrimage to Jerusalem at this time they 180 00:12:20,360 --> 00:12:24,280 Speaker 2: kept getting attacked, attacked by robbers, attacked by Muslims. It 181 00:12:24,320 --> 00:12:27,440 Speaker 2: was a problem. So the Knights and I should pause 182 00:12:27,480 --> 00:12:30,800 Speaker 2: real quick. Jewish producer Chris said something during the break 183 00:12:30,840 --> 00:12:35,240 Speaker 2: about the Knights Templar. There's a very famous this is 184 00:12:35,280 --> 00:12:38,440 Speaker 2: not them this is not them. It's no. I wasn't 185 00:12:38,480 --> 00:12:40,439 Speaker 2: insulting you, Chris, but a lot of people would think, 186 00:12:40,559 --> 00:12:43,400 Speaker 2: are these the same knights. The Knights of Saint John 187 00:12:43,960 --> 00:12:47,880 Speaker 2: were a Catholic order very similar to the Knights Templar. 188 00:12:48,000 --> 00:12:49,839 Speaker 2: These are not them. This is a separate group, all right. 189 00:12:50,320 --> 00:12:55,560 Speaker 2: So they expand and they go from being just a 190 00:12:55,640 --> 00:13:00,800 Speaker 2: hospital just giving medical care to a military order. Now 191 00:13:00,800 --> 00:13:04,760 Speaker 2: they are a strict military order. They are funded by 192 00:13:04,840 --> 00:13:10,600 Speaker 2: various sources, and they are well trained, very very good fighters. Eventually, 193 00:13:11,400 --> 00:13:15,600 Speaker 2: during those crusades, the Muslims are led by a man 194 00:13:15,760 --> 00:13:19,120 Speaker 2: named Saladein. If you are ever, if you are a 195 00:13:19,200 --> 00:13:23,880 Speaker 2: history buffet, all know anything about the crusade, you will 196 00:13:23,920 --> 00:13:27,640 Speaker 2: have heard of the name Saladein. Saladein was a famous 197 00:13:27,760 --> 00:13:32,080 Speaker 2: Muslim general, very very talented, and he won. It became 198 00:13:32,240 --> 00:13:37,080 Speaker 2: his And after he won, he took this military order 199 00:13:37,120 --> 00:13:40,480 Speaker 2: of knights and he kicked them out. He kicked them 200 00:13:40,520 --> 00:13:44,719 Speaker 2: out to a place called roads. Now we're going to 201 00:13:45,160 --> 00:13:48,360 Speaker 2: pause for just a moment. The Knights of Saint John 202 00:13:48,760 --> 00:13:50,959 Speaker 2: are on a place called Roads. In case you're wondering 203 00:13:50,960 --> 00:13:54,120 Speaker 2: where this is. This is important for our story. Like 204 00:13:54,160 --> 00:13:56,559 Speaker 2: I said, there's going to be a lot more background 205 00:13:56,559 --> 00:13:59,560 Speaker 2: in location here to try to explain who's who and 206 00:13:59,600 --> 00:14:02,320 Speaker 2: what's on and where we are. And I know you're listening, 207 00:14:02,400 --> 00:14:06,280 Speaker 2: not looking at it. So the Mediterranean, you know about 208 00:14:06,280 --> 00:14:08,800 Speaker 2: the Mediterranean, you're at least aware of it. That's where 209 00:14:08,800 --> 00:14:11,640 Speaker 2: Greece and Italy and all the southern France, southern Spain, 210 00:14:11,920 --> 00:14:17,319 Speaker 2: that's where all those things are. But Italy, Southern Spain, 211 00:14:17,440 --> 00:14:24,520 Speaker 2: Southern France. That is the Western Mediterranean. The Eastern Mediterranean 212 00:14:24,880 --> 00:14:28,960 Speaker 2: is Greece, and this is where Turkey is located a right, 213 00:14:29,000 --> 00:14:34,720 Speaker 2: So that's the Eastern Mediterranean. The Mediterranean has always since 214 00:14:34,920 --> 00:14:39,000 Speaker 2: boats have gotten onto the water, the Mediterranean has been 215 00:14:39,400 --> 00:14:45,160 Speaker 2: prized choice territory. You want the Mediterranean to ship goods 216 00:14:45,280 --> 00:14:47,680 Speaker 2: and men, and you want to be able to ship 217 00:14:47,760 --> 00:14:51,720 Speaker 2: things to and fro. The Mediterranean is prime real estate, 218 00:14:51,760 --> 00:14:54,200 Speaker 2: and it is still prime real estate to this day. 219 00:14:54,520 --> 00:14:56,680 Speaker 2: You want to be able to own the waves, own 220 00:14:56,760 --> 00:14:58,680 Speaker 2: the shores on those waves. By the way, I should 221 00:14:58,720 --> 00:15:02,600 Speaker 2: note northern Africa, but this is all part of the Mediterranean. 222 00:15:03,280 --> 00:15:06,120 Speaker 2: Now that brings us to the Ottoman Empire. I'm not 223 00:15:06,160 --> 00:15:08,400 Speaker 2: going to go into the whole background on the Ottoman Empire. 