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Ottoman and European Christian troops about to clash, ~15th century AD (infosec.pub)
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[–] merde@sh.itjust.works 5 points 8 months ago

draw again

Janissaries began as elite corps made up through the devşirme system of child levy enslavement, by which indigenous European Christian boys, chiefly from the Balkans, were taken, levied, subjected to forced circumcision and forced conversion to Islam, and incorporated into the Ottoman army.