And why has Christianity been so popular in China this year, while Islam has been so coldly received? Without him, the Christian world has been strong since modern times, and the Islamic world has been sluggish. Tracing back to the source of all this is in 1453, when the conqueror Mohammed II came to Constantinople.
The glorious victory of the Turks ended the history of the Eastern Roman Empire for more than a thousand years, and made Ottoman Turkey from a small country at the junction of Asia and Europe to greatness. After decades, it came to the city of Vienna and looked forward to it for hundreds of years. Three continents, pushing the territory of Islam to the pinnacle.
Throughout the Middle Ages, the Islamic world is far more prosperous, civilized, tolerant and free than the Christian world. After the Crusaders captured Jerusalem, they slaughtered Muslims in the city, no matter how old or young they were, under the call of "those who are not bloodied by the sword." However, there was no massacre or plunder. Most Christians were freed after paying the ransom. Many poor people who could not pay the ransom were also released. Even some Christian families whose men died in the war received compensation.
After the occupation of Constantinople, the Turks allowed the Orthodox Patriarch of Constantinople to continue to teach the people, but the Catholic Orthodox believers in West Bend were forced to convert. In fact, the Byzantine Empire died not so much by Muslims as by the Crusaders. When the Crusaders passed through the Eastern Roman Empire, they burned, killed, and looted all along the way. In particular, the Fourth Crusade captured Constantinople and established a Latin Empire on its territory. After that, although Byzantium was successfully restored, it was still dying. Therefore, some Byzantine generals in the film even believe that instead of handing over the empire to the pope, it is better to lose to the Muslims.
At the same time, however, the fall of Constantinople also awakened Western Europe from the darkness of the Middle Ages. The large number of people and classics that followed led to the Renaissance and Enlightenment, and ultimately led Europe to rationality, to the ocean, and to dominance. The road to the world. In today's Christian world in Europe and America, the dark religious rule has long been a thing of the past. Science, humanism, reason and freedom are leading the people to a better tomorrow.
Muslims still seem to be intoxicated by the victory of the war. The civilization that once dominated science, literature, and art has stood on its feet for hundreds of years and became the "big empire" of the Near East. Until the final disintegration, the European territory was lost except for a corner of Istanbul. I haven't slowed down until today. Why is this?
There must be many reasons for such a macroscopic historical problem. But the conservativeness of religion is undoubtedly a very important factor. When the secularized Christian liberals became more and more supporters, Islam has gradually slipped into the abyss of fundamentalism, religion and politics have become closer and closer, and even a state of politics and religion has been established.
While the Turks chanted "Belief and omnipotence" in "Conquer 1453", and the whole film was filled with the religious pride of "Allah is the greatest", the British and Americans carried out religious fanaticism in "The Kingdom of Heaven". Calm reflection: "Your holy place is located on the Jewish temple demolished by the Romans. The Muslim holy place is above your holy place. Which is more sacred? The Wailing Wall? The Mosque? The Holy Sepulchre? Who has the right? No one has the right. Everyone has the right!"
If Turkey, which is known as the most secularized in the Islamic world, is obsessed with its glorious history, then there will be no tomorrow in the entire Islamic world. This is really a great tragedy for a civilization that gave birth to "One Thousand and One Nights", modern universities, Saladin, and Kemal.
Finally, comment on "Conquer 1453", as the first blockbuster film by the Turks, the clues of the film are chaotic, the plot is broken, the characters are thin, and the epic is not suspenseful, and it is inadequate in terms of plot. However, the costumes are gorgeous, the music is beautiful, and the handsome men and women are also worth watching.
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