The Fall of Constantinople and the Tragic End of the Byzantines
Tides of History
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The Siege of Constantinople
In 1452, a Hungarian gunner named Orban showed up in Constantinople and offered the Byzantine emperor his services. The Ottomans were part of a world of technological innovation that stretched from the Atlantic to Central Asia. Once they adopted something, like cannon, they threw resources at the new technology on a scale that none of their rivals could match.
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