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> Historically, they ... you can say Europe was more peaceful than places like the areas of the ottoman empire Um... WHAT? I'll just leave this here: https://
by brazzy 5mo ago
> Historically, they ... you can say Europe was more peaceful than places like the areas of the ottoman empire
Um... WHAT?
I'll just leave this here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_conflicts_in_Europe https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_conflicts_in_Europe
- spwa4 5mo agoYep. Really. As I said, not because Europe was very peaceful (although most of these conflicts were extremely underwhelming if compared to what ended the era: WW1)
- brazzy 5mo agoEverything everywhere ever (except perhaps some of the larger wars in China) was underwhelming compared to WW1. That's why it's so famous. But you were specifically claiming that Europe was "more peaceful than places like the areas of the ottoman empire", which is frankly absurd. I mean, we're talking about a region that had a Thirty Years' War, an Eighty Years' War, and a Hundred Years' War! Unless... if you're talking about WW1 "ending the era" - were you talking only about a shorter timeframe prior to WW1? If we look only at the 40 or so years before 1914, then indeed Europe had a fairly peaceful period (Belle Époque, Gründerzeit) while the Ottoman Empire was basically starting its death throes.