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gptkbp:instanceOf
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gptkb:historical_event
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gptkbp:alsoKnownAs
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gptkb:Fall_of_Constantinople
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gptkbp:besiegingForceStrength
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~80,000–100,000 (Ottoman)
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gptkbp:casualties
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high on both sides
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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:Constantine_XI_Palaiologos
gptkb:Mehmed_II
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gptkbp:date
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1453
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gptkbp:defendingForceStrength
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~7,000–10,000 (Byzantine and allies)
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gptkbp:endDate
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29 May 1453
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gptkbp:followedBy
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gptkb:Ottoman_conquest_of_the_Balkans
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gptkbp:fortification
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gptkb:Theodosian_Walls
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gptkbp:historicalSource
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gptkb:Chronicle_of_the_Fall_of_Constantinople
accounts by Doukas
accounts by Kritovoulos
accounts by Nicolo Barbaro
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https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
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Siege of Constantinople
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gptkbp:influencedBy
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decline of Byzantine military power
rise of Ottoman military technology
use of gunpowder artillery
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gptkbp:legacy
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Istanbul became the Ottoman capital
end of Christian rule in Constantinople
influence on the Renaissance
migration of Greek scholars to Western Europe
symbolic end of the Roman Empire
transformation of Hagia Sophia into a mosque
inspiration for later European military engineering
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gptkbp:location
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gptkb:Constantinople
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gptkbp:method
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gptkb:brick
use of cannons
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gptkbp:notableEvent
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breach of the walls on 29 May 1453
conversion of churches to mosques
death of Constantine XI Palaiologos
mass migration of population
sack of the city
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gptkbp:notableParticipant
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gptkb:Giovanni_Giustiniani
gptkb:Orban_(engineer)
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gptkbp:partOf
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gptkb:Byzantine–Ottoman_wars
gptkb:Ottoman–Byzantine_wars
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gptkbp:precededBy
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gptkb:Second_Ottoman_Siege_of_Constantinople_(1422)
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gptkbp:result
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Ottoman victory
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gptkbp:significance
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gptkb:End_of_the_Byzantine_Empire
Beginning of Ottoman dominance in southeastern Europe
Marked the end of the Middle Ages
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gptkbp:startDate
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6 April 1453
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gptkbp:bfsParent
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gptkb:Islamic_Caliphates
gptkb:Arab_Caliphate
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gptkbp:bfsLayer
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5
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