The Siege and Fall of Constantinople
In this episode of the Toldinstone Podcast, Roger Crowley and I discuss the fall of Constantinople to the Ottomans in 1453. Check out my other YouTube channels, @toldinstonefootnotes and @scenicroutestothepast Chapters: 0:00 Constantinople 3:46 Mehmed II 7:04 Comparing the armies 11:00 Weaknesses in the walls 13:00 Source criticism 17:33 The Ottoman cannons 21:55 The defenders' strategy 24:04 Mehmed takes the Golden Horn 29:21 Undermining the walls 37:14 The final assault 48:09 What if the assault had failed? 50:22 Mehmed II as a Byzantine emperor
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