The Siege of 1453 The Siege of 1453 was a defining moment for Constantinople and the world. The city, once considered ...
Mehmed IV wanted to live up to, and even surpass, the legacy of his forefather Mehmed II, who had secured the Ottomans' ...
Coming to the throne in 1451 at 19, Mehmet quickly proved himself brutal and treacherous, brilliant and talented. Taking Constantinople in 1453, and thus ending the thousand year old Byzantine state, ...