224 00:15:08,640 --> 00:15:11,160 Speaker 2: We've done a bit of them before, and we'll probably 225 00:15:11,160 --> 00:15:13,080 Speaker 2: do a bit of them again because they're a fascinating 226 00:15:13,120 --> 00:15:17,640 Speaker 2: powerful empire. They rose up and they began to conquer 227 00:15:17,800 --> 00:15:22,920 Speaker 2: the world around them, very very powerful, very very smart, 228 00:15:23,560 --> 00:15:28,880 Speaker 2: science heavy, really sharp empire that was run in a 229 00:15:28,920 --> 00:15:34,840 Speaker 2: really sharp way. And they're Muslim. What was Europe? Europe 230 00:15:35,040 --> 00:15:40,080 Speaker 2: was Catholic slash Christian. Honestly during the era we're in, 231 00:15:40,640 --> 00:15:44,560 Speaker 2: that's when Protestantism in the Catholics were starting to kill 232 00:15:44,600 --> 00:15:45,880 Speaker 2: each other. We're not going to go in any of that. 233 00:15:46,320 --> 00:15:48,800 Speaker 2: I'm going to dumb this down and just say Europe 234 00:15:48,840 --> 00:15:53,520 Speaker 2: was Catholic at this time. Okay, Europe's Catholic, Europe's Christian 235 00:15:53,640 --> 00:15:59,000 Speaker 2: or whatever. The Ottomans are Muslim. That may mean nothing 236 00:15:59,040 --> 00:16:01,280 Speaker 2: to you, maybe you have no belief system or whatever, 237 00:16:01,360 --> 00:16:04,000 Speaker 2: but that is not at all important to our story. 238 00:16:04,640 --> 00:16:08,920 Speaker 2: What is important to our story is it meant everything 239 00:16:09,400 --> 00:16:13,440 Speaker 2: to both sides for the Ottomans as they rose up 240 00:16:13,440 --> 00:16:15,840 Speaker 2: and they began to conquer really the Muslim world. They 241 00:16:15,840 --> 00:16:19,760 Speaker 2: were conquering much of the Muslim world, pulling them under 242 00:16:19,800 --> 00:16:25,960 Speaker 2: the Ottoman umbrella. They were selling themselves and viewed themselves 243 00:16:26,160 --> 00:16:29,920 Speaker 2: as we are the protectors of Islam. We are the 244 00:16:29,960 --> 00:16:33,520 Speaker 2: ones who will spread Islam. We will protect the people 245 00:16:33,640 --> 00:16:36,840 Speaker 2: of Islam. And for a very, very, very long time, 246 00:16:37,120 --> 00:16:39,520 Speaker 2: the Ottomans saw themselves that way, and many people in 247 00:16:39,520 --> 00:16:44,000 Speaker 2: the Islamic world saw themselves that way. Now, as the 248 00:16:44,000 --> 00:16:49,920 Speaker 2: Ottoman Empire, this Islamic Empire was rising, Christian Europe, Catholic 249 00:16:50,040 --> 00:16:56,040 Speaker 2: Europe was afraid, and understandably so. It wasn't an ungrounded fear. 250 00:16:56,680 --> 00:17:00,160 Speaker 2: The Ottoman Empire was spreading and conquering and spreading and conquering. 251 00:17:00,400 --> 00:17:02,120 Speaker 2: And there was an event which we've done before. I'm 252 00:17:02,120 --> 00:17:06,600 Speaker 2: not going to go into it. The Byzantine Empire or 253 00:17:07,600 --> 00:17:10,240 Speaker 2: the Eastern Roman Empire, depending they would have called themselves Roman. 254 00:17:10,800 --> 00:17:16,280 Speaker 2: They had Constantinople. It was really the center of Christianity 255 00:17:16,359 --> 00:17:20,560 Speaker 2: at the time, and in the fourteen hundreds, the Ottoman 256 00:17:20,640 --> 00:17:25,520 Speaker 2: Empire took the center of Christianity at this time. Whatever 257 00:17:25,560 --> 00:17:28,720 Speaker 2: your belief system is, I want you to picture what 258 00:17:28,840 --> 00:17:33,439 Speaker 2: you consider to be maybe your most holy or cherished place. 259 00:17:34,760 --> 00:17:38,640 Speaker 2: Imagine it falling to what you consider to be your 260 00:17:38,760 --> 00:17:47,040 Speaker 2: religious mortal enemy. The fall of Constantinople rocked and brought 261 00:17:47,080 --> 00:17:50,760 Speaker 2: a whole lot of fear into Christian Europe. These Muslims, 262 00:17:50,960 --> 00:17:53,800 Speaker 2: are they going to come kill us all? Are they 263 00:17:53,840 --> 00:17:56,960 Speaker 2: going to come bring Islam and force it into all 264 00:17:57,000 --> 00:18:00,239 Speaker 2: of Europe? They're so powerful? How do we stop them? 265 00:18:00,359 --> 00:18:05,240 Speaker 2: So this happened in the fourteen hundreds. Now something else 266 00:18:05,280 --> 00:18:09,520 Speaker 2: had happened then. Remember I said that the Knights of 267 00:18:09,600 --> 00:18:13,480 Speaker 2: Saint John were sent to Rhodes, And we'll get to 268 00:18:13,480 --> 00:18:18,360 Speaker 2: that in a moment. Before we get to that, I'm 269 00:18:18,359 --> 00:18:23,320 Speaker 2: going to talk about gold. People are buying it. Did 270 00:18:23,400 --> 00:18:25,360 Speaker 2: you know that? Why do you think it keeps? Why 271 00:18:25,359 --> 00:18:28,400 Speaker 2: do you think gold keeps hitting records that shouldn't be possible. 