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Persian Rivalry: The Ottoman-Safavid Border Wars
For over a century, the Ottoman and Safavid empires fought a series of devastating wars that reshaped the Middle East. In this episode, Lucas and Luna explore the roots of this bitter rivalry: the sectarian divide between Sunni Ottomans and Shiite Safavids, the strategic importance of cities like Tabriz and Baghdad, and the brutal scorched-earth tactics of Shah Abbas I. They discuss key battles like Chaldiran (1514), where the Ottomans used cannons to defeat the Safavid cavalry, and the Treaty of Zuhab (1639), which finally fixed the modern border between Turkey and Iran. Lucas also delves…
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