Funny how there's a fundamental connection to evolution in all history of man that is not religious whimsy but reality beyond these random discussions of good & evil or original sin,but back to earthly concerns....
Consider the population of Constantinople at about 50,000 when 21yr old Ottoman Sultan Mehmed II laid siege to it 1453 & it fell (now Istanbul is near 14mil pop, just wow!) Many emigrants & Greek and non-Greek intellectuals fled the city before and after the siege, with a majority of them migrating to Italy, which helped fuel the Renaissance after that fall. But also in cutting off the trade routes to China & asia forced the Europeans to seek sea routes, forcing them to step up a technological revolution & arms race, becoming great sea powers after.
On one day, the young sultan made a call & brought up priests, had his entire army kneel prayer before the city walls,a show of solidarity when his resolve wavered. It had a certain effect on the enemy Christians, of course.
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