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2025-02-09 20:30:25 UTC - HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: C48525E3AEE2B736C5825E8E7556F797D1F362903EDEFA555594ADE2AFF27305
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Ottoman Jannisary army was composed of enslaved Christian children. The objective of the "child levy" system was to convert enslaved children to Islam and to fight wars for Ottoman colonization of Europe. Jannisaries' were expendable and led frontal attacks with many deaths. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Janissary#Recruitment,_training_and_status
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