fall of Constantinople (1453)

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/fall_of_Constantinople_(1453)
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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:historical_event
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs gptkb:Siege_of_Constantinople_(1453)
gptkbp:baseDefense gptkb:Theodosian_Walls
gptkbp:casualties thousands killed
gptkbp:combatant gptkb:Ottoman_Empire
gptkb:Byzantine_Empire
gptkbp:commander gptkb:Constantine_XI_Palaiologos
gptkb:Sultan_Mehmed_II
gptkbp:date 29 May 1453
gptkbp:featuredIn many historical books and documentaries
gptkbp:followedBy gptkb:Ottoman_conquest_of_the_Balkans
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label fall of Constantinople (1453)
gptkbp:influenced European exploration for new trade routes
gptkbp:legacy migration of Greek scholars to Western Europe
transformation of Hagia Sophia into a mosque
spread of Greek and Roman knowledge
gptkbp:location gptkb:Constantinople
gptkbp:partOf gptkb:Byzantine–Ottoman_wars
gptkbp:precededBy gptkb:Siege_of_Constantinople_(1422)
gptkbp:resultedIn end of Byzantine Empire
beginning of Ottoman Empire dominance
gptkbp:siege 6 April – 29 May 1453
gptkbp:significance beginning of the Renaissance
end of the Middle Ages
gptkbp:weapon gptkb:brick
Ottoman cannons
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:The_Close_of_the_Middle_Ages
gptkbp:bfsLayer 8