272 00:18:29,040 --> 00:18:33,359 Speaker 2: I thought everything was fine. Gold keeps hitting records because 273 00:18:33,480 --> 00:18:38,479 Speaker 2: large financial institutions and nation states like China are buying 274 00:18:38,600 --> 00:18:41,040 Speaker 2: as much as they can possibly get their hands on, 275 00:18:42,840 --> 00:18:47,359 Speaker 2: because they know something. They know the financial system we 276 00:18:47,520 --> 00:18:51,000 Speaker 2: have is shaky, to put it mildly, just look at 277 00:18:51,000 --> 00:18:55,480 Speaker 2: the debt situation. They know that when things go pop, 278 00:18:55,600 --> 00:19:00,320 Speaker 2: when things go south, precious medals have been forever the 279 00:19:00,359 --> 00:19:03,119 Speaker 2: only thing you can rely on. If I took you 280 00:19:03,240 --> 00:19:07,160 Speaker 2: all the way back to this era we're talking about now, gold, 281 00:19:07,400 --> 00:19:11,600 Speaker 2: silver would be wealth, and a thousand years from now 282 00:19:11,880 --> 00:19:16,840 Speaker 2: it would be Wealth. Let Gold Fortify your retirement account. 283 00:19:17,359 --> 00:19:20,479 Speaker 2: Let Gold Code get you at least a free copy 284 00:19:20,520 --> 00:19:23,000 Speaker 2: of their twenty twenty five Gold and Silver Kit. They 285 00:19:23,040 --> 00:19:25,960 Speaker 2: took care of me, They'll take care of you. A 286 00:19:26,119 --> 00:19:29,359 Speaker 2: plus rated from the Better Business Bureau eight five five 287 00:19:29,640 --> 00:19:35,720 Speaker 2: eight one seven Gold or visit Jesse Likes Goold dot com. 288 00:19:36,040 --> 00:19:44,000 Speaker 1: We'll be back mists. Catch up Jesse Kellyshow dot com. 289 00:19:44,400 --> 00:19:49,360 Speaker 2: It is the Jesse Kelly Show on a Fantastic Tuesday. Member. 290 00:19:49,440 --> 00:19:53,919 Speaker 2: You can email the show Jesse at Jesse kellyshow dot com. 291 00:19:53,960 --> 00:19:56,879 Speaker 2: We're doing a little history on the Siege of Malta, 292 00:19:56,920 --> 00:19:58,800 Speaker 2: and I realize they're a bit of bit a thousand 293 00:19:58,880 --> 00:20:00,959 Speaker 2: of them, so we're talking about the one in fifteen 294 00:20:01,040 --> 00:20:03,160 Speaker 2: sixty five. Okay, just to spoil it, but we're not 295 00:20:03,240 --> 00:20:05,960 Speaker 2: quite there yet. The Knights of Saint John get kicked 296 00:20:05,960 --> 00:20:09,160 Speaker 2: out of Jerusalem when the Muslims conquer it, and they 297 00:20:09,200 --> 00:20:12,560 Speaker 2: get sent to roads. But they don't just sit around 298 00:20:12,680 --> 00:20:16,800 Speaker 2: on roads. They fortify roads. Now here's the important part. 299 00:20:17,080 --> 00:20:20,080 Speaker 2: I just talked about the Ottoman Empire expanding and growing 300 00:20:20,119 --> 00:20:25,720 Speaker 2: and expanding and growing. They are in the Eastern Mediterranean 301 00:20:25,800 --> 00:20:30,800 Speaker 2: at this time. Roads is over there in Greece in 302 00:20:30,880 --> 00:20:36,400 Speaker 2: the eastern Mediterranean, they attack roads the Ottoman Empire does. 303 00:20:37,600 --> 00:20:41,119 Speaker 2: The Knights of Saint John were not chumps, as we 304 00:20:41,160 --> 00:20:44,560 Speaker 2: will continue to find out. They were hard as nails, 305 00:20:45,080 --> 00:20:50,240 Speaker 2: and for them this was a deeply religious conflict. They 306 00:20:50,359 --> 00:20:55,119 Speaker 2: saw themselves as being the protectors of Christendom, the protectors 307 00:20:55,160 --> 00:20:57,680 Speaker 2: of the Catholic Church, the protectors of people who believe 308 00:20:57,720 --> 00:20:59,600 Speaker 2: in Jesus, in the same way the Autumn saw the 309 00:20:59,600 --> 00:21:02,159 Speaker 2: Autumn saw themselves as you know, the sword of Islam, 310 00:21:02,200 --> 