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To: SunkenCiv
They mopped the floor with everyone they met until the sea Battle of Lepanto (1571) and the siege (1529) and land Battle of Vienna (1683).

I guess that depends on whether you classify Tamerlane as a Turk. He gave the Ottomans a terrifc beating around 1400.

And what is not given much credit, the Persians tied down the Ottomans in a series of costly wars in the 16th and 17th centuries, which took pressure off Europe.

7 posted on 06/26/2016 6:47:59 PM PDT by MUDDOG
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To: MUDDOG

He was part Turkish, but good point nonetheless. He styled himself a revival of Genghis Khan, and made a run at killing as many people as GK had. Kit Marlowe described him as a Scythian shepherd who somehow fell ass backwards into the whole world conquest game. :’)


9 posted on 06/26/2016 7:10:22 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (I'll tell you what's wrong with society -- no one drinks from the skulls of their enemies anymore.)
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