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The Fall of Constantinople and the Tragic End of the Byzantines

Tides of History

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Dozens and dozens of men crowded around an enormous bronze tube. The tube was a cannon, a bombard, to be precise. Standing behind the great bombard was an aging man in a tall white cap. He sighted down the barrel, peering out at his target: Constantinople's walls.

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