Constantinople fell on May 29,1453. The Ottoman turks had tried years before to conquer the Byzantine empire but always failed. The Ottoman Empire couldn’t trust Constantinople and felt soon they would fall since they weren’t the city they used to be. They also felt no one would come to their aid. When the war started the Ottoman Empire had way more soldiers. Constantinople at least had ten thousand men surrounding their city but that was no match for the two hundred and fifty thousand men the Ottoman Empire had. The war last for fifty days and didn’t end in the Byzantines favor. The Ottoman Turks were definitely prepared and planned everything out to make sure they would conquer the city. They knew what weapons had to be used where and
