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1453 by Roger Crowley is a novel about the time before the fall of the Byzantine Empire and how the people in the churches fought over differences in the way they said their prayers. The thesis is that even when you think you are this great nation you can fall into defeat. This means that you should not be so cocky and oblivious to what is going on around you even if you think that you have no one that is as strong as your army. The author is biased to the Ottoman Empire. He says quotes like “The Ottomans always knew that speed was the key to storming fortresses (95). Also he said “No army in the world could match the Ottomans in the organization fo a military campain (97). These show that he thought that the Ottomans were a stronger force

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