The Siege of 1453 The Siege of 1453 was a defining moment for Constantinople and the world. The city, once considered impregnable, faced the formidable forces of the Ottoman Empire led by Sultan ...

NEIL OLIVER:'Merchants came here from all over Scandinavia ... And it has made its way here, passing through many hands. Going through Constantinople, through Russia, and eventually finding ...

Scholars knew that the world was round but the merchants ignored the academics ... through the narrow gap at Constantinople. At least, they did have that route until 1453 when Constantinople ...

John Julius Norwich tells the dramatic story of the fall of Constantinople and the Byzantine Empire, followed by the rise of the Ottoman Turks in the 15th Century. Using monuments in Istanbul to ...