00:21:07,600 Speaker 2: all those things they attacked Rhodes. The knights fight so 311 00:21:07,920 --> 00:21:15,240 Speaker 2: valiantly that the big cheese of the Ottoman Empire says, hey, 312 00:21:17,840 --> 00:21:19,720 Speaker 2: by the way, his name is Suliman. I probably should 313 00:21:19,760 --> 00:21:21,160 Speaker 2: go ahead and name him. I try not to give 314 00:21:21,200 --> 00:21:24,200 Speaker 2: you too many details and names, but Suliman the Magnificent, 315 00:21:25,160 --> 00:21:29,320 Speaker 2: I'm sure he nicknamed himself. Suliman the Magnificent is so 316 00:21:29,520 --> 00:21:34,399 Speaker 2: impressed by how valiant the Knights fight, he does not 317 00:21:34,800 --> 00:21:38,200 Speaker 2: wipe them all out. When he defeats them at Rhodes, 318 00:21:38,520 --> 00:21:42,480 Speaker 2: he says, you know, you guys fought like lions. I 319 00:21:42,600 --> 00:21:47,879 Speaker 2: respect that, so you may go. He grants them clemency 320 00:21:48,480 --> 00:21:51,480 Speaker 2: and safe passage for their bravery, so anyone he hadn't 321 00:21:51,480 --> 00:21:54,840 Speaker 2: already killed, he says, you can go. Well, now you 322 00:21:54,960 --> 00:21:59,480 Speaker 2: have the Knights of Saint John, this religious order, and 323 00:21:59,520 --> 00:22:03,280 Speaker 2: they don't have a home, so they are given a 324 00:22:03,359 --> 00:22:08,280 Speaker 2: home by Christian Europe. Their home is a place known 325 00:22:08,840 --> 00:22:14,080 Speaker 2: as Malta. Where is Malta. Here's where it is. You know, 326 00:22:14,160 --> 00:22:18,040 Speaker 2: I told you there's an Eastern Mediterranean and a Western Mediterranean. 327 00:22:18,240 --> 00:22:20,440 Speaker 2: Don't worry if you don't have it memorized, it's not important. 328 00:22:21,200 --> 00:22:25,120 Speaker 2: There's an eastern half and there's a western half. You know, Italy, 329 00:22:25,320 --> 00:22:28,840 Speaker 2: that boot that comes down, and then there's that huge 330 00:22:28,960 --> 00:22:32,119 Speaker 2: island Sicily that's right off the toe of that boot. 331 00:22:32,480 --> 00:22:37,000 Speaker 2: Right to the west of that boot. Right below Sicily, 332 00:22:37,920 --> 00:22:44,040 Speaker 2: there is a frankly pretty desolate, crappy piece of rock 333 00:22:44,760 --> 00:22:48,520 Speaker 2: called Malta. So when the Knights of Saint John were 334 00:22:48,600 --> 00:22:52,480 Speaker 2: given Malta, you should understand a couple things. This was 335 00:22:52,560 --> 00:22:56,720 Speaker 2: not exactly a luxurious post. But they were people without 336 00:22:56,720 --> 00:23:01,560 Speaker 2: a home at this time, and there were Maltese people 337 00:23:01,760 --> 00:23:06,840 Speaker 2: on Malta who weren't necessarily given a choice in this 338 00:23:06,880 --> 00:23:10,720 Speaker 2: whole thing. The Knights were given this place, and the 339 00:23:10,800 --> 00:23:14,960 Speaker 2: Knights stepped in and they made it their home. Now, 340 00:23:15,480 --> 00:23:19,080 Speaker 2: I already told you the Ottomans were expanding. They were 341 00:23:19,119 --> 00:23:22,320 Speaker 2: coming east, they were coming west towards Europe. They were 342 00:23:22,400 --> 00:23:25,880 Speaker 2: moving from the east to the west. They were already 343 00:23:26,000 --> 00:23:29,960 Speaker 2: taking over places like Hungary. Christian Europe is not only 344 00:23:29,960 --> 00:23:34,560 Speaker 2: divided in fighting itself, they are deathly afraid of the 345 00:23:34,560 --> 00:23:40,040 Speaker 2: Ottomans who are coming the Ottomans. The Ottomans as they 346 00:23:40,119 --> 00:23:44,160 Speaker 2: seize more and more control of the Mediterranean, they are 347 00:23:44,280 --> 00:23:47,200 Speaker 2: taking over. I already told you how important the Mediterranean 348 00:23:47,359 --> 00:23:50,920 Speaker 2: is today and was in yesteryear. They are taking over 349 00:23:51,200 --> 00:23:56,760 Speaker 2: valuable sea lanes, and they're now getting stupid wealthy shipping 350 00:23:56,800 --> 00:24:00,919 Speaker 2: goods and services back and forth across the Mediterranean. So 351 00:24:02,080 --> 00:24:07,359 Speaker 2: you're a knight, you're in Malta. What do you do, well, 352 00:24:07,400 --> 00:24:11,359 Speaker 2: you're on an island. You're there to protect Europe. The 353 00:24:11,400 --> 00:24:16,119 Speaker 2: Ottomans are the Muslims are your sworn enemy. You need 354 00:24:16,160 --> 00:24:19,240 Speaker 2: to build up the fortifications of the island and then 355 00:24:19,320 --> 00:24:22,760 Speaker 2: get your butt on a boat and you need to 356 00:24:22,800 --> 00:24:27,320 Speaker 2: go make life very, very miserable for the Ottomans. And 357 00:24:27,440 --> 00:24:31,159 Speaker 2: they do. The knights essentially, they kept calling them, they 358 00:24:31,200 --> 00:24:34,880 Speaker 2: call them corsairs. You've ever heard that term corsair. Corsair. 