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First Modern Standing Army in Europe?

The first paragraph introduces the Janissaries as "the first modern standing army in Europe", as in, a professional and organized military structure (see link to standing army). This sounds like a subjective assessment since the first such standing army would have been the Ancient Roman army, which was European, organized and constituted of professional soldiers, most of which enrolled voluntarily, I believe.

I wouldn't call Ancient Rome a MODERN standing army. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2001:1970:5163:1200:0:0:0:FBA4 (talk) 02:40, 4 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Some do not differentiate between military and army. Yes, the Janissary army has its own name — Janissary Corps. There are a few willing to merge the concepts. Станислав Минков (talk) 10:34, 5 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]

@2001:1970:5163:1200:0:0:0:FBA4

Janissary look like agents of jihad 137.59.145.217 (talk) 15:28, 16 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

evidence

dismiss evidence that Janissary were armed with firearms of any sort.

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sect

Janissary are in fact a sect within the Sunni Muslim whose loyalty to the Ottoman Caliphate, Janissary were born Muslim and their rivals were different rulers whom claimed to be the Caliphate.

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gun manufacturer

who was the gun manufacturer of the Janissary and what evidence do we have that the Janissary were armed with firearms?

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