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The 1453 Fall of Constantinople to the Ottoman Empire, now Istanbul, Turkey. Due to the collapse of the Byzantine Empire by the Ottomans, many Greek scholars fled to Italy and started what is now known as the Renaissance. Perhaps more importantly, due to the closure of many trade routes to Asia, European powers had to find new ways to trade with India and China. Enter Christopher Columbus; who’s original aim was to do exactly that for the Spanish crown and instead encountered the Americas along Siege Of Constantinople, Istanbul Museum, Forgotten Things, Fall Of Constantinople, Stone Architecture, Byzantine Empire, Hinduism Art, Medieval History, Ottoman Empire

The 1453 Fall of Constantinople to the Ottoman Empire, now Istanbul, Turkey. Due to the collapse of the Byzantine Empire by the Ottomans, many Greek scholars fled to Italy and started what is now known as the Renaissance. Perhaps more importantly, due to the closure of many trade routes to Asia, European powers had to find new ways to trade with India and China. Enter Christopher Columbus; who’s original aim was to do exactly that for the Spanish crown and instead encountered the Americas…

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Muslims Destroy Christian Constantinople (May 29, 1453) Siege Of Constantinople, Fall Of Constantinople, Eastern Roman, Christian History, Empire Romain, Late Middle Ages, Byzantine Empire, Medieval Period, Moyen Age

The wanton destruction of the Christian capitol of Constantinople by the Muslims is but one of many untold horrors of Islam's long crusade against Christianity. In recent years, many pundits of the media have attempted to hold Christianity up to ridicule because of the Church's Crusades against Islam, but the prejudiced pundit never publicly acknowledges the many crusades of Muslims against Christians and their lands, 458 years before one Christian Crusade was waged against the Muslim…

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