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Fall of Constantinople Explained in 1 Minute

Through Google Earth’s lens, we retrace the dramatic Fall of Constantinople in 1453. In just one minute, we chart the city’s ...
La Brújula Verde

When Constantinople Resisted the Siege of a Coalition Formed by Persians, Avars, and Slavs

Although the most famous one was carried out by the Ottomans in 1453, which definitively ended the Byzantine Empire, ...
The New York Times

The Fall of Constantinople, 1453.

TimesMachine is an exclusive benefit for home delivery and digital subscribers. About the Archive This is a digitized version of an article from The Times’s print archive, before the start of online ...
Eurasianet

Turkey: With New Film About Conquest of Constantinople, It's like 1453 All Over Again

Considering it took place some 500 years ago, the Ottoman conquest of Constantinople in 1453 feels like it happened only yesterday -- at least in Istanbul. In recent years, an Ottoman history magazine ...
Quill & Quire

A Place Called Armageddon: Constantinople 1453

The new novel from Vancouver writer and actor C.C. Humphreys (who also writes young adult fiction as Chris Humphreys) is not only a panoramic recreation of the fall of Constantinople in 1453, but also ...