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The Janissaries (1/3)

Part One. Originating in the 14th century AD, these infantry units were composed of non-Muslims who had been captured and converted to Islam. They were then trained to fight for the Ottoman Empire against the Christians.
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silentsky : LVL 32: VP 4.1: said:

silentsky

19 votes NegativePositive

60 days 21 hours ago...

They were a really good class to play in Age of Empires 2.

delt_osvp : LVL 43: VP 5: said:

delt_osvp

4 votes NegativePositive

55 days 13 hours ago...

The Janissaries have so much power that when you go to the 2nd part they sign you out

poonsie01 : LVL 39: VP 4.7: said:

poonsie01

4 votes NegativePositive

55 days 13 hours ago...

^Yeah, my favorite! Turks are a great civ.
Some 35 Janissaries with 5 monks behind them for instant healing, a few bombard cannons behind them, easily defeated the super Frank Paladins.

occams_razor : LVL 38: VP 4.6: said:

occams_razor

-5 votes NegativePositive

55 days 12 hours ago...

^^^
bunch of fuckin dorks

El chupa cabra : LVL 11: VP 2: said:

El chupa cabra

-6 votes NegativePositive

55 days 11 hours ago...

^ no shit

SleazeChieftain : LVL 14: VP 2.3: said:

SleazeChieftain

1 votes NegativePositive

55 days 9 hours ago...

Is it just me or is anyone else disturbed by 6:10?

arthurus : LVL 32: VP 4.1: said:

arthurus

0 votes NegativePositive

55 days 5 hours ago...

i was ^^

Sabbs : LVL 14: VP 2.3: said:

Sabbs

4 votes NegativePositive

54 days 19 hours ago...

this video must be fake..
muslims forcing people to convert to islam?

no way.. its a peaceful religion..

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blazmir : LVL 32: VP 4.1: said:

blazmir

-2 votes NegativePositive

54 days 15 hours ago...

bump lol

hzafary : LVL 12: VP 2.1: said:

hzafary

1 votes NegativePositive

54 days 13 hours ago...

So now we are supposed to think Muslims were evil warriors? It was the pope who declared war on the Islamic world, Crusaders came there and slaughtered many innocent people in the name of their God. These Jannissaries were the invention of constant crusades by the christian world. It`s funny how christianity may seem like a fair religious justification but Islam is TERRORISM. ITS TERRORISM OR TERROR BY ALLAH Get a life you morons

tnt2005 : LVL 28: VP 3.7: said:

tnt2005

-1 votes NegativePositive

54 days 8 hours ago...

Hzafary: If you read history you would know that muslims first initiated cleansing "convert or die", a christian life is worth points in heaven lol, the crusaders did not represent all christians, the Byzantine empire had split into the the latin speaking faction that followed the pope (crusaders) and the Greek speaking faction that stood by itself without a religious leader. The crusaders went mad after they have been at war for so long and have seen things that a regular human should not see, they went mad , lost their minds like a any soldier, i.e vietnam war and they did some disturbing things, it was not their religious pride but war itself that inflicted their souls. The Greeks, Armenians for example thought that the Turks were logical and civil they believed that the Pope was exaggerating about their savagery so they wanted to negotiate a treaty so that both religion can live at peace , unfortunately the Turks were power hungry and killed, raped millions of civilians in the name of Allah, the Armenian king himself went alone to talk with the Turks out of good will only to have his head decapitated and sent back to his family. The Janissaries were mostly Kurdish and they were promised land after the war was over not because they were loyal to the sultan "that`s just ridiculous" Greeks, Armenians also were included and many had their family`s lives at stake and many converted to Islam just to get a noble title in the ottoman empire. The ottoman empire was a savage empire that won by scare tactics, they impaled, had woman nipple neclaces , decapitated children , they once took over a greek village and roasted the village `s pregnant woman on a open fire as a sign that they should not be messed with, they had no limits that was their strategy .

Ninjzz : LVL 34: VP 4.2: said:

Ninjzz

2 votes NegativePositive

54 days 3 hours ago...

/\ Wrong
1.the Council of Clermont, Pope Urban II called upon all Christians to join a war against the Turks, promising those who died in the endeavor would receive immediate remission of their sins in responce to what people and empires did at that time Conqure.while Jews and Muslims fought together The crusaders were against everyone who did not follow their religion and did not look like them. the first crusades unleashed a wave of impassioned, personally felt pious Christian fury that was expressed in the massacres of Jews as well as the violent treatment of "schismatic" Orthodox Christians of the east.
2.The Siege of Antioch took place shortly before the siege on Jerusalem during the first Crusade. Antioch fell to the Franks in May 1098 but not before a lengthy siege.The siege only came to end when the city was betrayed and the Franks entered through the water-gate of the town causing the leader to flee. Once inside the city, as was standard military practice at the timethe Franks then massacred the civilians, destroyed mosques and pillaged the city

Ninjzz : LVL 34: VP 4.2: said:

Ninjzz

1 votes NegativePositive

54 days 2 hours ago...

3.In 1307, Hetoum II and Leon III were assassinated with their retinue by the Mongol general of Cilicia WHO was
in allience with them to fight there common enemys the Muslims

Zechs- : LVL 25: VP 3.4: said:

Zechs-

-1 votes NegativePositive

53 days 21 hours ago...

My favorite thing about all religion, "do no harm"...so long as the bastard believes in the same imaginary friend as you. If he does not, well you can kill/enslave/rape/pillage all you want.

Ninjzz : LVL 34: VP 4.2: said:

Ninjzz

1 votes NegativePositive

53 days 18 hours ago...

/\ Wrong most wars are about land and eco
Religion is a thing used to unite and masses and make them fight but the main goal is Eco and Money Land resources

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