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?
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Content: Turning Points in Modern History
June 16, 2020
By Vejas Gabriel Liulevicius, Ph.D., The University of Tennessee, Knoxville
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 city of Constantinople revived under Ottoman rule, and once again became a center of authority, trade, and commerce. ( Image: Ivan Aivazovsky/Public domain)
Apart from the fall of Constantinople itself, its effects, especially on how it was viewed by contemporaries, were shattering. Contemporaries had become used to the notion that Constantinople was always under threat, perpetually in crisis, and yet it had always somehow survived. There were three clear results of the fall of Constantinople, which proved to be a turning point in modern history. The consequences continue to endure to the present day.