In the approximately 1000 years of the existence of the Empire, Constantinople had been besieged many times; it had been captured only once, during the Fourth Crusade in 1204. The crusaders, however, had not originally set out to conquer the Empire, and the Byzantines re-established themselves in the city in 1261. In the following two centuries, the much-weakened empire was gradually taken piece by piece by a new threat, the Ottoman Empire. In 1453 the "empire" consisted of little more than the city of Constantinople itself and a portion of the Peloponnese (centered on the fortress of Mystras); the Empire of Trebizond, a completely independent successor state formed in the aftermath of the Fourth Crusade also survived on the coast of the Black Sea.
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| - In the approximately 1000 years of the existence of the Empire, Constantinople had been besieged many times; it had been captured only once, during the Fourth Crusade in 1204. The crusaders, however, had not originally set out to conquer the Empire, and the Byzantines re-established themselves in the city in 1261. In the following two centuries, the much-weakened empire was gradually taken piece by piece by a new threat, the Ottoman Empire. In 1453 the "empire" consisted of little more than the city of Constantinople itself and a portion of the Peloponnese (centered on the fortress of Mystras); the Empire of Trebizond, a completely independent successor state formed in the aftermath of the Fourth Crusade also survived on the coast of the Black Sea.
- In the millennium-or-so-long existence of the Byzantine Empire (give or take a few days), it was besieged many many many many times, but was sacked only once, during the Fourth Crusade in 1204. The crusaders did not intend to conquer Byzantium in the beginning, but due to a low war budget and incompetence toward the pope, they had no choice but to plunder the capital's vaults and take all their shiny things. After Constantinople was captured, they established a "Latin Empire" in the city, and the Byzantine Empire was split into several successor states. The Latin Empire tried to make the Byzantines rub themselves with Vaseline oil and dump spicy sauce on their food, much to the disdain of the Byzantine Greeks, and the Latins became the (second) most hated establishment ever. The Greek succ
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- 7000(xsd:integer)
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- 80000(xsd:integer)
- 100000(xsd:integer)
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- * 7,000
* 8,000
* 10,000
* 26 ships
- * 70 ships, 20 galleys
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| - the Byzantine–Ottoman Wars and Ottoman wars in Europe
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| Date
| - 2012-01-05(xsd:date)
- --04-02
- --04-06
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| Commander
| - Constantine XI
- Mehmed II
- * Mehmed II
* Zagan Pasha
* Suleiman Baltoghlu
- * 22 px Constantine XI
* 22 px Loukas Notaras
* Giovanni Giustiniani
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| - The last siege of Constantinople, contemporary 15th century French miniature
- Stay out of our clubhouse, or we'll throw spears at you!
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| Casualties
| - 4000(xsd:integer)
- 50000(xsd:integer)
- Unknown but heavy
260 Ottoman prisoners executed
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| Result
| - Ottoman victory
- * Decisive Ottoman victory;
* Destruction of the Byzantine Empire;
* Constantinople becomes new Ottoman capital;
* End of Middle Ages and start of the Renaissance
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| - * a: Figures according to recent estimates and Ottoman archival data. The Ottoman Empire, for demographic reasons, would not have been able to put more than 80,000 men into the field at the time.
* b: Figures according to contemporaneous Western/Christian estimates
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- Fall of Constantinople
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| - In the millennium-or-so-long existence of the Byzantine Empire (give or take a few days), it was besieged many many many many times, but was sacked only once, during the Fourth Crusade in 1204. The crusaders did not intend to conquer Byzantium in the beginning, but due to a low war budget and incompetence toward the pope, they had no choice but to plunder the capital's vaults and take all their shiny things. After Constantinople was captured, they established a "Latin Empire" in the city, and the Byzantine Empire was split into several successor states. The Latin Empire tried to make the Byzantines rub themselves with Vaseline oil and dump spicy sauce on their food, much to the disdain of the Byzantine Greeks, and the Latins became the (second) most hated establishment ever. The Greek successor states waged war with the Latin Empire to retake Constantinople, but waged slap fights against each other for the throne, as there could be only one. In the end, the Nicaeans retook Constantinople in 1261. Within the next two centuries, the heavily-weakened Byzantine Empire now up against the Latins, Serbia, Bulgaria, a whole bunch of pissed-off Slavs, and, most importantly of all, the Ottoman Empire and their was also a couple of drunk Irish guys but that wasn't important.
- In the approximately 1000 years of the existence of the Empire, Constantinople had been besieged many times; it had been captured only once, during the Fourth Crusade in 1204. The crusaders, however, had not originally set out to conquer the Empire, and the Byzantines re-established themselves in the city in 1261. In the following two centuries, the much-weakened empire was gradually taken piece by piece by a new threat, the Ottoman Empire. In 1453 the "empire" consisted of little more than the city of Constantinople itself and a portion of the Peloponnese (centered on the fortress of Mystras); the Empire of Trebizond, a completely independent successor state formed in the aftermath of the Fourth Crusade also survived on the coast of the Black Sea.
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