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.
1 posted on
05/28/2003 7:06:05 AM PDT by
Junior
To: Junior
Is that about the same time Istanbul fell into Turkish hands?
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: Junior
History SPOTREP
To: Junior
sounded a lot like Helms Deep in The Two Towers.
To: Junior
The Greeks are still pretty hot over this.
To: Junior
Hospodi Pomilui - Lord Have Mercy!
To: Junior
Bronze Follis of Constantine I (307 A.D. - 337 A.D.) celebrating the founding of Constantinopolis.
30 posted on
05/28/2003 7:56:16 AM PDT by
Polybius
To: Junior
The Janissaries were a force made up of captured Christian children, raised to become Muslim and despise their own people. Seems Muslim's can't even grow their own successful warriors.
To: Junior
Go ahead, celebrate the 500th anniversary of that, I'll celebrate the 50th anniversary of this:
Istanbul was Constantinople
Now it's Istanbul, not Constantinople
Been a long time gone, Constantinople
Now it's Turkish delight on a moonlit night
Every gal in Constantinople
Lives in Istanbul, not Constantinople
So if you've a date in Constantinople
She'll be waiting in Istanbul
Even old New York was once New Amsterdam
Why they changed it I can't say
People just liked it better that way
So take me back to Constantinople
No, you can't go back to Constantinople
Been a long time gone, Constantinople
Why did Constantinople get the works
That's nobody's business but the Turks
Istanbul (Istanbul)
Istanbul (Istanbul)
"Istanbul" 1953
Words by Jimmy Kennedy
Music by Nat Simon
42 posted on
05/28/2003 8:34:50 AM PDT by
Revolting cat!
(Subvert the conspiracy of inanimate objects!)
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Byzantine Empire ping
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59 posted on
05/28/2003 10:28:30 AM PDT by
Sparta
To: Junior
Mehmed renamed the city Istanbul. I thought that happened around 1920 under Attaturk.
61 posted on
05/28/2003 10:38:30 AM PDT by
PJ-Comix
(He Who Laughs Last Was Too Dumb To Figure out the Joke First)
To: Junior
Interesting that the Muslims took Constantinople at around the same time they were getting thrown out of Spain.
63 posted on
05/28/2003 10:40:35 AM PDT by
PJ-Comix
(He Who Laughs Last Was Too Dumb To Figure out the Joke First)
To: All
68 posted on
05/28/2003 11:11:54 AM PDT by
Junior
(Computers make very fast, very accurate mistakes.)
To: Junior
The Christians were still allowed to practice their religion,
but had to dress in distinguishing attire and could not bare arms.
And that is why, to this day, only atheists wear short sleeves.
This was written by a University???
78 posted on
05/28/2003 12:56:15 PM PDT by
gcruse
(Vice is nice, but virtue can hurt you. --Bill Bennett)
To: Junior
Bump
...and Timbuktu
To: Junior
Bump!
91 posted on
05/28/2003 9:17:28 PM PDT by
F-117A
To: Junior
the last vestiges of the Roman Empire which had kept the Moslem hordes at bay for centuries was finally overrun. Having been softened up by the Crusaders a couple centuries earlier. Rome got their way, and still do.
94 posted on
05/29/2003 9:36:36 AM PDT by
RightWhale
(gazing at shadows)
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