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The Crusades

The Fall of Constantinople

The final moments of Byzantine control of the imperial capital.

Judith Herrin | Published in History Today Volume 53 Issue 6 June 2003

 Modern painting of Mehmed II and the Ottoman Army approaching Constantinople with a giant bombard, by Fausto Zonaro

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