Territorial expansion of Russia, 1300-1991. Modern day Russia retains about 75% of the territory it had at its greatest extent as the Russian Empire
u/Lemming_12 — 5 days ago
Why did Turkey eventually cease to be considered a 100% European country? (During the colonial period, Turkey was called the "sick European" and it was also part of the Scramble for Africa.)
u/According-Invite-440 — 1 month ago
The Ottoman Map Before and After Suleiman the Magnificent (1520-1566)
u/Cenixxen — 2 months ago
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‘The Massacre at Chios’ (1824)by Eugene Delacroix (1798-1863)
“Delacroix's painting of the massacre at Chios shows sick, dying Greek civilians about to be slaughtered by the Turks or sold into slavery.
One of several paintings made of this contemporary event, it expresses sympathy for the Greek cause in their war of independence against the Turks, a popular sentiment at the time for the French people.”
I’ve always found the forlorn and hopeless expressions of the Greeks emblematic of the impact of colonialism.
u/Lemming_12 — 2 months ago