so i just watched the documentry on the Fall of Constantinople in 1453

[Malcolmxxx_23]

besieging the city for 55 days
55 days trying to fight off 80k turk army
people brave asf back in the days..didn't surrender and died fighting
army raped and looted


i would of dipped and took my family with me

 

[Wild self]

History was barbaric, especially in the Eurasian plate

After the fall of the Roman Empire, it was 1000 years of darkness, outside of the Moors conquering Spain.

 

[Malcolmxxx_23]

History was barbaric, especially in the Eurasian plate

After the fall of the Roman Empire, it was 1000 years of darkness, outside of the Moors conquering Spain.

in retrospect 1453 not too long ago

 

[Wild self]

in retrospect 1453 not too long ago

Yeah, just under 600 years ago. Modern day Istanbul was at the bridge of 2 continents. The same era of Vlad the Impaler aka Count Dracula was roaming around.

 

[Mastamimd]

Gonna check this out

Been a minute since we had a history thread

 

[Malcolmxxx_23]

Yeah, just under 600 years ago. Modern day Istanbul was at the bridge of 2 continents. The same era of Vlad the Impaler aka Count Dracula was roaming around.

Muslim translators, and the north african Moors in Spain who saved western civilization

byzantine was too stagnant. im glad them greeks got that work

 

[Trajan]

i would of dipped and took my family with me

Hard to dip in the middle of a siege breh... Especially in constantinople

Constantinople was probably the goat place to wait out a siege pre-cannon. Access to fresh water supply, I think they could grow their own food and had access to supplies via the sea... Solid fortified walls

They could just chill and while the besieging army froze/baked year round on the plains outside until they ran out of resources to pillage in the surrounding countryside

 

[Stir Fry]

 

[tuckgod]

Gonna check this out

Been a minute since we had a history thread

 

[Loose]

It's crazy how western society act like Istanbul doesn't exist. Gonna watch

 

[Malcolmxxx_23]

It's crazy how western society act like Istanbul doesn't exist. Gonna watch

hers the full doc

its 2hrs

theres been like over 50 attempts on constaintople prior to 1453
major sea routes between the Black Sea and the Mediterranean.....everyone wanted that location

while at the same time mansa musa was chilling mali with his millions

 

[Sinnerman]

That documentary is good. There's a dope show about it on Netflix too. Rise of Empires: Ottoman

 

[Solomon Caine]

I didn’t even click the link, but ops description sounds mad

 

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