On the Conquest of Constantinople is one of the most important historical sources on the Fourth Crusade and the Sack of ...

After the Roman Empire fell, Constantinople continued to be the capital of the ... Capital of both the Byzantine and Ottoman empires, it was a great city in both periods.

In addition to being a symbol of the rise of Islam and the decline of Christianity, Constantinople was one of the most crucial cities in the expansion of the Ottoman Empire. It was the center of the ...

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 ...

1915 with the arrest of several hundred Armenian intellectuals and representatives of national elite (mainly in the capital of the Ottoman Empire, Constantinople) and their subsequent elimination.

In the Ottoman era, “Turk” essentially meant “Muslim.” A Catholic Albanian, a Greek Orthodox, or a Jew who converted to Islam would become a Turk, which meant accepting Islam. At the time, the word ...

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“Venice and the Ottoman Empire,” at the North Carolina Museum ... The players are present-day Istanbul (formerly Constantinople), the ancient Greek port and imperial capital of two enormous ...

The small bronze object depicts Mehmed II, a man regarded as one of the greatest Ottoman ... the capture of Constantinople, Mehmed II claimed the title Caesar of the Roman Empire and commissioned ...

As part of its 70th anniversary celebrations, Haigazian University, in collaboration with the Armenian Genocide Museum – ...