Tag: Raphaela Lewis

Sounds like the direct ancestor of ransomware, doesn’t it?

Excellent overview of a people, place and time, even if I do suspect that Lewis is a wee bit undiscriminating in her love of her subject. It begins with a brief history In 1390, however, Sultan Bayezid began his conquests in Asia Minor. His Muslim troops were unwilling to fight their co-religionists, whom, anyway, they…

Read more Sounds like the direct ancestor of ransomware, doesn’t it?

In 1390, however, Sultan Bayezid began his conquests in Asia Minor. His Muslim troops were unwilling to fight their co-religionists, whom, anyway, they could not loot with a clear conscience...

# Permanent link to Altogether the most efficient account of a six-hundred year empire I’ve ever read.