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Famous Sieges: Siege of Constantinople

Famous Sieges: Siege of Constantinople

Paperback

General Military History

ISBN10: 935297901X
ISBN13: 9789352979011
Publisher: Alpha Ed
Published: Jan 16 2019
Pages: 44
Weight: 0.15
Height: 0.11 Width: 5.50 Depth: 8.50
Language: English

The Fall of Constantinople was the capture of the capital of the Byzantine Empire by an invading Ottoman army on 29 May 1453. The attackers were commanded by the then 21-year-old Sultan Mehmed II, who defeated an army commanded by Emperor Constantine XI Palaiologos and took control of the imperial capital, ending a 53-day siege. After conquering the city, Sultan Mehmed transferred the capital of his Empire from Edirne to Constantinople, and established his court there. The conquest of the city of Constantinople and the end of the Byzantine Empire was a key event in the Late Middle Ages which also marks, for some historians, the end of the Medieval period.
This book gives an account of one of the most important siege in the Medieval history.

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