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History is written by the losers?

Recently finished a book on the fall of Constantinople in 1453.  Or the conquest of Constantinople, depending on how you look at it.

Curious insight from the author of the book (Roger Crowley).  He writes, “…the Ottoman perspective often has to be constructed by reading between the lines of Christian accounts:  1453 is unusual in being history largely written by the losers.”

Apparently, most of the stories about the battle for the city were recorded by the losing Christians.  Specifically the Greeks and Italians.  The Ottoman Empire, which won the battle, wrote very little about the battle.  Only later did …