Not to be missed is the hysterically funny nationalist flame war in the comments section, mostly revolving around off-color gay jokes and racial slurs. Check out these literary gems:
"greeks invented sex but turks introduced it to woman"Nice that history is so relevant in the present day, right? Right?
"Muslim monkeys , go home to Asia. Constantinopolis will be GREEK again, no matter you-gay turks want this or not!"
"Just coz u got Europe on ur back does that mean u can act like a super force? Ur army contains of greek cobans, centaurs, elfs, trolls and probably other greek gay mythical creatures."
*Fun fact: Mehmet II (the Conqueror) took the title Kaysar-i-Rum (Caesar of Rome) after the conquest, and the Ottoman Sultans used it as a title right up until 1923.
Funny facts: I did a paper on Mehmet II & this siege for hahskoo. I can't remember much about the topic, but i have a tremendous feeling for it. Other high school papers i remember writing: A paper where i became sympathetic towards Cortes because i was reading a book that was written pre-Communist take over of academia. A paper on Cambodia & the Khmer Rouge which made me terrified of Cambodians. A paper on Punk where everyone dies at the end.
ReplyDeleteFunny, the most scary gangsters in my high school were definitely the Cambodians. Dudes were not messing around.
ReplyDeleteI like this idea of the 'feelings' we get for historical events: you totally forget the details but still feel attached in a deep way to a place or a historical moment. Would be interesting to learn more how that works.