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It's pretty significant that this battle also served as the pre-cursor to the current, secular republic of Turkey.
by capkutay 12y ago
It's pretty significant that this battle also served as the pre-cursor to the current, secular republic of Turkey.
- ArkyBeagle 12y agoIt is very significant.
- waps 12y agoExactly. This battle ended islam as a political entity, and ended the war between muslims and the west that had existed for a millenium by that point. It was an event that would be comparable to nuking Mecca would be today.