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ottoman armies certainly did often enough, they could usually field about 30% more people than habsburgs in most cases, just look up most of the battles,...

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ottomans didn't suddenly reatreat from fronts, they were defeated time and again (they were like what, 3 huge marches on vienna, including the one led...

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Also dutchy of muscowy absolutely destroyed them, as they never had any stable power basis.

Russo turkish wars started back in 16th century,...

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Nationalist rebellions were also related to taxes, the successful rebellion in serbia was due to ottomans trying to introduce a new tax on export of pig...

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Eh that was a popular thing to say about russian gulags around here, though I never checked up on it so I can't say they did it with certainty...

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Well, to be fair CIA is well known for 2 things; one is corruption other is gross incompetence

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Gulag, lodgings and food are free if not ample

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Eh, norwegians do drive really expensive cars, they just aren't just for show, since the weather and roads there are less than ideal. They need more robust...

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lol, ottomans had rebellions long before spring of nations(unless anatolia is in balkans now) and they couldn't both massacare and tax people at the same...

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I'd say geopolitical situation plays a way larger role on prosperity than any of the aforementioned factors

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you're just salty because they did it better than turks, despite turks trying really REALLY hard ...

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Ahh, funny how none of the movies show him being captured in austria. I find that anecdote hilarious tbh...

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lol you seem to be permatriggered, I couldn't even compete

not that I have problems with jews, unlike all dudes that need to place blame...

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Because you call them "natasha" and mean something way different than the name itself by that

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He can do that if he likes, lol he probably understands the mentality that spawned that religion better than you do anyway. Gelded little wolf:rolley...

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What mr. orban fails to notice is that those 35 k hungarians are moving away from HIM

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Isn't depicting the prophet forbidden by islam anyway? ...

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Eh, I guess easterners at least like to traditionally have the pretense of romance, with colonials it's all out of the window

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They've been doing it for a while, there was actually a bit of a hype about it involving turkey few years back when protesters in a true turkish pogrom...

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Ewww, eating fish eggs is disgusting...