The Fall of Constantinople

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/The_Fall_of_Constantinople
GPTKB entity
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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:historical_event
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs gptkb:Siege_of_Constantinople_(1453)
gptkbp:combatant gptkb:Ottoman_Empire
gptkb:Byzantine_Empire
gptkbp:commander gptkb:Constantine_XI_Palaiologos
gptkb:Mehmed_II
gptkbp:date 1453-05-29
gptkbp:followedBy gptkb:Ottoman_conquest_of_the_Balkans
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label The Fall of Constantinople
gptkbp:involves gptkb:brick
breaching of Theodosian Walls
use of large cannons
gptkbp:language gptkb:Greek
Turkish
gptkbp:legacy Constantinople renamed Istanbul
Hagia Sophia converted into a mosque
gptkbp:location gptkb:Constantinople
gptkbp:notablePerson gptkb:Giovanni_Giustiniani
gptkb:Orban_(engineer)
gptkbp:partOf gptkb:Byzantine–Ottoman_wars
gptkbp:precededBy gptkb:Siege_of_Constantinople_(1453)
gptkbp:resultedIn end of the Byzantine Empire
beginning of Ottoman control of Constantinople
gptkbp:significance marked the end of the Middle Ages
triggered migration of Greek scholars to the West
contributed to the Renaissance
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:John_Mason_Neale
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6