• PugJesus@piefed.socialOPM
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    5 days ago

    Explanation: Mehmed the Conqueror, of the Turkish Ottoman Empire, was the ruler who finally finished off the long-enduring (but long-sickly) rump state of the Byzantine Empire, centered in modern-day Greece and European Turkiye, by conquering the formidable fortified city of Constantinople (now-Istanbul).

    Look out for the cannon in the back!

    • diabetic_porcupine@lemmy.world
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      1 day ago

      Imagine taking your literal army of badass killers covered in metal and holding big sharp sticks ready to beat the fuck out of anyone probably fuck them too and then live in their homes and eat their food