Why was the ottomans' capture of Constantinople significant?

Answer 1

The fall of Constantinople in 1453 was important in many ways. One of the most significant was the subsequent emigration of Byzantine scholars and intellectuals (along with some of their treasured texts) to the West: their influence had a direct impact on the Renaissance and Reformation and, thus, on the subsequent course of Western History as a whole.

Answer 2

Constantinople gave the ottomans access to trade routes of Africa, Europe, and also gave it a good position to attack other countries.

Answer 3

the city had developeed a thriving manufacturing economy

Answer 4

Constantinoplewas the Capital of the Byzantine Empire, the seat of the patriarch ofConstantinopleand the biggest city inmedievalEurope, with 400-500,000 inhabitants.

Answer 5

Constantinople was a city made honoring emperor Emperor Constantine, who reunited the Roman Empire after Diocletian split it into two.

Answer 6

It allowed the expansion of the Islam Religion into Eastern Europe