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gptkbp:instanceOf
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gptkb:historical_event
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gptkbp:category
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gptkb:1453_in_Europe
gptkb:History_of_Istanbul
Sieges involving the Ottoman Empire
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gptkbp:combatant
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gptkb:Ottoman_Empire
gptkb:Byzantine_Empire
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gptkbp:commander
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gptkb:Sultan_Mehmed_II
gptkb:Constantine_XI_Palaiologos
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gptkbp:date
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1453-05-29
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gptkbp:followedBy
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gptkb:Ottoman_conquest_of_the_Balkans
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gptkbp:garrison
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53 days
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https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
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Fall of Constantinople
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gptkbp:involved
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gptkb:Janissaries
Genoese mercenaries
Venetian defenders
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gptkbp:legacy
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influenced European exploration
Constantinople renamed Istanbul
Ottoman Empire became a major power
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gptkbp:location
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gptkb:Constantinople
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gptkbp:notableFor
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use of large cannons
breaching of Theodosian Walls
death of last Byzantine emperor
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gptkbp:partOf
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gptkb:Byzantine–Ottoman_wars
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gptkbp:precededBy
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gptkb:Siege_of_Constantinople_(1422)
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gptkbp:resultedIn
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end of the Byzantine Empire
beginning of Ottoman control of Constantinople
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gptkbp:significance
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marked the end of the Middle Ages
triggered migration of Greek scholars to the West
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gptkbp:bfsParent
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gptkb:Eastern_Orthodox_Church
gptkb:Middle_Ages
gptkb:Ottoman_Empire
gptkb:Byzantine_Empire
gptkb:medieval_Europe
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gptkbp:bfsLayer
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4
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