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Fall of Constantinople 1453
URI:
https://gptkb.org/entity/Fall_of_Constantinople_1453
GPTKB entity
Statements (35)
Predicate
Object
gptkbp:instanceOf
gptkb:historical_event
gptkbp:alternativeName
gptkb:Siege_of_Constantinople_(1453)
gptkbp:baseDefense
gptkb:Byzantine_Greeks
gptkb:Venetians
Genoese
gptkbp:casualties
high (exact numbers unknown)
gptkbp:city_renamed
gptkb:Istanbul
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
Fall of Constantinople 1453
gptkbp:legacy
migration of Greek scholars to the West
shift in trade routes
influence on the Renaissance
gptkbp:location
gptkb:Constantinople
gptkbp:notableParticipant
gptkb:Giovanni_Giustiniani
gptkb:Orban_(engineer)
gptkbp:part_of
gptkb:Ottoman_wars_in_Europe
gptkb:Byzantine–Ottoman_wars
gptkbp:perpetrator
gptkb:Ottoman_Turks
gptkbp:precededBy
gptkb:Siege_of_Constantinople_(1422)
gptkbp:result
Ottoman victory
gptkbp:siege_duration
6 April 1453 – 29 May 1453
gptkbp:significance
end of the Byzantine Empire
end of the Middle Ages
beginning of the Ottoman Empire's dominance
gptkbp:technology
gunpowder
large cannons
gptkbp:bfsParent
gptkb:Hagia_Sophia,_Constantinople
gptkb:Archdiocese_of_Constantinople
gptkb:See_of_Constantinople
gptkbp:bfsLayer
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