The Fall of Constantinople in 1453

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instance_of gptkb:historical_event
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:The_Siege_of_Constantinople_by_John_Julius_Norwich
gptkb:siege_of_Constantinople
gptkbp:aftermath Ottoman control of the city
gptkbp:artistic_influence influence on European art
gptkbp:community_impact rise of the Ottoman Empire
fear of Ottoman expansion
gptkbp:cultural_heritage gptkb:Hagia_Sophia
gptkbp:cultural_impact shift in religious practices
spread of Renaissance ideas
gptkbp:cultural_practices East-West interactions
gptkbp:cultural_references gptkb:literature_and_art
gptkbp:date 1453
gptkbp:defeated gptkb:Sultan
gptkbp:defense gptkb:Monarch
gptkb:Constantine_XI
gptkbp:defense_mechanism gptkb:Theodosian_Walls
gptkbp:event_type gptkb:military_siege
gptkbp:events Ottoman Empire expansion
gptkbp:founded establishment of a new empire
gptkbp:governed_by new governance structures
gptkbp:historical_context varied perspectives
decline of the Byzantine Empire
gptkbp:historical_debate causes and consequences
gptkbp:historical_documentation treaties and agreements
gptkbp:historical_figure Mehmed II and Constantine XI
gptkbp:historical_significance shift in trade routes
study in military history
end of Christian Byzantine rule.
gptkbp:historical_source primary accounts
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label The Fall of Constantinople in 1453
gptkbp:influence Islamic conversion of churches
gptkbp:involved_forces smaller army
gptkbp:is_celebrated_in anniversaries celebrated
gptkbp:legacy symbol of the end of the Middle Ages
gptkbp:location gptkb:Constantinople
gptkbp:military_strategy use of large cannons
gptkbp:military_technology cannons
gptkbp:mythology influence on Ottoman culture
gptkbp:narrative_style accounts by historians
various accounts of the siege
gptkbp:notable_allies European powers' responses
gptkbp:precedes gptkb:Battle_of_Varna
gptkbp:result Ottoman victory
gptkbp:significance end of the Byzantine Empire
gptkbp:strategic_importance control of trade routes
gptkbp:tactics large army
53 days
mining and tunneling
gptkbp:was_a_patron_of gptkb:Mehmed_II
gptkbp:year 1453