what if Kazakhstan discovered and colonized America before Spain?
>>2998742
Potassium was crappy back then.
Eagles. Everywhere.
They'd lose the inevitable colonial war with Great Zimbabwe that would emerge.
they don't even know what ships are
>>2998742
Why didn't Törks did it? If they managed to take Morocco they could sail the atlantic without problems, plus they weren't pussies about expansion like other mudslimes.
>>2998742
Kazakhstan has a better flag than it has any right to. I would die for that flag if it didn't represent Kazakhstan
>>2998742
they'd eventually clash with the Vietnamese west coast colonies
>>2998771
turks tried to help fellow muslims in indonesia and even managed to found a naval base
also at some point turkish pirates wanted a caribbean venture but spanish paid them off into not doing it
also, a turkish naval officer drew the first map of south america and antarctica before people knew these two existed. how he did this is still a mystery
>>2998961
>also, a turkish naval officer drew the first map of south america and antarctica before people knew these two existed. how he did this is still a mystery
It's not a mystery, Piri Reis's map was made 20-30 years after Columbus and he himself admitted he used European maps as a reference.
>>2998967
but what of antarctica, he drew it too
>>2998976
Refer to
>he himself admitted he used European maps as a reference
Reis drew it based on acient Greek idea of undiscovered continent in the south (terra australis). Besides it's not even Antarctica, he just drew South America bigger than it was.
>>2998771
Turk here.
Ottomans were the richest country on earth in terms of GDP for 250 years, they didnt need colonies to improve trade they had all the 5 hugest trading nodes on the world; Istanbul, Cairo, Baghdad, Crimea and Damascus
>>2998742
what if your mother didnt discovered my dick and you where never colonized you faggot you would never been born
>>2999037
rude
>>2998771
Turks didn't have the technology.They were still using galleys deep into the XVIII century
>>2999016
>Ottomans were the richest country on earth in terms of GDP for 250 years, they didnt need colonies to improve trade they had all the 5 hugest trading nodes on the world; Istanbul, Cairo, Baghdad, Crimea and Damascus
Lol nope.Not even close lmao
>>2999016
>Ottomans were the richest country on earth in terms of GDP for 250 years
sup
>>2999346
Ming apogee was nowhere near Ottoman apogee.
Mean devolved by 1500, ottomans reached their peak in 1640s
>>2998742
> what if Kazakhstan discovered and colonized America before Spain?
America WAS discovered and colonized by Asian settlers from Siberia who crossed Bering land bridge.
>>2998742
what if Christopher Columbus was a snek?
>>2998752
This
>>2999048
I'm sorry for being mean anon
>>2998771
>If they managed to take Morocco
They did not
T. /int/electual who has seen dozens of Morocoans claiming that they always rejected Ottoman power.
It did happen
>Kazakhstan ~ Golden Horde
>Russia ~ Golden Horde
>Russia colonised America as far as California
>>2998771
>can go to India for trade
>hurr why didn't they try to sail 5000 miles West to go to Inida