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Before the Ottomans, there were some western powers, after the schism that messed up the Empire really good. Also the Seljuk empire, Arab Caliphates, the Sassanid Empire... plenty of enemies from everywhere. Ottomans were the last of them, in an already exhausted east Roman Empire, extremely poor with citizens richest than the Emperor (that is after the sacking of the City from the western powers), with no manpower to spend aside from the Varangian guard (Vikings, but not really at that time) and the City was one of the most important trade centers, but Emperors were granting monopolies and special privileges to trade republics for certain favors (like "make me an Emperor and no fee will apply to you!"... a shadow of an Empire and a shadow of a shadow of the East Roman Empire in their days of glory. And as if this wasn't enough, Emperors were killing each other; brother with brother, or cousins or distant relatives that have a claim from 500 years before, until they were killed by the next one. At that point I'm pretty sure, everyone knew that the end was near, but were thinking that God or on the strength of the Theodosian walls will protect them no matter what, like the kamikaze for Japan.

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Keep in mind that ancient Greece is FAR FAR more popular in Greece. So when most Greeks think of the past they think Socrates, Leonidas, Archimedes, not Alexios Komnenos, Justinian, Belissarius and others.

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P3T3 dijo:

Quora es un foro poco agradable de autistas progresistas.

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Ibar dijo:

De ahí surgió el libro de Jordan Peterson

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Tusade dijo:

Responde a preguntas muy interesantes como porqué el zoroastrismo sucumbió al islam y el hinduismo no, qué piensan los griegos del imperio bizantino, si los italianos se consideran a sí mismos romanos, etc.

Lo malo es que solo puedes ver 1 página cada día (pero te lo puedes saltar si accedes al quora a través de una búsqueda en Google)... Y que todo está en inglés, pero eso último mejor porque da una visión más ¿objetiva? de las cosas. Además, se entiende perfectamente aunque no tengas ni fruta idea de inglés, como yo.

Why do Greeks historically hate Turks? - Quora

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How much do Greek people feel connected to the Byzantine Empire? - Quora

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También están los comentarios, pero la mayoría son muy progres, muy multiculti, de "ciudadanos del mundo", de "todos semoh igualeh", de "soy feliz con tanta multiculturalidad",... Vamos, que no hay que fiarse, pero son igualmente interesantes ver sus opiniones.

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