>>15426172>turkic steppe nomads get pushed from steppe>go west and "settle" in eastern Anatolia between the Greeks & Armenians>proceed to slowly conquer & assimilate most of Anatolia from original core of steppe warriors as Eastern Rome declines>eventually take Constantinople after adopting Arab/Eastern war tech>expand into Balkans, use advantages in technology & discipline to btfo both the Christians & the Arabs>consolidate holdings after multiple bitter defeats in Balkans incl. Malta off Sicily; failed Italian invasion due to Albanians>continue to slowly but steadily decline from thence until partitioned after WWIThey had a good run, but Turks ultimately couldn't recreate the glory of Rome or sustain their multiethnic shitstorm of an empire. If anything the Ottomans should be a cautionary tale, but fuck it let the bants continue.
