* The Fourth Crusade...(".")
Europeans began to search for a water-based trade route to Asia. APEX;)
Constantinople was conquered by the ottoman Turks in 1453. The Turks used both the name Kostantiniyye in their official documents, and Istanbul was the was the popular name. The Europeans continued to call it Constantinople. In 1923 the Turkish government decided that Istanbul was to be the sole name of the city.
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It prevented Europeans from accessing land-based trade routes to Asian markets.
The first crusades were to gain control of Jerusalem from the Muslims. The second crusade was to regain control of Edessa, and was lost by Christian Europeans.
The fourth crusade that the Europeans were in control of constantinople at the end.
in 1453
Europeans began to search for a water-based trade route to Asia. APEX;)
Kemal Attaturk. But many Europeans knew it is Constantinople for vmany years after the change. - I grew up with Constantinople in the 1950s.
First of all, Constantinople was in a natural cross road for land and sea trade routes. Second, Constantinople was on a peninsula, so it was very easy to defend. Finally, Constantinople had a secret weapon in Greek fire, which could burn on water. Since Constantinople was surrounded by water on three sides Greek fire was invaluable in sea battles.
The Romans end up with the fall of Constantinople. Constantinople was the capital of the East part of the once unified Roman Empire.
The Fall of Constantinople was the capture of Constantinople of the Byzantine Empire which occurred after a siege laid by the Ottoman Empire, under the command of Sultan Mehmet II El-Fatih.
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The siege and capture of the city by sultan Mehmet the Conqueror, in 1453. That also meant the end of the Byzantine Empire itself.
europeans began to search for a water based trade route to Asia
europeans began to search for a water based trade route to Asia
The Europeans - band - ended in 1985.