Childhood is vilifying the Ottomans
Adulthood is realizing they were the good guys all along
Childhood is vilifying the Ottomans
Noah Morales
Dominic Howard
It's probably a turk in Germany
David Mitchell
Ikibey
Josiah Phillips
Not a turk nor ikibey, I just realized that under the Ottomans we were save from Russian and Austrian influence. They protected us for 500 years desu they were the good guys
Zachary Murphy
I mean,constantinople was basically a walking corpse...
When Ottomans conquered constantinople it basically sealed off europe from the eastern trade) this made the region lose its importance as portugal went around africa to get the spices and destroy the ottoman monopoly
Julian Rivera
>German flag
as expected
Kevin Barnes
He is greek
Aaron Clark
>I mean,constantinople was basically a walking corpse...
I always see this irrelevant piece of information anytime somebody posts about the fall of Constantinople. Yeah they were weakened, but taking advantage of your enemy's shortcomings is what every empire, Western or non-Western, did.
It just strikes me as a pathetic of piece damage control desu.
Jonathan Adams
>we
also are not germans the austrians the hapsbergs
Juan Davis
>bring 500 years of backwardness
nah.
Aiden Collins
>damage control
This is the map of the balkans right before the fall of constantinople
Was constantinople really that important?
Parker Foster
>Control of the Bosphoros trade
>Control most of the Silk road traffic
>Due to strategic position, potential to grow as a metropolis
>Essentially a land gateway to Europe
Michael Wood
>good goys
Christian Thomas
What is it with Germs and Turks?
It was Metternich who was against Greek independence as well
Alexander Jackson
It's the Russian NEET.
He has identity problems recently.
Wyatt Foster
>Bulgarian crying
As usual.
Easton Richardson
How can you control the silk road traffic if you're surrounded by the ottoman empire you moron
Elijah Bailey
>we dindu nuffin
heh
Jack Williams
>flag
Nice bait mehmet
Brandon Mitchell
>the ottomans actually used greeks to take care of their finances
>GREEKS
it was never meant to last
Thomas Nelson
...
Lucas Cook
>dude it's just a city, no one cares lmao, dude they just put the final blow to a rotting corpse xddd bro who cares
could be said about anything anyone ever conquered.
Thomas Gutierrez
>turks good guys
t. turkroach
Levi King
Greece was always wealthy