The Siege of 1453 The Siege of 1453 was a defining moment for Constantinople and the world. The city, once considered ...

As a result, the Ottoman Empire’s minorities—particularly the ... Adrianople served as the Ottomans’ European capital until the fall of Constantinople in 1453, and contains treasures of ...

The battle began on March 18, 1915, when the British and French navies launched a large-scale naval assault to seize control ...

and the Islamic Ottoman Empire. This is the story of Constantinople’s fall, how Europe’s richest city fell to the Turks and became known as Istanbul: the story of the Great Siege of 1453.