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minus-squareinvertedspear@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up22·2 years agohttps://www.amusingplanet.com/2018/08/how-croatia-got-coastline-away-from.html
minus-squareAstridWipenaugh@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up17·2 years agoThat’s actually really interesting! TL;DR they gave the coast to the Ottoman Empire hundreds of years ago for free because they were tired of fighting invaders from the sea. Free protection in exchange for cities they weren’t able to defend anyway.
minus-squareiarigby@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 years agokept always wondering about this. thanks
minus-squareOhmsLawn@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 years agoMan. That story turns the whole situation on its head. Fascinating. Thanks!
https://www.amusingplanet.com/2018/08/how-croatia-got-coastline-away-from.html
That’s actually really interesting!
TL;DR they gave the coast to the Ottoman Empire hundreds of years ago for free because they were tired of fighting invaders from the sea. Free protection in exchange for cities they weren’t able to defend anyway.
kept always wondering about this. thanks
Man. That story turns the whole situation on its head. Fascinating. Thanks!