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Don't forget Suez Canal (1869). Russian officers who took Ottoman city Doğubayazıt in 1854 and 1878 wrote that that Silk Road crossroad city flourishing in 1854

by trhway 2y ago

Don't forget Suez Canal (1869). Russian officers who took Ottoman city Doğubayazıt in 1854 and 1878 wrote that that Silk Road crossroad city flourishing in 1854 was in decline in 1878 because of the trade through it vanishing due to the Canal. (in Russian) https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/Догубаязит#Транзитный_путь https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/Догубаязит#Транзитный_путь

082349872349872 2y ago
True, and looks like the portuguese may only have been inspired to sink the initial R&D into disruption because the ottomans, having taken Constantinople, were charging* too much as gatekeepers: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portuguese_discovery_of_the_sea_route_to_India#/media/File:Silk_route.jpg https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portuguese_discovery_of_the_se... Lagniappe: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mare_clausum#/media/File:IberianMareClausum.svg https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mare_clausum#/media/File:Iberi... (can you spot Brazil in this projection?) EDIT: note also how the Treaty of Alcáçovas (1479) drew a line across the Atlantic which is still largely conserved by the sea boundary between USEUCOM and USAFRICOM * EDIT2: could they have charged just enough to make the age of exploration look risky and too expensive, not risky but potentially cheaper?
- amy-petrik-214 2y ago
  Don't forget when FBI nabbed Dread Pirate Roberts (2013). This single event is said to have instantly annihilated The Silk Road. The feds got a sweet 3 billion+ in bitcoin as of 2021!
wslh 2y ago
This is an English translation: https://ru-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en&_x_tr_pto=wapp&_x_tr_hist=true#%D0%A2%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B7%D0%B8%D1%82%D0%BD%D1%8B%D0%B9_%D0%BF%D1%83%D1%82%D1%8C https://ru-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_...

by trhway 2y ago

082349872349872 2y ago

True, and looks like the portuguese may only have been inspired to sink the initial R&D into disruption because the ottomans, having taken Constantinople, were charging* too much as gatekeepers: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portuguese_discovery_of_the_sea_route_to_India#/media/File:Silk_route.jpg https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portuguese_discovery_of_the_se... Lagniappe: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mare_clausum#/media/File:IberianMareClausum.svg https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mare_clausum#/media/File:Iberi... (can you spot Brazil in this projection?) EDIT: note also how the Treaty of Alcáçovas (1479) drew a line across the Atlantic which is still largely conserved by the sea boundary between USEUCOM and USAFRICOM * EDIT2: could they have charged just enough to make the age of exploration look risky and too expensive, not risky but potentially cheaper?

amy-petrik-214 2y ago
Don't forget when FBI nabbed Dread Pirate Roberts (2013). This single event is said to have instantly annihilated The Silk Road. The feds got a sweet 3 billion+ in bitcoin as of 2021!

wslh 2y ago

This is an English translation: https://ru-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en&_x_tr_pto=wapp&_x_tr_hist=true#%D0%A2%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B7%D0%B8%D1%82%D0%BD%D1%8B%D0%B9_%D0%BF%D1%83%D1%82%D1%8C https://ru-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_...