Five hundred and sixty-six years ago this month, a unique military battle took place at the magnificent city of Constantinople – now Istanbul, Turkey – that destroyed its seemingly ...

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. When history's greatest ...

Discover the historical significance of the Conquest of Constantinople, which took place on May 29, 1453. Led by Sultan Mohammed Alfateh, the Ottoman Empire achieved this pivotal victory after over 50 ...

GREEKS still consider Tuesday an unlucky day. May 29th 1453, was a Tuesday; the day that Constantinople, the place they called—and often still call—the queen of cities, or simply “the city ...

Michael Edward Stewart, THE ARAB SIEGE OF CONSTANTINOPLE, 717-18, Medieval Warfare, Vol. 8, No. 5, IN THIS ISSUE: THE UMAYYAD CALIPHATE AGAINST THE BYZANTINE EMPIRE (674-718) (NOV / DEC 2018), pp.

Scientists investigated the longest aqueduct of the time, the 426-kilometer-long Aqueduct of Valens supplying Constantinople, and revealed new insights into how this structure was maintained back ...

The late Roman aqueduct provided water for the population of Constantinople. The Roman Empire was ahead of its time in many ways, with a strong commitment to build infrastructure for its citizens ...