This is an amusing art piece. Mr. Blue Shield is about to have a bad day.
this post was submitted on 02 May 2025
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Janissaries began as elite corps made up through the devşirme system of child levy enslavement, by which indigenous European Christian boys, chiefly from the Balkans, were taken, levied, subjected to forced circumcision and forced conversion to Islam, and incorporated into the Ottoman army.