A 21st century school-boy opens his schoolbook “general history of Europe 450-1500” during his history-class.
“Eastern Europe and Asia-minor during the end of the middle ages” the particular chapter, now being treated by the teacher is headed.
“I like to tell you about the history of the Turks and Orthodoxy, the way in which two religions classed around the Black-sea and the outcome of it.”
The book read;
“Between 700 and 800 the newly developed Muslim religion classed with the Byzantine empire. During the next 400 years clashes appeared more often then not and slowly but surely the Byzantines where pushed back towards their capital and the Bosporus.
Then, in 1150 a new wave of population spread around the Arabic countries and trough their skill in the art of war became the Arabic soldiery class.
From them the Ottoman, Sheep Turk and Mameluk empires sprang.
By 1400 The Ottomans had taken over much of Asia minor, the Sheep Turks to their east spread ever more and the Egyptian based Mameluks spread trough Africa.
The Muslim faith spread and spread and must surely be bound to reach Vienna during a certain time.
The first half of the 15th century saw the capture of most of the Balkan and even Constantinople fell. The Ottomans where imminent to capture the entire east of Christianity and undo the work of Charles Martel in the west.
But then a little kingdom, Armenia stabbed them in the side and charged them from the north in a struggle for their religion of Orthodoxy, in so doing halt the destructive Muslim machine of war……..
“Eastern Europe and Asia-minor during the end of the middle ages” the particular chapter, now being treated by the teacher is headed.
“I like to tell you about the history of the Turks and Orthodoxy, the way in which two religions classed around the Black-sea and the outcome of it.”
The book read;
“Between 700 and 800 the newly developed Muslim religion classed with the Byzantine empire. During the next 400 years clashes appeared more often then not and slowly but surely the Byzantines where pushed back towards their capital and the Bosporus.
Then, in 1150 a new wave of population spread around the Arabic countries and trough their skill in the art of war became the Arabic soldiery class.
From them the Ottoman, Sheep Turk and Mameluk empires sprang.
By 1400 The Ottomans had taken over much of Asia minor, the Sheep Turks to their east spread ever more and the Egyptian based Mameluks spread trough Africa.
The Muslim faith spread and spread and must surely be bound to reach Vienna during a certain time.
The first half of the 15th century saw the capture of most of the Balkan and even Constantinople fell. The Ottomans where imminent to capture the entire east of Christianity and undo the work of Charles Martel in the west.
But then a little kingdom, Armenia stabbed them in the side and charged them from the north in a struggle for their religion of Orthodoxy, in so doing halt the destructive Muslim machine of war……..
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