Title: The Fall of Constantinople: A Turning Point in Modern History?
Headings: The Fall of Constantinople: A Turning Point in Modern History?
The Fall of Constantinople: A Turning Point in Modern History?
Constantinople was deeply weakened by 1453 and its eventual fall to the Ottoman Turks shouldn’t have come as a surprise to anyone. Its fall was inevitable, really only a question of time. Yet the fall of Constantinople proved to be a turning point in modern history. So, what were the consequences or effects of the fall of Constantinople?
The Fall of Constantinople Created a Vacuum
The Fall of Constantinople Prompted Successive Bids to become the Universal Empire
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Fall of Constantinople Prompts the World’s Political Map to Be Redrawn
Common Questions about the Impact of the Fall of Constantinople
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Content: The gap, the vacuum left by the fall of Rome as Constantinople fell in 1453, was the turning point. Learn more about the fall of Constantinople to the Ottoman Turks. The Fall of Constantinople Prompted Successive Bids to become the Universal Empire
The second result of this moment was the recurring bids to inherit the universal empire. Most strikingly, the Ottoman Turkish sultans saw themselves as new Roman emperors, the legitimate inheritors of Rum. Indeed, they called themselves the ‘Sultans of Rum’ to announce this claim. Sultan Mehmet II, who is also known as ‘Mehmet the Conquerer’, was the commander of the Ottoman army that attacked Constantinople and captured the city in 1453. ( Image: Gentile Bellini, National Gallery/Public domain)
In fact, Mehmet the Conqueror, after he had captured Constantinople, next made plans to capture Rome in Italy, to complete his victories. As it turned out, he could not capture Rome in the West and finish this continuity; it was just too big an ambition.