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To: Rummyfan

Constantinople and the Byzantine Empire were finally conquered by the Ottomans in 1453 ...

the same year Gutenberg started publishing his Bible ...

“one door closes, another opens”


3 posted on 12/27/2023 5:18:50 AM PST by canuck_conservative (NATO - keeping Europe free of Russian invaders for 74 years - you're welcome!)
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To: canuck_conservative

***Constantinople and the Byzantine Empire were finally conquered by the Ottomans in 1453****

Rome fell in 476AD.

After the fall of these two, MOSCOW claimed itself to be “THE THIRD ROME.”


7 posted on 12/27/2023 6:40:54 AM PST by Ruy Dias de Bivar
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To: canuck_conservative

They almost went down 250 years before that after the fourth crusade


13 posted on 12/27/2023 3:30:08 PM PST by Archie Bunker on steroids (You may not take an interest in politics, but politics takes an interest in you "Pericles" )
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