Why is it that Europe from the Middle Ages to Early Modern didn't attack/invade the east? So many nations/Dynasties/Tribes from the east had always invaded stepped all over Europe. I understand that Europe was more busy fighting itself but why haven't anyone tried. The only time it happened and with success were Alexander's conquests.
The "East" is a pretty big place?
To which civilisation or country are you referring to specifically?
>>346405
>What are the Crusades?
>>346439
Defensive wars against Islam expansion into christian territories.
>>346405
Conflict of interest, a lot of other powers and targets of prioritizations between the East and wherever in Europe you are.
And generally there were MORE people who would fight you there, along with the ones that are closer to you.
If anything, you'd make deals with them.
There was horse fuck all east of European Russia. Just steppe and bandits. I guess you could say there's the Silk Road but that alone doesn't warrant an invasion.
>>346421
The Middle East. They could have justified an invasion through religious reasons, or because of the wealth.
>>346405
There is nothing of value past the Ukraine.
just one of many:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polish–Muscovite_War_(1605–18)
>>346457
They weren't defensive wars, Muslims had already owned those territories for about 400 years at that point.
>>346405
Fixed that for ya.
Are you retarded? Russia is right there on the map you posted.
>>346405
Dude...
>>346405
People rarely invade other countries if there is nothing to gain.
In Europe's case there was little or nothing to gain attacking Eastern Europe or the Steppes. They'd rather spent their money and energy on trying to conquer their rich neighbors.
>>348958
You forgot Georgia
>>346405
There is something to be obtained by the people from the East invading fertile Europe. There is nothing in the Russia, in Mongolia, in Central Asia, and a big lot of nothing until you get to the Easternmost portion of China. They didn't rape the East until they could easily sail all the way over there.
>>349065
>Europe had nothing to gain by invading another part of Europe, they were too busy fighting other Europeans
you should probably rethink that sentence.
>>349341
How so?
Europe ends at the Polish border really.
>>349534
Eastern of Western one?
so you think half of the northern asia bowed to some slavic hillchief voluntarily?
>>349558
hard to say really.
But seriously what's wrong with the sentence?
>>349622
From geographical POV Europe ends at Ural. From cultural POV it's a continuous spectrum of cultures influencing each other for ages, so it's meaningless to try to pinpoint any "border of Europe". Also only turk would post 1900 map.
>>348958
Turkey deserves it I guess.
>>349635
From a geographical PoV, Europe doesn't end or begin anywhere because it's entirely a cultural division.
From a cultural PoV, Russia, the Baltics, Finland, Belorussians, and Ukrainians historically weren't considered to be Europe until the westernization of Peter the Great.
>>349949
Pre-mongolian Russia was pretty much typical European country.
