Comments by "Mint" (@mint8648) on "Premodernist" channel.

  1. The Ottomans did assimilate pretty heavily into the local culture already
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  2. You could argue it’s internal because the Seljuks of Rum was founded when it declared independence from the larger Seljuk empire. The Sultanate of Rum did not come into existence by itself invading the Roman Empire from outside.
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  3.  @SparkySywer  the ottoman ruling class never called themselves turks, they were always known as rumis or osmanlis
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  4.  @SparkySywer  turk is an anachronistic term
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  5. So Ataturk ended the Roman empire and revived the Roman Republic
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  6. ??
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  7. It’s important to note that the Ottomans had the title Kaiser of Rome even before capturing Constantinople
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  8. Turkey was a synonym for the Ottoman empire during the 19th century, you can see it on old maps
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  9.  @papazataklaattiranimam  ottoman empire was not nomadic for majority of its existence…
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