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Because the Western powers failed to provide the promised military support for the city, and this paved the way for the Ottoman Turks to attack. The reason they wanted Constantinople was because it was the largest and wealthiest city in the world at that time.
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∙ 11y agoThe Ottoman Empire specifically targeted the Byzantine Empire because it wanted to expand its territory and viewed it as imperative to annex non-Muslim territories rather than Muslim territories if possible. Since its other neighbors were Muslim Empires (like the Safavids), the Byzantine Empire seemed like a logical choice.
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∙ 10y agoland expansion
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∙ 12y agoCause they wanted to
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∙ 13y agoIn the year 1453
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