359 00:24:35,080 --> 00:24:39,440 Speaker 2: You know what a corsair is. It's a pirate. It's 360 00:24:39,480 --> 00:24:41,560 Speaker 2: a pirate when you don't want to call somebody a pirate. 361 00:24:41,880 --> 00:24:47,360 Speaker 2: The Knights sail forth and they start creating nightmares for 362 00:24:47,400 --> 00:24:54,800 Speaker 2: the Ottomans, raiding ships, raiding goods, kidnapping people. They are stealing, 363 00:24:54,880 --> 00:25:00,600 Speaker 2: essentially stealing now. I already said Sulaman, the mack magnificent 364 00:25:01,440 --> 00:25:05,600 Speaker 2: big Cheese of the Ottoman Empire. He had previously let 365 00:25:05,640 --> 00:25:09,080 Speaker 2: the Ottomans go, or let them sorry, he had previously 366 00:25:09,160 --> 00:25:11,480 Speaker 2: let the Knights of Saint John go. He had given 367 00:25:11,520 --> 00:25:17,560 Speaker 2: them clemency. He was displeased, to put it mildly, to 368 00:25:17,680 --> 00:25:20,399 Speaker 2: find out that the Knights of Saint John, who he 369 00:25:20,560 --> 00:25:25,240 Speaker 2: had let go, were now raiding his ships and making 370 00:25:25,320 --> 00:25:28,960 Speaker 2: his life miserable. He thought that was completely out of line. 371 00:25:28,960 --> 00:25:31,199 Speaker 2: And frankly, he probably has a pretty good point, but 372 00:25:32,359 --> 00:25:38,360 Speaker 2: that's not important. What is important is this, Sulaiman not 373 00:25:38,400 --> 00:25:42,159 Speaker 2: only goes down to Northern Africa and takes over the 374 00:25:42,160 --> 00:25:46,760 Speaker 2: portion of Northern Africa the Knights had word gets back 375 00:25:46,800 --> 00:25:49,480 Speaker 2: to the Knights. You see, this is every era is 376 00:25:49,520 --> 00:25:54,040 Speaker 2: an era of intelligence gathering and spying. I already said 377 00:25:54,119 --> 00:25:57,560 Speaker 2: the Ottoman Empire had taken over Constantinople. It's known today 378 00:25:57,560 --> 00:26:01,439 Speaker 2: as Istanbul. They had taken over Constantinople, that was the 379 00:26:01,480 --> 00:26:05,040 Speaker 2: capital of the Ottoman Empire. Word got back to the 380 00:26:05,119 --> 00:26:10,719 Speaker 2: Knights on Malta that Sulaman the Magnificent was building a 381 00:26:10,960 --> 00:26:16,120 Speaker 2: large fleet. The Knights, it didn't exactly take a genius 382 00:26:16,160 --> 00:26:19,600 Speaker 2: to figure out what he was planning on doing with 383 00:26:19,760 --> 00:26:24,240 Speaker 2: that fleet. They figured out he was coming, and they 384 00:26:24,320 --> 00:26:28,439 Speaker 2: knew it was going to be large. They knew that 385 00:26:28,560 --> 00:26:32,600 Speaker 2: he was going to be coming to take Malta from them. 386 00:26:33,000 --> 00:26:37,080 Speaker 2: So now I have to do something, and I'm probably 387 00:26:37,119 --> 00:26:39,280 Speaker 2: gonna have to do this a couple of times, but 388 00:26:39,359 --> 00:26:41,880 Speaker 2: I try to make sure you can visualize what we're 389 00:26:41,880 --> 00:26:45,240 Speaker 2: dealing with here, and this is probably the most complicated 390 00:26:45,280 --> 00:26:48,920 Speaker 2: thing I will ever have you visualize. So I'm going 391 00:26:49,000 --> 00:26:53,560 Speaker 2: to simplify it. Okay, you know what pac Man looks like. 392 00:26:55,240 --> 00:26:57,359 Speaker 2: Everybody knows what pac Man looks like. He got it, 393 00:26:57,560 --> 00:26:59,679 Speaker 2: pac Man. If you don't know what pac Man looks like, 394 00:26:59,720 --> 00:27:03,199 Speaker 2: I can't help you. Okay, pac Man. I want you 395 00:27:03,240 --> 00:27:07,600 Speaker 2: to picture pac Man and his mouth is open to 396 00:27:07,720 --> 00:27:10,320 Speaker 2: the right, all right, His mouth is open to the right. 