GENERAL KNOWLEDGE

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 Byzantine Empire finally fell in 1453, after an Ottoman army stormed Constantinople during the reign of Constantine XI.

Detailed explanation-3: -On May 29, 1453 CE, Constantinople fell to the Ottoman Turks and the Byzantine Empire came to an end. Constantinople was transformed into the Islamic city of Istanbul.

Detailed explanation-4: -Civil wars. Probably the most important single cause of Byzantium’s collapse was its recurrent debilitating civil wars. Three of the worst periods of civil war and internal infighting took place during Byzantium’s decline.