fall of Constantinople

GPTKB entity

Statements (27)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:historical_event
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs conquest of Constantinople
gptkbp:combatant gptkb:Ottoman_Empire
Byzantine Empire
gptkbp:commander gptkb:Constantine_XI_Palaiologos
gptkb:Sultan_Mehmed_II
gptkbp:date 1453-05-29
gptkbp:effect contributed to the Renaissance
migration of Greek scholars to Western Europe
gptkbp:followedBy Ottoman control of Constantinople
gptkbp:legacy symbolic end of Christian Byzantine rule in the East
gptkbp:location gptkb:Constantinople
gptkbp:notableBuilding gptkb:Theodosian_Walls
gptkbp:notableEvent Hagia Sophia converted into a mosque
gptkbp:part_of gptkb:Byzantine–Ottoman_wars
gptkbp:population_at_time about 50,000
gptkbp:precededBy siege of Constantinople (1204)
gptkbp:result Ottoman victory
gptkbp:siege_duration 53 days
gptkbp:significance end of the Byzantine Empire
marked the end of the Middle Ages
beginning of the Ottoman Empire's dominance
gptkbp:technology use of large cannons
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Laonicus_Chalcondyles
gptkb:Feast_of_the_Pheasant_(1454)
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label fall of Constantinople