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Conflict Europe

Fall of Constantinople

1453 CE

The siege that ended the Roman world — Sultan Mehmed II's conquest of Constantinople in 1453 ended 1,100 years of Byzantine civilisation and opened a new chapter in world history.

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Belligerents

The main peoples, kingdoms and states involved.

  • Ottoman Empire
  • Byzantine Empire

Key moments

Defining events in the Fall of Constantinople.

  1. 1453 Siege of Constantinople

Elsewhere in Europe at the time

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Landmark · Europe

Plitvice Lakes

3000 BCE – still standing

Polity · Europe

Ottoman Empire

1299 CE – 1922 CE

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Anglo–Scottish Wars

1296 CE – 1560 CE

Trade route · Europe

Venice–Constantinople Route

800 CE – 1600 CE

Landmark · Europe

Giant's Causeway

3000 BCE – still standing

Polity · Europe

Holy Roman Empire

962 CE – 1806 CE

Conflict · Europe

Hundred Years' War

1337 CE – 1453 CE

Trade route · Europe

Genoa–Constantinople Route

1000 CE – 1500 CE

And in the rest of the world

Records running through the same years, on the other side of the map.

Grand Canyon Landmark · Americas 3000 BCE – still standing Tibet Polity · South Asia 1000 CE – 1960 CE Mesoamerican Trade Network Trade route · Americas 1200 BCE – 1521 CE Tongan Maritime Power and Rivalries Conflict · Americas 1200 CE – 1600 CE Pachacuti Figure · Cusco, Tawantinsuyu (Inca Empire) 1418 CE – 1471 CE Great Barrier Reef Landmark · Oceania 3000 BCE – still standing
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