Conquest of Constantinople

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Conquest_of_Constantinople
GPTKB entity
Statements (32)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:historical_event
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs gptkb:Fall_of_Constantinople
gptkbp:combatant gptkb:Ottoman_Empire
Byzantine Empire
gptkbp:commander gptkb:Constantine_XI_Palaiologos
gptkb:Mehmed_II
gptkbp:date 29 May 1453
gptkbp:followedBy Ottoman expansion into Europe
gptkbp:involves gptkb:Catholic_Christians
gptkb:Orthodox_Christians
Genoese mercenaries
Venetian defenders
gptkbp:legacy Changed trade routes
Influence on the Renaissance
Migration of Greek scholars to the West
Symbolic end of the Roman Empire
gptkbp:location gptkb:Constantinople
gptkbp:notableFor Death of the last Byzantine emperor
Transformation of Hagia Sophia into a mosque
Use of large cannons
gptkbp:partOf gptkb:Byzantine–Ottoman_wars
gptkb:Rise_of_the_Ottoman_Empire
gptkbp:precededBy gptkb:Siege_of_Constantinople_(1453)
gptkbp:result Ottoman victory
gptkbp:significance gptkb:End_of_the_Byzantine_Empire
Beginning of Ottoman dominance in southeastern Europe
Marked the end of the Middle Ages
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Fall_of_Constantinople_(1453)
gptkb:Mehmed_the_Conqueror
gptkb:House_of_Osman
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Conquest of Constantinople