))
422 Crusades (14) Dhimmitude: Life Under Muslim Rule; 1453 Fall of Constantinople
Manage episode 490702862 series 3591557
Content provided by Edmund J. Rybarczyk and Ed Rybarczyk. All podcast content including episodes, graphics, and podcast descriptions are uploaded and provided directly by Edmund J. Rybarczyk and Ed Rybarczyk or their podcast platform partner. If you believe someone is using your copyrighted work without your permission, you can follow the process outlined here https://ppacc.player.fm/legal.
What was it like, if you were not a Muslim, to live under Muslim rule? Even though the Koran calls for religious freedom why did that not, in fact, ever serve as the way of life? How would the Muslims carry out forced religious conversions? What kind of daily realities did the Dhimmi (subjugated, humiliated) live with? How were Jews treated? Then, in the show's second half, I describe the siege, battle, and 1453 fall of Constantinople. Byzantium, later Constantinople, successfully withstood 2110 years of siege attempts. So, how did Sultan Mohammed II finally enter and capture the city, "the giant thorn" in the side of Islam? Why did the Muslims practice pederasty? Who, when a city was siezed, would be ganged raped? (Warning: graphic execution practices are described in detail.)
300 episodes
Share
