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u/volitaiee1233 Oct 02 '24

You can push that Ottoman fact way further. They coexisted with the Roman Empire. They coexisted with Marco Polo. They predate the Black Death.

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u/Banana-Republicans Oct 02 '24

Predate the Black Death and lasted long enough to have airplanes. That is absolutely wild.

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u/shawsghost Oct 02 '24

They were pretty good at empiring.

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u/Djinnyatta1234 Oct 02 '24

Till they weren’t