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550 Years Ago Today: The Fall of Constantinople
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Posted on 05/28/2003 7:06:05 AM PDT by Junior
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One of Islam's greatest victories occured 550 years ago today when the last vestiges of the Roman Empire which had kept the Moslem hordes at bay for centuries was finally overrun.
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posted on
05/28/2003 7:06:05 AM PDT
by
Junior
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To: Junior
Is that about the same time Istanbul fell into Turkish hands?
To: Joe 6-pack
Yes.
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posted on
05/28/2003 7:17:09 AM PDT
by
EggsAckley
( Midnight at the Oasis)
To: Joe 6-pack
It wasn't Istanbul at the time -- it was Constantinople.
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posted on
05/28/2003 7:18:16 AM PDT
by
Junior
(Computers make very fast, very accurate mistakes.)
To: Ken522
Even if we did, we would have not only enemies to our front, but also in our back-Greece and most of the lower and central Balkans are filled with the followers of Muhammed.
Having spent some time there, the place just isn't worth having.
Poorly written article for an encyclopedia, but great info nonetheless. Thanks for posting
To: EggsAckley
Istanbul or Constantinople?
Why did Constantinople get the works?
Is it nobody's business but the Turks?
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posted on
05/28/2003 7:19:51 AM PDT
by
TheConservator
(Democrates libenter quod volunt credunt)
To: Junior
The Byzantine Empire had been weaken by Islamic armies on the East and Catholic Christian armies on the West for several centuries. Its too bad the city had to fall to the Turks.
To: TheConservator
The Turks loved to raid, pillage, and punder (think pre-Christian Vikings). They also claimed to want to expand true Islam throughout the world and by force if necessary.
To: TheConservator
*humming along*
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posted on
05/28/2003 7:23:29 AM PDT
by
EggsAckley
( Midnight at the Oasis)
To: Junior
History SPOTREP
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To: TheConservator
LOL!
That song popped into my mind as soon as I read the thread title.
To: Rummyfan
Fezhead?
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posted on
05/28/2003 7:28:47 AM PDT
by
DoctorMichael
(Islam: A religion followed by the Ignorant and led by the Psychotic.)
To: afuturegovernor
The Turks loved to raid, pillage, and punder (think pre-Christian Vikings).
Eh, so did Christians.
What really crippled the Byzantines is when the CRUSADERS trashed and plundered Constantinople earlier. Then they were easy pickings for the Turks later, who finished them off.
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posted on
05/28/2003 7:28:49 AM PDT
by
John H K
To: afuturegovernor
Actually, the Byzantines were themselves, in great measure, responsible for their own fall. Their corruption was so endemic it gave rise to a new word to the lexicon - byzantine.
To: Junior
sounded a lot like Helms Deep in The Two Towers.
To: Junior
The Greeks are still pretty hot over this.
To: John H K
Yeah, I know -- I mentioned the Christian armies in post #8.
To: Constitution Day
There is a good description of the fall of Constantinople in Gibbon's "Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire."
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