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The Empire That Turned War Into a Business Model || Ottoman War Economy

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War is expensive. Usually, it bankrupts nations. But for 600 years, the Ottoman Empire didn't just survive constant conflict—it profited from it.
In this episode of Winds of Thought, we uncover the financial blueprint that allowed the Ottomans to become history’s most resilient war machine. While European kings were drowning in debt to fund their armies, the Ottomans engineered a system where the army paid for itself.
From the ingenious Timar system that turned soldiers into tax collectors, to the controversial efficiency of the Janissaries, and the strategic weaponization of global trade routes—this is the untold story of how money built an empire.
But no business model lasts forever. We also explore how this perfect financial machine eventually broke down, leading to the empire’s collapse under foreign debt, and why these same economic lessons explain modern military contractors and sovereign wealth funds today.
In this video, we cover:
How the Ottomans eliminated the cost of a standing army.
The "Timar System": Turning military payroll into local tax farming.
The economics of the Janissaries: Outsourcing the cost of elite infantry.
Weaponizing Geography: How trade monopolies funded 600 years of war.
The collapse: When the empire of conquest became an empire of debt.
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