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Originally Posted by bigross86
What about the 14-15th centuries when the Ottoman's attacked and conquered most of Europe, including Constantinople? They used newly invented/improved cannons, and I'd say their mettalurgy and weaponry was far better than the Europeans at the time. One of the main reason they survived as en Empire over such a large land mass for 500 years
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WRONG, the turks hired German and Hungarian Connoners to do thier bombarding of Constantinople. Further saying Eastern Ruope in the same breath Western Europe is a blurring of the differences in tactics and equipment of both parts of europe.