The story of Constantinople is a fascinating one that dates back millennia to when this mega-city was a small Greek town ...

The Holy War for Constantinople and the Clash of Islam and the West Roger Crowley Hyperion: 304 pp., $25.95 Constantinople's fall and the gate left open - Los Angeles Times ...

This is the story of Constantinople’s fall, how Europe’s richest city fell to the Turks and became known as Istanbul: the story of the Great Siege of 1453. When history's greatest ...

The conquest of Constantinople 1453 — bridge between the East and the West. Ahmed ... during which there were several internal civil wars and political tensions. Sultan Mehmed II (1451 ...

On May 29, 1453, the Ottoman army under Sultan Mehmet II broke through the walls of Constantinople, conquering the capital and last major holdout of the Byzantine Empire. In much of the world ...

1453: The Holy War for Constantinople and the Clash of Islam and the West Roger Crowley, . . Hyperion, $25.95 (304pp) ISBN 978-1-4013-0191-0.

Considering it took place some 500 years ago, the Ottoman conquest of Constantinople in 1453 feels like it happened only yesterday -- at least in Istanbul. In recent years, an Ottoman history magazine ...