• @[email protected]
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    69 months ago

    Sultan Mehmed II

    That’s the dude who fought Dracula? Didn’t know he was involved with enlightenment any sources to read up on it?

    • Zagorath
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      149 months ago

      The argument is (though it’s certainly not a universally-agreed view) that the fall of Constantinople lead a lot of artists and scientists to flee from the city heading west, along with old texts. Which lead to an increased interest in their knowledge from the west, which is what triggered the Renaissance.

      Mehmed II was the Sultan responsible for the invasion of the Eastern Roman Empire and the siege of Constantinople. Hence, he’s the guy responsible for it, under this model.