The fall of Constantinople directly led to the discovery of the New World. My parents who also had trouble conceiving and my mother suffered several miscarriages as well. So much so that they ended up adopting my older sister months after that adoption was finalized. Now my sister has two girls age three and one. And before we go, we have this week's listener story that has been sent into us.
The fall of Constantinople, also known as the conquest of Constantinople, was the capture of the capital of the Byzantine Empire by the Ottoman Empire. The city was captured on 29 May 1453 as part of the culmination of a 53-day siege which had begun on 6 April.
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