Who invaded Constantinople in 1453? Fall of Constantinople, (May 29, 1453), conquest of Constantinople bySultan Mehmed II of the Ottoman Empire. The dwindling Byzantine Empire came to an end when the Ottomans breached Constantinople's ancient land wall after besieging the city for 55 days. What...
and the Novgorodian Archbishop did not take part personally in the consecration of the Metropoli- tan Jonah (1448) elected by the bishops of North- Eastern Rus on the initiative of the Grand Prince of Moscow and without the consent of Constantinople, and his successors, the Metropolitans Theod...
it depends on whichancient Romewe're talking about. In A.D. 395 the Roman Empire was split in two, ever after separately administered as the WesternRoman Empirewith Rome as its capital and theByzantine, Eastern Roman Empire with Constantinople (modern-day Istanbul) as its capital,according to...
But the city of Rome continued to exist. Some see the rise of Christianity as putting an end to the Romans; those who disagree with that find the rise of Islam a more fitting bookend to the end of the empire—but that would put the Fall of Rome at Constantinople in 1453!2In the en...
Portugal’s motivation came in 1453 after the fall of Constantinoplewhen the Ottoman Empiretook control of the spice trade and levied additional hefty taxes on merchandise bound for the west. Portugal not wanting to be dependent on an expansionist, non-Christian power for the lucrative...
possibly the most famous place to visit in Istanbul. Originally constructed in 537 by Emperor Justinian I of the Byzantine Empire as a Christian church, it was converted into a mosque after the fall of Constantinople in 1453 before becoming a museum. Just a few years ago, it was reconsecrate...
Constantinople, even in decline, managed to pull off a sophisticated geo-strategic game to seduce the Slavs, betting on Muscovy against the Catholic Polish-Lithuanian combo. The fall of Constantinople in 1453 allowed Muscovy to denounce the treason of Greeks and Byzantine Armenians who rallied aroun...
Other common nouns in Greek are second declension feminines, without being compounds, like ἡ ὁδός, hē hodós, "the way, road, street" -- so that "the Middle [Street]" in Constantinople, ἡ Μέση [ὁδός], hē Mésē [hodós], was the street that ran the ...