How did John's campaigns change the east?
Encouraged population growth
Boosted the economy
Increased education rate
Forced the Turks onto the defensive
Answer
The conquests of John Hunyadi, a Hungarian general and governor, forced the Ottoman Turks, who were at that moment a rising power in Europe, to switch from an offensive strategy to a defensive position, which halted the Turkish advance into Eastern and Central Europe for decades and saved the nascent nation-states in the area.
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