A bunch of illiterate barbarians destroyed knowledge of ancient

>>589929
>Byzantium
>Knowledge
Ayyy

Western Europe and the fucking Turks who destroyed it were more knowledgable and high tech than Byzantines by this point in time.

Anonymous 2016-01-22 13:04:16 Post No.589962
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>>589945
>roman armies
>illiterate
Nope. Not even after marius reforms, they made sure to teach everyone.

Anonymous 2016-01-22 13:08:59 Post No.589977
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>>589962
Neither were Mongols, though: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mongolian_script

Anonymous 2016-01-22 13:23:13 Post No.590028
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>>589929
>destroyed knowledge of ancient civilizations we can never have back

No, Venitians did that. The city the Turks took was already a ruin.

Anonymous 2016-01-22 13:30:37 Post No.590059
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>>590028
Rounded the Cape and sailed up the Tigris did they?

Anonymous 2016-01-22 13:30:43 Post No.590060
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>>590028
The Venetians sacked Baghdad?

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Fucking βάρβαρος.

Anonymous 2016-01-22 13:36:31 Post No.590082
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>>590060

OP's pic is Constantinople.

OP is a bit slow in the head in case you didn't notice.

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>>589955
>>590028
>>590082
it's Baghdad you retards

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>>590921

then what's with the Theodosian walls?

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>>590921
Dude you can see jannisaries in the painting.

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>>589929
Funny.
the crusades are what began the Renaissance period. they didn't destroy the ancient knowledge, they took it back with them and began remembering what had once been lost.

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>>589929
>A bunch of illiterate fatties destroyed aesthetics of ancient civilizations we can never have back.

I'm aware that Imgur.com will stop allowing adult images since 15th of May. I'm taking actions to backup as much data as possible. Read more on this topic here - https://archived.moe/talk/thread/1694/

I'm aware that Imgur.com will stop allowing adult images since 15th of May. I'm taking actions to backup as much data as possible.
Read more on this topic here - https://archived.moe/talk/thread/1694/