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May 22, 2024 · Fall of Constantinople, (May 29, 1453), conquest of Constantinople by Sultan Mehmed II of the Ottoman Empire. The dwindling Byzantine Empire came to an end when the Ottomans breached Constantinople’s ancient land wall after besieging the city for 55 days.
After the sack of Constantinople in 1204 by Latin crusaders, two Byzantine successor states were established: the Empire of Nicaea and the Despotate of Epirus. A third, the Empire of Trebizond , was created after Alexios Komnenos , commanding the Georgian expedition in Chaldia [102] a few weeks before the sack of Constantinople, found himself ...
Feb 1, 2018 · In 1204 CE the unthinkable happened and Constantinople, after nine centuries of withstanding all comers, was brutally sacked. Even more startling was the fact that the perpetrators were not any of the traditional enemies of the Byzantine Empire: the armies of Islam, the Bulgars, Hungarians, or Serbs, but the western Christian army of the Fourth ...
- Mark Cartwright
Sep 19, 2018 · The Byzantine Empire was founded by Roman emperor Constantine I who separated the Roman Empire into western and eastern parts. Was Byzantine Greek or Roman? The Byzantine Empire was both Roman and Greek.
- Mark Cartwright
The fall of Constantinople, also known as the conquest of Constantinople, was the capture of the capital of the Byzantine Empire by the Ottoman Empire. The city was captured on 29 May 1453 as part of the culmination of a 53-day siege which had begun on 6 April.
Background. The Byzantine Empire had been fractured beyond repair for hundreds of years (some suggest the sacking of the city by the Crusaders in 1204 was the beginning of the end). The city of Constantinople survived numerous attempts at conquest as the sturdy Theodosian Walls kept marauders at bay.
