In short
On May 29, 1453, Ottoman forces under Mehmed II breached the walls of Constantinople after a 53-day siege, ending over 1,100 years of Byzantine rule. The fall marked the symbolic close of the Roman Empire and reshaped the geopolitical order of Europe and Asia Minor.
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What actually happened.
The walls of Constantinople are a series of defensive stone walls that have surrounded and protected the city of Constantinople since its founding as the new capital of the Roman Empire by Constantine the Great. With numerous additions and modifications during their history, they were the last great fortification system of antiquity, and one of the most complex and elaborate systems ever built.
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