The Ottomans were the responsible for the conquest on the 29 May 1453. Specifically, Sultan Mehmed II el-Fatih (the Opener/Conqueror) of the Ottoman Empire was the leader who broke the defenses of Constantinople and brought it under Ottoman control.
Although thwarted by Byzantine resistance during the rapid expansion of the 7th century, a Muslim nation (the Ottoman Turks) was finally able to capture The Queen of Cities (Constantinople) in 1453.
Yes, yes it was. Now it's Istanbul, not Constantinople. (I highly doubt it will ever go back. Constantinople got the works, and it was no one's business but the Turks.) On May 29th, 1453, Byzantium (Greek)- which was then Constantinople (Roman), was captured by the Turkish Sultan Mahmud II. then it became Constantinople.
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.
The Byzantine Empire fell when the capital city of Constantinople, now Istanbul, was captured by the Turks in 1453. The Turks took Constantinople as their new capital, and the territories of the Byzantine Empire then became part of the Ottoman Empire.
You do not specify which eastern empire you are referring to. If you mean the Byzantine Empire, which is a term used by historians to refer to the eastern part of the Roman Empire after the fall of its western part, it fell in 1453, when the Ottoman Turks captured its capital, Constantinople.
In 1453, Constantinople, the then capital of the Byzantine Empire, was captured by the Ottoman Empire.
Although thwarted by Byzantine resistance during the rapid expansion of the 7th century, a Muslim nation (the Ottoman Turks) was finally able to capture The Queen of Cities (Constantinople) in 1453.
Constantinople was captured by the Ottoman Turks in 1453.
Yes, yes it was. Now it's Istanbul, not Constantinople. (I highly doubt it will ever go back. Constantinople got the works, and it was no one's business but the Turks.) On May 29th, 1453, Byzantium (Greek)- which was then Constantinople (Roman), was captured by the Turkish Sultan Mahmud II. then it became Constantinople.
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.
It lasted, albeit progressively shrinking, until Constantinople was captured by the Ottoman Turks in 1453 CE.
The Byzantine Empire fell when the capital city of Constantinople, now Istanbul, was captured by the Turks in 1453. The Turks took Constantinople as their new capital, and the territories of the Byzantine Empire then became part of the Ottoman Empire.
In 1453, the Ottoman Empire under Mehmed II successfully captured Constantinople, the capital of the Byzantine Empire. This event marked the end of the Byzantine Empire and the beginning of Ottoman rule in the region, as well as the fall of one of the most significant cities in the medieval world.
Yes, as the need for a sturdy and powerful 'base' was needed for the Seljuk Turks.
Constantinople was taken over by the Turks of the Ottoman Empire in 1453.
You do not specify which eastern empire you are referring to. If you mean the Byzantine Empire, which is a term used by historians to refer to the eastern part of the Roman Empire after the fall of its western part, it fell in 1453, when the Ottoman Turks captured its capital, Constantinople.
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