CCC 03/03/11
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Janissary is a Christian charged with Guarding the Muslim Sultans from the 1300's to the 1800's, hardly Greek or Roman! :) Incidentally, the Sultans chose christians for this, because they didn't trust other muslims not to kill them, christians could never become Sultan so it was safer. In the same way, I suppose, that the key to the church of the holy sepulchre in the wailing wall in Jerusalem is not held bt the christians whose church it is, or the jews, whose wall it is, but by the muslims, to stop the other two fighting over it.
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That inclination of his and my interest in computers lead us to play many many computer games and I think it is very likely that Janissary is used in an RTS of some sort - Age Of Empires springs to mind - can anyone confirm if Janissary appears in that game?
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Dalek Dave wrote:
Greek or Roman
Yes but they were Turkish, which is the same thing, they all do good Kebabs.
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Janissary is a Christian charged with Guarding the Muslim Sultans from the 1300's to the 1800's, hardly Greek or Roman! :) Incidentally, the Sultans chose christians for this, because they didn't trust other muslims not to kill them, christians could never become Sultan so it was safer. In the same way, I suppose, that the key to the church of the holy sepulchre in the wailing wall in Jerusalem is not held bt the christians whose church it is, or the jews, whose wall it is, but by the muslims, to stop the other two fighting over it.
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YES! - answered my own question - Google is my friend :) (even though I'm old my memory isn't failing me) A Janissary is a heavy Infantry unit in both Age of Empires II and Age of Empires III. In its first appearance it is the unique unit for Turks and likewise for Ottomans in the sequel but used as more regular and basic infantry while still being unique as well.
modified on Thursday, March 3, 2011 4:47 AM
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In my case it comes from having a son who is into ancient Greek and Roman history (and from reading too many Asterix books) :)