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gptkbp:instanceOf
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gptkb:historical_event
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gptkbp:aftermath
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Transformation of Hagia Sophia into a mosque
Constantinople became Istanbul
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gptkbp:alsoKnownAs
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gptkb:Fall_of_Constantinople
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gptkbp:casualties
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Thousands killed
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gptkbp:combatant
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gptkb:Ottoman_Empire
gptkb:Byzantine_Empire
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gptkbp:commander
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gptkb:Constantine_XI_Palaiologos
gptkb:Mehmed_II
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gptkbp:date
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6 April 1453 – 29 May 1453
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gptkbp:followedBy
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Ottoman expansion into the Balkans
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https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
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siege of Constantinople
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gptkbp:location
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gptkb:Constantinople
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gptkbp:notableFor
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gptkb:Breach_of_Theodosian_Walls
Use of large cannons
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gptkbp:partOf
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gptkb:Byzantine–Ottoman_wars
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gptkbp:precededBy
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gptkb:Second_Ottoman_siege_of_Constantinople_(1422)
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gptkbp:result
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Ottoman victory
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gptkbp:significance
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gptkb:End_of_the_Byzantine_Empire
Beginning of Ottoman dominance in southeastern Europe
Marked the end of the Middle Ages
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gptkbp:bfsParent
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gptkb:Revolt_of_Leo_Tornikios
gptkb:Rus'–Byzantine_War_(907)
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gptkbp:bfsLayer
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6
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