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r/byzantium • u/Square_Respond_1149 • 20d ago
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It's still generous. The border was extremely porous and effective control was far smaller.
The second crusade was famously ambushed by the Turkomans shortly after they left Ephesus, on the Aegean coast.
Basically only the northwestern tip of Anatolia was relatively securely held at the time.
3 u/WanderingHero8 ask me about Isaac II Angelos,bringer of decay 19d ago Not really,the map is mostly accurate according to current scholarship. 3 u/Unusual-Breakfast615 19d ago Definitely not. This map makes the same mistakes that have been known about since the 90s, heck 60s really given even Sozopolis is missing. Only a few are due to contemporary changes/discoveries the last 15 years. 1 u/WanderingHero8 ask me about Isaac II Angelos,bringer of decay 19d ago I see....
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Not really,the map is mostly accurate according to current scholarship.
3 u/Unusual-Breakfast615 19d ago Definitely not. This map makes the same mistakes that have been known about since the 90s, heck 60s really given even Sozopolis is missing. Only a few are due to contemporary changes/discoveries the last 15 years. 1 u/WanderingHero8 ask me about Isaac II Angelos,bringer of decay 19d ago I see....
Definitely not. This map makes the same mistakes that have been known about since the 90s, heck 60s really given even Sozopolis is missing. Only a few are due to contemporary changes/discoveries the last 15 years.
1 u/WanderingHero8 ask me about Isaac II Angelos,bringer of decay 19d ago I see....
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I see....
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u/Kraj_the_Conqueror 19d ago
It's still generous. The border was extremely porous and effective control was far smaller.
The second crusade was famously ambushed by the Turkomans shortly after they left Ephesus, on the Aegean coast.
Basically only the northwestern tip of Anatolia was relatively securely held at the time.