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Conquest of Constantinople
URI:
https://gptkb.org/entity/Conquest_of_Constantinople
GPTKB entity
Statements (35)
Predicate
Object
gptkbp:instanceOf
gptkb:historical_event
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs
gptkb:Fall_of_Constantinople
gptkbp:combatant
gptkb:Ottoman_Empire
gptkb:Byzantine_Empire
gptkbp:commander
gptkb:Constantine_XI_Palaiologos
gptkb:Mehmed_II
gptkbp:date
29 May 1453
gptkbp:followedBy
Ottoman expansion into Europe
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
Conquest of Constantinople
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
gptkb:Mehmed_II
gptkb:Ottoman_dynasty
gptkb:Ottomans
gptkbp:bfsLayer
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