Fall of Constantinople: Ottoman forces entered Constantinople

On May 29, 1453, the Ottoman Empire under Sultan Mehmed II captured Constantinople, marking the definitive fall of the Byzantine Empire. After a 53-day siege, Ottoman forces breached the city's formidable Theodosian Walls, entering the capital that had stood for over a millennium. The last Byzantine emperor, Constantine XI Palaiologos, led a final charge against the invaders and was killed in battle. His death symbolized the end of the Eastern Roman Empire. The city's fall was both a strategic and symbolic victory for the Ottomans, who renamed it Istanbul and transformed it into the new imperial capital. The conquest had profound consequences: it signaled the rise of Ottoman dominance in southeastern Europe and the eastern Mediterranean, and it triggered a migration of Greek scholars to the West, contributing to the European Renaissance. #FallOfConstantinople #ByzantineEmpire #OttomanEmpire #MehmedTheConqueror #1453 #EasternRome #MoofLife_Moment #MoofLife #MomentsOfLife