Chronicles
24 min
The Fall of Constantinople: The City No One Saved
Every power that could save Constantinople chose not to.
On May 29, 1453, Constantinople fell after 1,100 years as the centre of the Christian world. But the city didn't fall because the Ottomans were unstoppable. It fell because every power that could have intervened watched, calculated, and chose not to.
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