Fall Of Constantinople

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The Authors are credited for two editions of Worlds Together Worlds Apart and acknowledged for their work internationally, for instance, considered “The most globally integrated book in its field, Worlds Together, Worlds Apart is now available in a Concise 2nd Edition. Drawing even clearer connections and comparisons across time and place, this re-imagined text and companion adaptive learning program provide a wealth of new tools that will enhance reading comprehension and develop fundamental critical thinking and history skills.”

The photograph clearly displays Ottoman strength, Sunni-Muslim religious tolerance, Turkish innovation and Monotheistic nation’s ability to change the world. Intertesingly, “the painting or mural displays the use of heavy artillery in the forty-day siege of Constantinople, which
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It survives in dozens of eyewitness accounts - from Muslim, Greek, and Latin perspectives-as well as printed pamphlets ponderous histories, and vivid woodcuts.”

It’s interesting to note, the historical importance of the region and the significance of Turkey in current world-affairs. For instance, the country is currently involved in the NATO backed fighting in Syria, a once Sunni nation and very delicate region.

The audience can be anyone willing to address the correlation between the ancient world and the New World. “These contemporary sources are supplement by thousands of sources immediately postdating the event itself. For the Fall was neither as unforeseen nor a decisive as contemporaries believed. In many ways 1453, was a consequence of geopolitical events dating back to the crusades: moreover, within months of the conquest, Christians and Muslims were once again engaged in recognizable patterns of trade, diplomacy, and tourism in what was now simply a Muslim rather a Christian

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