Fall of Constantinople (1453)

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Fall_of_Constantinople_(1453)
GPTKB entity
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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:historical_event
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs gptkb:Conquest_of_Constantinople
gptkbp:combatant gptkb:Ottoman_Empire
gptkb:Byzantine_Empire
gptkbp:commander gptkb:Constantine_XI_Palaiologos
gptkb:Sultan_Mehmed_II
gptkbp:consequence Ottoman control of Constantinople
migration of Greek scholars to the West
gptkbp:date 29 May 1453
gptkbp:followedBy Ottoman expansion into Europe
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Fall of Constantinople (1453)
gptkbp:involves gptkb:Janissaries
Genoese mercenaries
Venetian defenders
gptkbp:legacy Istanbul becomes Ottoman capital
influence on European exploration
shift in trade routes
gptkbp:location gptkb:Constantinople
gptkbp:notableFor breaching of Theodosian Walls
death of last Byzantine emperor
use of large cannons
gptkbp:partOf gptkb:Byzantine–Ottoman_wars
end of the Byzantine Empire
gptkbp:precededBy gptkb:Siege_of_Constantinople_(1453)
gptkbp:result Ottoman victory
gptkbp:significance beginning of the Renaissance
end of the Middle Ages
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Istanbul
gptkbp:bfsLayer 4