On that cold, quiet morning of May 29, 1453, the jewel of the Eastern Roman Empire, girded by titanic Theodosian walls and the Bosphorus Strait, a bastion of Christianity in the East for more than a t ...

The Siege of 1453 was a defining moment for Constantinople and the world ... is a testament to Istanbul's vibrant commercial history. Established in the 15th century, it became a bustling hub ...

The fascinating last chapter recounts the fate of Constantinople and its people under ... I would choose this book as the text, despite my fondness for A Short History of Byzantium (1997) by John ...

On 6 April 1453, the Siege of Constantinople began under the command ... There were 36 sieges of the city throughout its history, most of which were unsuccessful. Its geographical position as ...

Each book on this list ... as the plague ravaged Constantinople and wiped out potentially 100 million people across the empire. The Great Mortality: An Intimate History of the Black Death, the ...