397 00:27:10,800 --> 00:27:15,160 Speaker 2: For simplicity purposes, this is going to be our Malta. Okay, 398 00:27:15,640 --> 00:27:18,600 Speaker 2: you have your pack pac Man pictured in your head. 399 00:27:19,840 --> 00:27:26,080 Speaker 2: Now pac Man on his lower jaw, towards the back 400 00:27:26,200 --> 00:27:31,639 Speaker 2: of his lower jaw, he has two teeth. They're close 401 00:27:31,720 --> 00:27:35,000 Speaker 2: to each other. They're both coming out of his lower jaw. 402 00:27:35,640 --> 00:27:37,479 Speaker 2: He has two teeth. 403 00:27:37,560 --> 00:27:37,960 Speaker 1: You with me. 404 00:27:39,400 --> 00:27:43,000 Speaker 2: There are four locations that are going to matter for 405 00:27:43,040 --> 00:27:45,399 Speaker 2: the siege of Malta. The siege of Malta is not 406 00:27:45,640 --> 00:27:50,840 Speaker 2: one gigantic fortress. It's a big, desolate, crappy island. It 407 00:27:50,960 --> 00:27:55,480 Speaker 2: is four locations. There is one. Don't worry about memorizing 408 00:27:55,520 --> 00:27:58,720 Speaker 2: all this though, I'll keep covering it again. There's one 409 00:27:58,800 --> 00:28:02,600 Speaker 2: on pac Man's nose, up by where his nose would be. 410 00:28:03,800 --> 00:28:06,960 Speaker 2: This is going to be the site of a lot 411 00:28:06,960 --> 00:28:10,320 Speaker 2: of nastiness. This is called the Fort of Saint Elmo. 412 00:28:10,520 --> 00:28:14,040 Speaker 2: Don't worry about memorizing the names the teeth down to 413 00:28:14,080 --> 00:28:16,879 Speaker 2: the teeth. The teeth have names, which we'll get to. 414 00:28:17,040 --> 00:28:19,000 Speaker 2: That's not important. I'll get to those in a little 415 00:28:19,000 --> 00:28:25,720 Speaker 2: bit now. The fourth location is his tonsils, way back 416 00:28:25,760 --> 00:28:27,400 Speaker 2: in the back of his mouth. And again I'm making 417 00:28:27,400 --> 00:28:31,080 Speaker 2: this very simple m dina is what it's called. So 418 00:28:31,119 --> 00:28:36,280 Speaker 2: you have his nose, two teeth, and his tonsils that 419 00:28:36,840 --> 00:28:42,800 Speaker 2: those are the four locations of the four fortifications on Malta, 420 00:28:43,520 --> 00:28:47,440 Speaker 2: and the Ottomans are coming and there's a lot of them, 421 00:28:48,000 --> 00:28:51,960 Speaker 2: and the knights have to get ready. Will continue in 422 00:28:52,000 --> 00:28:59,280 Speaker 2: a moment before we continue. 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Next. 442 00:30:13,760 --> 00:30:18,440 Speaker 2: It is the Jesse Kelly's Show on a Fantastic Tuesday. 443 00:30:18,480 --> 00:30:22,160 Speaker 2: Remember you can email the show Jesse at Jesse kellyshow 444 00:30:22,280 --> 00:30:25,000 Speaker 2: dot com. As we as we go over the Siege 445 00:30:25,040 --> 00:30:27,840 Speaker 2: of Malta. So that was a little bit of the background. 446 00:30:28,360 --> 00:30:31,360 Speaker 2: The Knights of Saint John are digging in on Malta. 447 00:30:31,840 --> 00:30:35,280 Speaker 2: They know the Ottoman Empire is coming with the massive 448 00:30:35,400 --> 00:30:40,240 Speaker 2: invasion fleet, and so they begin to fortify the island. 449 00:30:40,400 --> 00:30:44,760 Speaker 2: The four locations I already discussed just for your reference 450 00:30:44,800 --> 00:30:50,360 Speaker 2: in case you're interested, It is the fort Saint Elmo, Senglia, 451 00:30:51,120 --> 00:30:54,880 Speaker 2: Burgo and m Dina. Don't worry about those four locations. 452 00:30:54,880 --> 00:30:57,880 Speaker 2: Don't worry about the names. Just know there are four locations. 453 00:30:58,240 --> 00:31:00,600 Speaker 2: For now, we're gonna focus on a couple different things. 454 00:31:01,000 --> 00:31:04,280 Speaker 2: How how are they planning on fighting this? What are 455 00:31:04,280 --> 00:31:09,000 Speaker 2: the Ottomans bringing first? The Knights of Saint John on Malta. 456 00:31:09,480 --> 00:31:12,880 Speaker 2: They understand there's very little chance for them to win 457 00:31:13,480 --> 00:31:17,280 Speaker 2: without help. Now, I already said Europe it was not 458 00:31:17,440 --> 00:31:20,360 Speaker 2: a unified place then. It's not a unified place now, 459 00:31:20,760 --> 00:31:24,000 Speaker 2: But back then it was really, really not unified. The 460 00:31:24,120 --> 00:31:29,680 Speaker 2: Knights were sending out essentially help wanted letters. They were 461 00:31:29,720 --> 00:31:32,560 Speaker 2: reaching out to the pope, they were reaching out to kings. 