the reason why it had fallen was the attackers wanted more land and weath the place had lots of weath
The city, which had been Christian, became Muslim.
Europe mobilized to retake Constantinople soon after
Desire of Europeans to find alternative routes to the East, not controlled by Muslim traders.
Europe lost access to overland trade routes to Asia.
The city of Istanbul became a major center of the Muslim world.
After the growth of the Ottoman Empire, the state had already reached its pinnacle. This led to the stagnation and decline of the Ottoman Empire, which lasted hundreds of years.
Europe lost access to overland trade routes to Asia. This eventually led to Europe finding sailing routes around Africa and going straight east and discovering the New World.
After the growth of the Ottoman Empire, the state had already reached its pinnacle. This led to the stagnation and decline of the Ottoman Empire, which lasted hundreds of years.
Europe lost access to overland trade routes to Asia. This eventually led to Europe finding sailing routes around Africa and going straight east and discovering the New World.
After the growth of the Ottoman Empire, the state had already reached its pinnacle. This led to the stagnation and decline of the Ottoman Empire, which lasted hundreds of years.
NO. The Ottomans captured Jerusalem from the Mamluks in 1517. The major city that the Ottomans conquered in 1453 was Constantinople, which was taken from the Byzantine Empire.
Murad II's son was Mehmed the Conqueror. He became the Sultan of the Ottoman Empire and is best known for capturing Constantinople in 1453, thus ending the Byzantine Empire and establishing the Ottoman Empire as a major power in the region.
it lost control of many former ottoman territories, but established an independent republic