Re: Article about the genetic background of the Magyar people

Musa Altyntash wrote:

What matters is that Magyars didn't and couldn't see any kinship
in the Ottomans.

by that time the damage was done in the heads, it was too late for them already, the bigger problem was that they couldn't see any kinship with the "tatars"(mongols) earlier

those magyars were the "self-hating jews" of their time :-)

this is not to say, that they have not missed out big time in their relation to the ottomans, they did

as a result, they became instead of being masters of their house,
beaten up slaves for the second time

"Finally, under the command of Sultan Suleiman the Magnificent, on August 28, 1521, the Turks managed to conquer Belgrade - the rampart of Christianity and the key of defense of whole Hungary. The town was demolished and burnt down, and the way to Western Europe open.

With the moving of border to the north, the strategic position of Belgrade also changes, and in the next 150 years, it was relatively peaceful town with a more significant commercial and communication function. The seat of sandžak (district) was moved from Smederevo to Belgrade and more intensive development of the town began. Crafts and trade prosper more and more in newly reconstructed town of oriental look. It is the meeting point of merchants from Dubrovnik, Venice, Greece and Austria, as well as craftsmen: the Turks, Armenians, Gypsies and Serbs. Near the market-place numerous caravansaries, bezistans and mosques were built. The town has overgrown its former boundaries and ditches and began to spread more and more along the well-known trade routes connecting the East with Europe. Its highest progress under the Turks Belgrade makes in the XVII century, when it counts population of 100,000 and becomes the second-largest town, right after Istanbul."

http://www.beograd.org.yu/cms/view.php?id=201251

(city of belgrade)


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