The Fall of Constantinople 1453

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:historical_event
gptkbp:baseDefense gptkb:Theodosian_Walls
gptkbp:combatant gptkb:Ottoman_Empire
Byzantine Empire
gptkbp:commander gptkb:Constantine_XI_Palaiologos
gptkb:Mehmed_II
gptkbp:date 29 May 1453
gptkbp:effect contributed to the Renaissance
migration of Greek scholars to Western Europe
gptkbp:followedBy gptkb:Ottoman_conquest_of_the_Balkans
gptkbp:location gptkb:Constantinople
gptkbp:notableEvent death of Constantine XI Palaiologos
conversion of Hagia Sophia into a mosque
use of large cannons by Ottomans
gptkbp:precededBy gptkb:Siege_of_Constantinople_(1422)
gptkbp:result Ottoman victory
gptkbp:siege 53 days
gptkbp:significance end of the Byzantine Empire
end of the Middle Ages
beginning of Ottoman dominance in southeastern Europe
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Steven_Runciman
gptkbp:bfsLayer 8
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