Fall of Constantinople
At a glance:
- Series: Chronology of European History
- Categories: Government and Politics, Military History
- Subcategories: Empires, Dynasties, Invasions, Raids, Conquests, Sieges, Ottoman Empire, Byzantine Empire
- Curriculum: Medieval History/Middle Ages, African History, Middle Eastern History, Western Civilization/European History
- Geographical Location: Europe, Turkey, Constantinople, Istanbul
- Date: May 29, 1453
Article abstract: The fall of Constantinople signifies the collapse of the Byzantine Empire and the rise of the Ottoman Empire, considered by some to mark the close of the Middle Ages.
Summary of Event
By 1453, relations between the Greek East and the Latin West were near the breaking point. The mass of the Greeks remembered with bitterness the capture of Constantinople in 1204 at the hands of Western crusaders. This led to a struggle between the Greeks and Latins to control Constantinople after 1261, with control eventually going to the Greeks. By the...
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