<P> The capture of the city ( and two other Byzantine splinter territories soon thereafter ) marked the end of the Byzantine Empire , a continuation of the Roman Empire , an imperial state dating to 27 BC , which had lasted for nearly 1,500 years . The conquest of Constantinople also dealt a massive blow to Christendom , as the Muslim Ottoman armies thereafter were left unchecked to advance into Europe without an adversary to their rear . </P>
<P> The capture of the city ( and two other Byzantine splinter territories soon thereafter ) marked the end of the Byzantine Empire , a continuation of the Roman Empire , an imperial state dating to 27 BC , which had lasted for nearly 1,500 years . The conquest of Constantinople also dealt a massive blow to Christendom , as the Muslim Ottoman armies thereafter were left unchecked to advance into Europe without an adversary to their rear . </P>
the fall of constantinople led to the breakup of
the fall of constantinople led to the breakup of
the Byzantine Empire
the Byzantine Empire