What the article fails to tell you is precisely why the Janissary was a better soldier...since the training could have been applied to anyone. The fatalistic v

What the article fails to tell you is precisely why the Janissary was a better soldier...since the training could have been applied to anyone. The fatalistic view of Allah being in charge extended to the trajectory of the fired weapon. The Christian boys retained enough experience from earlier in their lives that they were more diligent...