{"id":2696,"date":"2020-03-23T22:06:22","date_gmt":"2020-03-23T22:06:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/historyed.site\/?page_id=2696"},"modified":"2024-05-27T05:42:04","modified_gmt":"2024-05-27T05:42:04","slug":"2-constantinople-conquered","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/historyed.site\/index.php\/courses\/big\/civilization\/session-5\/2-constantinople-conquered\/","title":{"rendered":"2) Constantinople Conquered"},"content":{"rendered":"

Topic 2 – Session 5 – Big Civilization<\/p>\n

In 1456, the Byzantines in Constantinople could look back on a thousand years of success. Massive walls built up over centuries held back assaults by land. Local naval superiority held back assaults by sea. Then the Turks brought up cannon and a new age of history began.<\/p>\n

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Mehmed Enters Constantinople<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n
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Outline<\/h4>\n

Course<\/a> Big Civilization
\nSession 5<\/a> Turks Versus West<\/p>\n

Other Topics for This Session<\/strong>
\nOne<\/a>| |Two| |Three<\/a>| |Four<\/a>| |Five<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Further Information<\/h1>\n

From History Moments Library<\/h2>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
YEAR<\/th>\nTITLE<\/th>\nAUTHOR(s)<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
1354<\/td>\nThe Turks Establish Foothold in
\nEurope<\/a><\/td>\n		Joseph von Hammer-Purgstall<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1453<\/td>\nOttomans Conquer Constantinople<\/a><\/td>\nGeorge Finlay<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n
YEAR<\/th>\nTITLE<\/th>\nAUTHOR(s)<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tfoot>\n<\/table>\n

From Elsewhere<\/h2>\n

Reads<\/h3>\n

Decline of the Byzantine Empire<\/a> Byzantine\u2013Ottoman Wars<\/a> Fall of Constantinople<\/a><\/p>\n

Videos<\/h3>\n