Istanbul-The Love of the Sultans

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Turkish made animation about the fall of Constantinople.

 

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Please put this thread in General Multimedia, thanks. :whatever:

 

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Beautiful!

I am pretty interested in these kind of things.

I like to research the military tactics and history of these countries in their days.

Rome, Greece, Troy, Crete, Germania, Egypt and Gaul.

Once you get into it. You start loving it.

By the way do you know about this myth?

Land of the blinds
A famous myth explains very precisely the unmatched location of Istanbul :
Commander Byzas, who gave his name to the empire to be later called as Byzantine, sets off to sail to build a new colony from where Greece is located today. During the long voyage and his searches, he goes to an oracle for advice. The oracle makes this prediction: “You are going to build your city right opposite of the land of the blinds!” Continuing his voyage, Byzas reaches to the banks of Sarayburnu, the Istanbul of today. When he sees this protected peninsula, he thinks that it is just the place that he was looking for; meanwhile he notices the area of residence on the opposite side (Kadıköy at present). Byzas decides that the people who, given the excellent area of residence right before them, do not prefer to reside there are blind. And since it also coincides with the prediction, he builds his colony on this land without hesitation…