The Fall of Constantinople in 1453 Ended the European Middle Ages and Sealed the Rise of the Ottomans
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An hour before dawn, a ball from urban's huge canon scored a direct hit on the stock ade and demolished a large stretch of it. A band of 300 Ottoman soldiers rushed through the gap, crying that the city was theirs. After an hour of hand-to-hand fighting, it still made little headway. The visitines who had fought for four hours, with hardly any break, continued to fight with desperation. Then two fatal things happened to them. First, a small post-turn gate on the northern corner of the walls was inadvertently left open after a swordie against the Ottoman flank. Before it could be closed, a band of ottomans ran through it and
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