462 00:31:32,880 --> 00:31:35,960 Speaker 2: Hey I need troops, I need help, I need boats 463 00:31:36,280 --> 00:31:39,120 Speaker 2: that the Ottomans are coming, the Muslims are coming. Help, 464 00:31:39,440 --> 00:31:44,760 Speaker 2: please send help. They are not getting rejected, I should clarify, 465 00:31:45,680 --> 00:31:50,600 Speaker 2: but everyone they're asking for help from, they're most definitely 466 00:31:50,720 --> 00:31:54,120 Speaker 2: dragging their feet. Oh hey, you need some help. Yeah, well, 467 00:31:54,480 --> 00:31:57,600 Speaker 2: you know, I got to move some things around. We'll 468 00:31:57,640 --> 00:31:59,320 Speaker 2: get on that at some point in time. Keep in 469 00:31:59,360 --> 00:32:02,720 Speaker 2: mind the desperate they need help. Now, what kind of 470 00:32:02,760 --> 00:32:06,920 Speaker 2: numbers are we talking about here? About seven hundred knights. 471 00:32:08,480 --> 00:32:12,000 Speaker 2: That number will be disputed no matter what source you read, 472 00:32:12,080 --> 00:32:15,200 Speaker 2: but traditionally it's thought to be about seven hundred knights. 473 00:32:15,920 --> 00:32:19,280 Speaker 2: There are some civilians on the island, as I pointed out, 474 00:32:19,800 --> 00:32:23,400 Speaker 2: and there are some other troops a few thousand who 475 00:32:23,480 --> 00:32:30,200 Speaker 2: aren't knights. Remember the siege of Malta is normally it's 476 00:32:30,240 --> 00:32:36,440 Speaker 2: sold as seven hundred knights versus thirty thousand Ottomans. The 477 00:32:36,520 --> 00:32:39,200 Speaker 2: Knights had some help, but the Knights were most definitely 478 00:32:39,280 --> 00:32:41,880 Speaker 2: the biggest, strongest, toughest. They were the leaders of this 479 00:32:41,920 --> 00:32:44,120 Speaker 2: whole thing. So that's what they had. Now I gave 480 00:32:44,160 --> 00:32:47,880 Speaker 2: the game away a little thirty thousand Ottomans. They're crossing 481 00:32:47,920 --> 00:32:54,480 Speaker 2: the sea. They have these gigantic galleys. Picture this, This 482 00:32:54,520 --> 00:32:59,960 Speaker 2: is a galley. Is a big ship. Eight hundred people 483 00:33:00,920 --> 00:33:06,160 Speaker 2: on one ship. Even if you picture old sailing ships 484 00:33:06,200 --> 00:33:10,840 Speaker 2: as large, that's amazingly large. They not only have sails, 485 00:33:12,160 --> 00:33:18,760 Speaker 2: they have oars. Who mans the oars slaves? Remember slavery. 486 00:33:18,840 --> 00:33:21,720 Speaker 2: I know your history professor told you that America was 487 00:33:21,760 --> 00:33:25,040 Speaker 2: the only person, the only country that ever participated in it. No, 488 00:33:25,200 --> 00:33:28,719 Speaker 2: it has always existed, will always exist, exists to this 489 00:33:28,800 --> 00:33:32,280 Speaker 2: day as well. And some of the worst slavery I've 490 00:33:32,320 --> 00:33:36,440 Speaker 2: ever read about are galley slaves. You are down in 491 00:33:36,480 --> 00:33:40,400 Speaker 2: the bows of a ship. It is nasty, it is smelly, 492 00:33:40,840 --> 00:33:45,240 Speaker 2: disease is everywhere, The work is absolutely brutal. So anyway, 493 00:33:45,280 --> 00:33:49,720 Speaker 2: these huge ships are coming across the ocean. There are 494 00:33:50,120 --> 00:33:55,000 Speaker 2: two different commanders on this ship. Before they even get 495 00:33:55,040 --> 00:33:59,240 Speaker 2: to Malta, they are fighting with each other. They end 496 00:33:59,320 --> 00:34:03,040 Speaker 2: up in a night this little squabble. Generals have egos too, 497 00:34:03,560 --> 00:34:07,240 Speaker 2: so that's already a problem, but shouldn't be a big issue, 498 00:34:07,320 --> 00:34:11,239 Speaker 2: right because they obviously outnumber the Knights. There aren't that 499 00:34:11,400 --> 00:34:14,520 Speaker 2: many of them. In case you're wondering, pause, what were 500 00:34:14,520 --> 00:34:17,400 Speaker 2: they arguing about? Where They argued about a lot, But 501 00:34:17,520 --> 00:34:20,320 Speaker 2: one of the main things they were arguing about is, Okay, 502 00:34:20,360 --> 00:34:24,160 Speaker 2: we have these four locations on Malta. We have pac 503 00:34:24,239 --> 00:34:28,680 Speaker 2: Man's nose, his tonsils, and the two teeth, and his 504 00:34:28,760 --> 00:34:33,839 