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History's Turning Points - 1453 AD The Siege of Constantinople
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FOR MORE GREAT DOCUMENTARIES GO TO WWW.THEDOCUMENTARYCENTER.BLOGSPOT.COM THE SIEGE OF CONSTANTINOPLE-1453 AD In 1204 crusaders sacked the city, then renamed Constantinople. For the next thousand years, the Byzantine Kings hid safely behind the massive walls of Constantinople. Then in 1453, with the Turkish Ottoman Empire encircling the city, Sultan Mehmet brought the newest technology of the 15th century, the cannon, and finally brought down the walls of the world's most impregnable fortress.
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