Ottoman conquest of Constantinople

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Ottoman_conquest_of_Constantinople
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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:historical_event
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs gptkb:Fall_of_Constantinople
gptkbp:baseDefense gptkb:Theodosian_Walls
gptkbp:casualties Thousands killed
Many enslaved
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 the Balkans
gptkbp:historicalSource gptkb:Accounts_of_Kritoboulos
gptkb:Accounts_of_Nicolo_Barbaro
gptkb:Chronicles_of_Doukas
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Ottoman conquest of Constantinople
gptkbp:influenced gptkb:Renaissance_(via_Greek_scholars)
European exploration (search for new trade routes)
gptkbp:involves gptkb:Orban_(Hungarian_engineer)
Genoese mercenaries
Venetian defenders
gptkbp:legacy Constantinople renamed Istanbul
Transformation of Hagia Sophia into a mosque
Migration of Greek scholars to Western Europe
Spread of Greek manuscripts to the West
gptkbp:location gptkb:Constantinople
gptkbp:notableEvent Use of large cannons
Naval blockade
Final assault on 29 May 1453
gptkbp:partOf gptkb:Byzantine–Ottoman_wars
gptkbp:precededBy gptkb:Siege_of_Constantinople_(1422)
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:Fourth_Crusade
gptkb:Ottoman–Venetian_Wars
gptkb:Fall_of_Trebizond
gptkb:Siege_of_Constantinople_(1204)
gptkbp:result Ottoman victory
gptkbp:siege 6 April – 29 May 1453
gptkbp:significance gptkb:End_of_the_Byzantine_Empire
Beginning of Ottoman dominance in southeastern Europe
End of the Middle Ages
gptkbp:symbolizes End of Christian Byzantine rule
Rise of Islamic power in the region
gptkbp:technology Gunpowder artillery
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Blachernae_Palace
gptkb:Ecumenical_Patriarchate_of_Constantinople
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5