Speaker 2: bottom jaw. What do we attack first? The guy who 505 00:34:33,880 --> 00:34:37,759 Speaker 2: was in charge, the guy who won the argument, he 506 00:34:37,800 --> 00:34:42,600 Speaker 2: wanted to attacks Fort Saint Elmo. He wanted to attack 507 00:34:43,080 --> 00:34:48,080 Speaker 2: pac Man's nose. So they show up, they land their 508 00:34:48,160 --> 00:34:54,480 Speaker 2: ships on there, and they start bombarding this fort. Now, 509 00:34:54,800 --> 00:35:00,680 Speaker 2: maybe you think this fort is completely impregnable. Nothing could 510 00:35:00,719 --> 00:35:04,440 Speaker 2: be further from the truth. This fort is not impressive 511 00:35:04,640 --> 00:35:08,239 Speaker 2: at all. It is a fort, and the Knights have 512 00:35:08,400 --> 00:35:11,759 Speaker 2: known they are coming, so they're building it up. But 513 00:35:11,920 --> 00:35:17,960 Speaker 2: this is not some gigantic, impregnable fortress. The Ottoman's land 514 00:35:18,800 --> 00:35:22,040 Speaker 2: right around pac bands, i'd say his forehead. They land 515 00:35:22,120 --> 00:35:25,000 Speaker 2: their boats, they land their troops, They put all their 516 00:35:25,040 --> 00:35:29,240 Speaker 2: cannons out there, and they start firing their cannons at 517 00:35:29,360 --> 00:35:34,719 Speaker 2: Fort Saint Elmo. While the cannons are firing, they are 518 00:35:34,760 --> 00:35:41,160 Speaker 2: digging trenches. In case you're wondering, historically this is one 519 00:35:41,200 --> 00:35:45,560 Speaker 2: of the most common ways to take a fortified city, 520 00:35:46,080 --> 00:35:50,479 Speaker 2: not just tunnels, but trenches. How does this work. Here's 521 00:35:50,520 --> 00:35:54,719 Speaker 2: an example of how trenches work. You obviously cannot just 522 00:35:54,880 --> 00:35:58,320 Speaker 2: get in the ground with a shovel and start digging 523 00:35:58,400 --> 00:36:01,560 Speaker 2: in a straight line tours a fort because then they're 524 00:36:01,560 --> 00:36:04,719 Speaker 2: going to take their cannons and their guns and they're 525 00:36:04,760 --> 00:36:07,680 Speaker 2: just gonna shoot it down the trench and murder everybody. 526 00:36:08,280 --> 00:36:12,480 Speaker 2: So you instead you have to zigzag back and forth, 527 00:36:12,680 --> 00:36:17,920 Speaker 2: back and forth, essentially keeping the trench always as a 528 00:36:18,120 --> 00:36:23,680 Speaker 2: wall between you and the guns that are on the fortification. Well, 529 00:36:25,320 --> 00:36:28,359 Speaker 2: right away we are seeing a problem the Ottomans are 530 00:36:28,360 --> 00:36:33,280 Speaker 2: going to have. I already pointed out that Malta is crappy, 531 00:36:33,960 --> 00:36:36,759 Speaker 2: it's wind swept, it's a rock. We're not talking about 532 00:36:36,800 --> 00:36:42,439 Speaker 2: a lush place before the Ottomans got there. The man 533 00:36:42,480 --> 00:36:44,560 Speaker 2: in charge of the Knights, it's the last name I'm 534 00:36:44,560 --> 00:36:47,400 Speaker 2: gonna give you, dave Lette is his name. He is 535 00:36:47,440 --> 00:36:51,000 Speaker 2: the top knight dave Lette. Yes, in case you're wondering, 536 00:36:51,040 --> 00:36:53,880 Speaker 2: he is French. Don't hold that against him. Dave Lette, 537 00:36:54,320 --> 00:36:57,799 Speaker 2: the man in charge of the knights. He goes and 538 00:36:57,840 --> 00:37:01,480 Speaker 2: he finds all the houses, all the food, all the 539 00:37:01,520 --> 00:37:06,200 Speaker 2: live stock around Malta, and he burns down the houses, 540 00:37:06,600 --> 00:37:11,239 Speaker 2: takes down everything, takes the food and brings all the 541 00:37:11,360 --> 00:37:17,280 Speaker 2: stuff inside of the fortifications. A thirty thousand man army 542 00:37:17,640 --> 00:37:21,560 Speaker 2: from the Ottoman's lands, and there's nothing for them to 543 00:37:21,560 --> 00:37:24,080 Speaker 2: find to eat. They have to bring it all with them. 544 00:37:25,400 --> 00:37:30,080 Speaker 2: Now we will pause right there and we'll continue again tomorrow. 545 00:37:30,640 --> 00:37:37,279 Speaker 2: Before we continue tomorrow, I want you, I want you 546 00:37:37,360 --> 00:37:43,759 Speaker 2: to think about the most precious picture you have. I'm 547 00:37:43,760 --> 00:37:48,040 Speaker 2: talking about a hard copy picture. 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