Why was the Ottoman Empire the only Muslim state that came even close to competing with European states?
>>16886246>*takes 1000 years to push berber tribals out of iberia*
>>16886246Europe, excluding Constantinople, was a dirt poor shithole with no wealth or prestige so it didn't really have any value other than to launch small scale raids. They tried taking Constantinople a few times and failed but its not like Byzantine didn't turn into a walking corpse after losing half of their empire in a few decades either.