How New World Silver Shook Ottomans

Finding gold in America is actually what destroyed the Ottoman Empire. It sounds wild,

but when Europe flooded with New World silver, it triggered a massive economic crisis

called the Price Revolution. This inflation made the Ottoman currency almost worthless

overnight. The elite Janissary soldiers suddenly couldn't buy bread with their salaries.

They went from protecting the state to terrorizing it, taking bribes and literally beheading

Sultans just to survive. Then the French Revolution added nationalism to the

fire, proving that one economic shift can collapse even the mightiest superpowers.