+215 The Ottoman Empire doesn't get enough credit as a great society in history, amirite?

by Anonymous 13 years ago

They called it the "sick man of Europe".

by Anonymous 13 years ago

That was when it was declining in power. It started centuries before that and was at it's height of power in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

They always attacked the Austrians so the Europeans didn't like them so much.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

True, but in any case, it's pretty impressive how long they lasted when most of Europe wanted them gone because of the whole Muslim thing

by Anonymous 13 years ago

Fuck the Ottoman Empire.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

i know!! they created furniture that allowed you to put your feet up, WHILE SITTING DOWN. fucking ingenious.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

Without them, I might have never been extremely comfy on the couch while simultaneously being oriented towards the TV.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

and noone mentions that they had part in the mass murder of the armenian race? sad

by Anonymous 13 years ago

I know! Before college we only talked about them for two days in history, and they were the longest lasting empire outside of Asia.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

Ikr?I mean they enslaved my country for over 5 centuries and almost no one outside it knows what the Ottoman Empire is o_o

by Anonymous 13 years ago