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To: SunkenCiv

My seventh-grade social studies teacher, who taught us ancient Greek history, told us this more than once. I did not recall the year, or even the century, but I knew it was comparatively recent, and was caused by an explosion of gunpowder the Turks were storing there, not just the passage of time.


8 posted on 05/18/2025 11:00:30 AM PDT by Flash Bazbeaux
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To: Flash Bazbeaux

I did not recall the year, or even the century, but I knew it was comparatively recent, and was caused by an explosion of gunpowder the Turks were storing there, not just the passage of time.

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The video explains it very well.


9 posted on 05/18/2025 12:13:29 PM PDT by laplata (They want each crisis to take the greatest toll possible.)
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