GK
WORLD HISTORY
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Constantinople
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Rome
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Athens
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Vienna
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Detailed explanation-1: -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.
Detailed explanation-2: -The Ottomans ended the Byzantine Empire with the conquest of Constantinople in 1453 by Mehmed the Conqueror.
Detailed explanation-3: -The last Emperor died on the walls and the Patriarch, the head of the Byzantine Church, was taken captive. The city was renamed Istanbul and would become once again one of the world’s most important cities, this time as the capital of the Ottoman Empire, with many of its churches being converted to mosques.