Siege_Of_Vienna

Siege Of Vienna Many people regard the 1683 siege of Vienna as a turning point in European history. It is seen as the end of a Muslim threat to Christianity and Europe. However, when the Turks failed in their attempt to sack Vienna, their failure marked the decline of the Ottoman Empire but should not be considered a major turning point in European history, because the Turks were at the end of their logistical chord they would have been expelled from Europe whether or not they succeeded in their campaign. In order to decipher the historical significance of this event certain factors of the siege itself must be examined. The most logical approach to solving such a question would be to look at the events leading up to the siege and the consequence of the allied victory. In Double Eagle and Crescent: Vienna’s Second Turkish Siege and Its Historical Background Thomas Barker offers four probable reasons for Kara Mustafa and his master, Sultan Mehmed IV, decision for attacking Vienna: “a) the inherently bellicose character of the Turkish state; b) The grand vezir’s desperate need for money and the prestige of martial success in order to maintain his group on vienna, siege, attack, been, walls, vienna’s, whatever, turks, turkish, seen, second, reasons, leitsch, kara, history, factors, deep, because, barker, assault, approach, weak, very, turning, surrounded, strong, state, point, people, part, ottoman, order, one, mustafa, massive