The Fall of Constantinople | Wondrium Perspectives

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For centuries, the walls of Constantinople seemed invincible. But when the city finally fell, it brought the end of the Byzantine Empire and took the Ottoman Empire to new heights. In this episode of Perspectives, three experts discuss what made Constantinople so hard to conquer and how the Ottomans finally succeeded, plus the ways they changed the world in the aftermath.
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Clips in this video are from the following series on Wondrium:

The Roman Empire: From Augustus to the Fall of Rome, presented by Gregory S. Aldrete

The Middle Ages around the World, presented by Joyce E. Salisbury

Turning Points in Middle Eastern History, presented by Eamonn Gearon

00:00 Intro
00:49 Why Constantinople Mattered
07:14 The Ottomans’ Rise
13:25 The Opposing Forces at Constantinople
17:57 The Cannon That Conquered Constantinople
24:44 Legacy of a Fall

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[donmc]

This video overstates the effectiveness of the cannons on the fall of the city. The defenders were able to create effective defenses from the rubble. The Ottomans simply wore down the defenders overtime and were able to enter the city thru a gate that was left open.

[naturealbums]

I'm British but Turk origin was born in Istanbul came to the UK in the 60's as a baby. I was curious about my real origins considering there are very few real Turkic people in Turkiye they would be oriental looking people like Mongol/chinese. They were a controlling elite force. It turns out that even though all my know relatives are Turks my dna says I'm Macedonian, Greek and Irish. So I guess my great great parents would have been assimilated as Turks. I bet dna results for people in Istanbul could be very diverse everyone looks so different. I can understand my results after some searching as my family both sides come from the Trakya (Thrace) area.

[markm]

Interesting how the conquest of a land and the imposition of an alien religion on its inhabitants is described as 'adding to the diversity of the region'. I wonder if the same terminology would be used if it were Christians doing the conquering.

[swdierks]

I think your map at timestamp 5:40 is wrong, very wrong. It shows Constantinople as covering all the land down to the Dardenelles, and a large part of the Black Sea coast. I'm no scholar, but I think this needs looking into.

[joshuamichau]

Liberal reform is the best thing that ever happened to Turkey.

[PAPITO_]

It could have been returned to the Christens 18:35 world at the time of WW 1. The ran the Muslim way back into Turkey.