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It's a situation that Mehmed II can easily resolve.
It's a situation that Mehmed II can easily resolve.
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Instead of using trucks lets use pipes instead heck why use ships when you can just build a pipe towards the US or any county youre delivering oil to.
Explanation: The city of Constantinople, the near-impregnable capital of the Eastern Roman Empire between 330 and 1453, was set on a [peninsula guarding the narrow gap between Europe and Asia](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a6/Siege_of_Constantinople_1453_map-en.svg/1280px-Siege_of_Constantinople_1453_map-en.svg.png). The land route to Constantinople was protected by the extremely formidable Theodosian Walls, which were a set of three walls with overlapping fields of fire, changes in elevation, setoff fortifications, and numerous other defenses. Meanwhile, the seaside portion of Constantinople was protected by a much more modest sea wall. When Constantinople was besieged by the Ottoman Turks under Mehmed II in 1453, the Turks encountered a problem: they needed to bypass the peninsular defenses and enter the Golden Horn, which as seen in the image above, was a waterway inside Constantinoples defenses. However, the Romans had brilliantly erected a large chain (a la Game of Thrones) across the strait, blocking any ships from entering the Golden Horn from the outside. The Ottomans looked at this problem and quickly devised a clever solution: they packed their ships up to the north, rolled them across a lightly-defended portion of land, and set them back down *inside* the Golden Horn, giving them a huge naval advantage. E: Fun or not-so-fun (depending on your perspective) additional fact--on land, the Ottoman Turks decided to address those extremely formidable Theodosian walls by going ahead and putting together the largest cannon the world had ever known to that point. It was almost 30 feet long, weighed almost 20 tons, and fired a projectile weighing around 1200lbs. The specifications to build the cannon had originally been offered by its creator to the Eastern Roman Emperor, Constantine IX, but he couldnt afford it, so the creator of the cannon turned around and sold it to Constantines enemies, the Ottoman Turks.
I would like to ***thank Mehmed II for his attention to the matter very strongly.***
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Explanation: The city of Constantinople, the near-impregnable capital of the Eastern Roman Empire between 330 and 1453, was set on a [peninsula guarding the narrow gap between Europe and Asia](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a6/Siege_of_Constantinople_1453_map-en.svg/1280px-Siege_of_Constantinople_1453_map-en.svg.png). The land route to Constantinople was protected by the extremely formidable Theodosian Walls, which were a set of three walls with overlapping fields of fire, changes in elevation, setoff fortifications, and numerous other defenses. Meanwhile, the seaside portion of Constantinople was protected by a much more modest sea wall. When Constantinople was besieged by the Ottoman Turks under Mehmed II in 1453, the Turks encountered a problem: they needed to bypass the peninsular defenses and enter the Golden Horn, which as seen in the image above, was a waterway inside Constantinoples defenses. However, the Romans had brilliantly erected a large chain (a la Game of Thrones) across the strait, blocking any ships from entering the Golden Horn from the outside. The Ottomans looked at this problem and quickly devised a clever solution: they packed their ships up to the north, rolled them across a lightly-defended portion of land, and set them back down *inside* the Golden Horn, giving them a huge naval advantage. E: Fun or not-so-fun (depending on your perspective) additional fact--on land, the Ottoman Turks decided to address those extremely formidable Theodosian walls by going ahead and putting together the largest cannon the world had ever known to that point. It was almost 30 feet long, weighed almost 20 tons, and fired a projectile weighing around 1200lbs. The specifications to build the cannon had originally been offered by its creator to the Eastern Roman Emperor, Constantine IX, but he couldnt afford it, so the creator of the cannon turned around and sold it to Constantines enemies, the Ottoman Turks.
I would like to ***thank Mehmed II for his attention to the matter very strongly.***
Printed on demand by Printify. Ships from the US or UK depending on location.
This shirt is made from responsibly sourced materials and printed using sustainable practices. To care for your shirt, machine wash cold inside-out with like colors and tumble dry low. Do not iron directly on the print.
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