One of the worse places of the world before the late 1400s

It depended on the place

Others faired better, others had the bad side

Yeah

Europe was generally getting crowded at that point

And not only had it suffered a plague

It was suffering other things

I think when the 1400s swung around, then things became better

But it was very feudal and oppressive compared to, say, Arabia

Things improved for Europe in the years of colonization

Yeah after feudalism gave way to colonialism and freer markets

Arabia was also oppressive

But more organised

But not nearly as bad for the commoner

Europe was a mess

Even after the 1400s Turks had better system for quite a while

The biggest mistake of the Turks was treating Christians as second class

And overestimating its power in ending Austria

Turks treated Christians better than the Christians treated Muslims

And Austria was a supply issue as much as anything

Turks wanted to play nice with their occupied lands

So they didn’t have to deal with 100 rebellions

And that worked largely

Eh, for a while

They got troops and taxes from their Christian subjects

Ottoman power diminished in the 1600s

Once absolutism came around

And the idea of using all resources of the state

And then the Ottomans were a complete joke in the 1700-1900s

Turkish had way too much autonomy from 1600 to late 19. Century

Then it was too little too late

Industrialization was in full swing

I’m Romanian

And a second wave of colonialism was sweeping Europe

I generally am glad that the Ottomans couldn’t handle the Balkans anymore

You're respectful about it though

And don't call Turkish roaches

Only if I am to mock id call Turks “Turkroaches”

Only as a joke

Good

Tbh pre columbian societies and Africa are some of my bigger interests when it comes to ancient history