u/jackt-up

A constituent of Maximillian’s, basically his financier. Learning about this guy, you find he was a major factor in the rise of the Habsburgs.

This is why I always say you can’t overlook the city states of Italy or the free cities within the Empire. Fugger was from Augsburg and had his hands in every cookie jar—textiles, mining, banking, etc.

Fugger is responsible for assuring Charles V’s election, regarding his competition with Francis. So really the two big bosses of the early Habsburgs could have never got of the ground without him.

Bro exhausted his empire from so many conquests and attempted conquests. Sure he got Song taken care of and that was huge, and yeah he subjugated Goryeo.

But two failed invasions of Japan and like infinity failed invasion of Dai Viet cost him. Just like Louis XIV he overextended. He was incredibly successful, that’s undeniable, but all these wars led to lots of inflation and pointless loss of life (of course). Idk man, if I send tens of thousands of soldiers to invade an island nation and they get taken out by a storm, I’m calling it—that’s a bad omen. Tengri disapproves. Kublai really said, “I’ll do it again.”

Left: Safavids

Right: Mamluks