r/geography • u/Master1_4Disaster • 2d ago

Map Seem like the Lions are in trouble :(

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u/superdupercereal2 2d ago edited 1d ago

If you showed this map to an Ottoman from 1000 AD they'd be thrilled

Edit: 1300 AD not 1000

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u/kearsargeII Physical Geography 2d ago

Random Byzantine peasant or Seljuk horseman living in 1000 AD. "what on earth is an Ottoman?"

At that, given that Seljuks literally named themselves after lions with ruler names like Alp Arslan: "heroic lion" I would guess their views on the extinction of a literal symbol of their power in the lands they controlled would be more complex than just happy they do not exist.