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My Romanian girlfriend has helped me understand a few things I never knew before. When you watch a Dracula movie, try to feel some sympathy for the old man. You have to understand, the man was a hero, and not just to the people of Romania, it is very likely that America would not exist as we know it without him.
The Turks took Contantinople in 1453. Constantinople was a huge city, the capital of the Christian world for more than 1000 years. It's fall was a major catastrophe for the West. As the Muslims moved west, Vlad Dracula was one of a very few men who stood up to the Sultan's armies. He never had enough men to win any real battles, but his guerilla tactics were so costly and his tactics caused such fear in the Turkish ranks, that they basically had a breakdown and stopped their westward push into Europe.
Were it not for Dracula, London would probably be called Mehmed. Dracula fought the Turks until his death in 1476.
That's 16 years before Columbus sailed the ocean blue.
The Turks took Contantinople in 1453. Constantinople was a huge city, the capital of the Christian world for more than 1000 years. It's fall was a major catastrophe for the West. As the Muslims moved west, Vlad Dracula was one of a very few men who stood up to the Sultan's armies. He never had enough men to win any real battles, but his guerilla tactics were so costly and his tactics caused such fear in the Turkish ranks, that they basically had a breakdown and stopped their westward push into Europe.
Were it not for Dracula, London would probably be called Mehmed. Dracula fought the Turks until his death in 1476.
That's 16 years before Columbus sailed the ocean blue.
