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Fall Of Constantinople Essay

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The Fall of Constantinople on May 29, 1453 by the Ottoman Turks was a battle that changed the world history. When the Ottoman Turks conquered Constantinople, the capitol city of the Eastern Roman Empire, a new country was later developed known as Turkey. With this conquest, a new group of people came in with a different religion known as Islam. I decided to write about this battle, because I wanted to learn more about how and why the Ottoman Turks decided to fight for this land. Another reason why I decided to write on this topic is because, if it was not for the invention of cannons, gun powders and Sultan Mehmed II’s strategies, the defeat would have not been easy and possible. At last, the conquest of Constantinople made a contribution …show more content…

For the Ottomans it has been a long life dream of conquering the city of Constantinople; it was tried twice before, but not until Sultan Mehmed II sat on the throne in 1451 (“The Fall of Constantinople, 1453”). He made sure he had a strategy going on before he started the attack. “First he took precautions with strategic tactics in both inside and outside of the state,” (1453 The Conquest). During the first week of April the Ottoman Army took its positions and launched its first attack on the Golden Horn port area, but failed to break the chains that were located at the mouth of the horn and the wooden logs were strong enough to prevent any of the ships from getting crossing into the Golden Horn (1453 The Conquest). The city was also protected by walls that ran a couple of miles long, which stopped the Ottomans. Sultan Mehmed II did not stop there, his next big weapon was the much improved cannon. “During this chaos and widespread feeling of lose, with the Sultan 's spiritual mentor Aksemseddin promised certain success about the conquest. Sultan Mehmed improved a new type of cannon as called as “humbara”, today known as “howitzer” which is taken an aim for shooting the target” (1453 The Conquest). This cannon was a big development and important discovery to the world history, but it was still not

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