I don’t know too much, but I recall learning that the Ottoman Empire was supposedly kinda accepting of different religions and whatnot and kept the peace for a long time
Was there anything good there that we could’ve learned from? I’m guessing there’s some bad/immoral/unhelpful stuff they did but I also can easily imagine European countries just wanted their shit and thought they deserved it for whatever reason
Edit: reading rn. Ok they definitely did some fucked up shit to their enemies…
I don’t know too much, but I recall learning that the Ottoman Empire was supposedly kinda accepting of different religions and whatnot and kept the peace for a long time
Was there anything good there that we could’ve learned from? I’m guessing there’s some bad/immoral/unhelpful stuff they did but I also can easily imagine European countries just wanted their shit and thought they deserved it for whatever reason
Edit: reading rn. Ok they definitely did some fucked up shit to their enemies…
Sorry, meant that now deleted reply for someone else.
Two words: Armenian genocide
Also big players in the global slave trade.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slavery_in_the_Ottoman_Empire
Oh… I see. I’ll keep reading
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