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For the final siege of Constantinople, see Fall of Constantinople


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The 1453 Siege of Constantinople (painted 1499)
There were at least 24 sieges of Constantinople during the history of the Byzantine Empire. Two sieges resulted in the capture of Constantinople from Greek rule: in 1204 by crusaders, and in 1453 by the Ottoman Empire under Mehmed II. One resulted in the capture of Constantinople from Latin (Crusader) rule by the Greeks of Nicaea under Michael VIII Palaiologos.

Persian and Arab Sieges of Constantinople

Main articles: Roman-Persian Wars and Byzantine-Arab Wars

Sieges by the Bulgars and Rus'

Main articles: Byzantine-Bulgarian Wars and Rus'-Byzantine Wars

Crusades

Main articles: First Crusade and Fourth Crusade

Ottoman Sieges

Main article: Rise of the Ottoman Empire

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Fall of Constantinople refers to the capture of the Byzantine Empire's capital by the Ottoman Empire on Tuesday, May 29, 1453. The event marked the end of the political independence of the millennium-old Byzantine Empire, which was by then already fragmented into several Greek
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A siege is a military blockade of a city or fortress with the intent of conquering by force or attrition, often accompanied by an assault. The term derives from the Latin word for "seat" or "sitting.
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Constantinople (Greek: Κωνσταντινούπολις, Konstantinoúpolis, or Πόλις, Polis
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Byzantine Empire or Byzantium is the term conventionally used since the 19th century to describe the Greek-speaking Roman Empire of the Middle Ages, centered on its capital of Constantinople.
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Byzantine Greeks or Byzantines, is a conventional term used by modern historians to refer to the medieval Greek or Hellenized citizens of the Byzantine Empire, centered mainly in Constantinople, the southern Balkans, the Greek islands, Asia Minor (modern Turkey) and the
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1204 in other calendars
Gregorian calendar 1204
MCCIV
Ab urbe condita 1957
Armenian calendar 653
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Bah' calendar -640 – -639
Buddhist calendar 1748
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Crusades were a series of military conflicts of a religious character waged by much of Christian Europe during 1095–1291, most of which were sanctioned by the Pope in the name
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Ottoman Empire or Ottoman Caliphate (1299 to 1922) (Old Ottoman Turkish: دولت عالیه عثمانیه Devlet-i Âliye-yi Osmâniyye, Late Ottoman and Modern Turkish:
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Mehmed II (Ottoman Turkish: محمد ثانى Meḥmed-i sānī, Turkish: II.
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Michael VIII Palaiologos or Palaeologus (Greek: Μιχαήλ Η΄ Παλαιολόγος, Mikhaēl VIII Palaiologos
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Roman-Persian Wars were a series of conflicts between the Greco-Roman world and two successive dynasties of the Persian Empire that began as a war between the late Roman Republic and the Parthian Empire in 92 BC before being carried over to the Roman Empire and Sassanid Persia.
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Conquest of Arabia
Uhud – Trench – Mu'tah – Mecca – Hunayn – Ta'if
Ridda Wars
Yamama – Zafar – Daumat-ul-Jandal – Buzakha –
Ghamra – Naqra
Conquest of the Persian Empire
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Siege of Constantinople in 626 AD by the Sassanid Empire ended in a decisive victory for the Byzantines which, with other victories achieved by Heraclius the previous year and in 627 AD enabled Byzantium to regain her territories and enforce a favorable treaty with borders
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Eurasian Avars were a nomadic people of Eurasia, who appeared in central and eastern Europe in the 6th century. They are known to history as Avars, though the Romans called them "pseudo-Avars." Avar rule persisted over much of the Pannonian plain up to the early 9th century.
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Sassanid Empire or Sassanian Dynasty (Persian: ساسانیان [sɒsɒnijɒn
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The First Arab Siege of Constantinople in 674 was a major conflict of the Byzantine-Arab Wars, and was one of the numerous times Constantinople's defences were tested. It was fought between the Byzantine Empire and the Arab Umayyad Caliphate.
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Second Arab Siege of Constantinople (717-718), was a combined land and sea effort by the Arabs to take the capital city of the Byzantine Empire, Constantinople. The Arab ground forces, led by Maslama, were defeated by Constantinople's seemingly impregnable walls and Bulgarian
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Byzantine-Bulgarian Wars were a series of conflicts fought between the Byzantines and Bulgarians that began when the Bulgars migrated to the Balkan peninsula in the 7th century, and successfully repulsed the Byzantines while creating their own kingdom.
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Rus'-Byzantine War may refer to one of the following conflicts:
  • Rus'-Byzantine War (830s)
  • Rus'-Byzantine War (860)
  • Rus'-Byzantine War (907)
  • Rus'-Byzantine War (941)
  • Rus'-Byzantine War (968-971)
  • Rus'-Byzantine War (987)
  • Rus'-Byzantine War (1024)

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Krum
Khan of Bulgaria

Krum gathers his people.
Reign 803 - 814
Died 13 March 814
Predecessor Kardam
Successor Omurtag
Consort unknown
Issue Omurtag
Budim
Royal House
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Rus'-Byzantine War of 860 was the only major military expedition of the Rus' Khaganate recorded in Byzantine and Western European sources. Accounts vary regarding the events that took place, with discrepancies between contemporary and later sources, and the exact outcome is unknown.
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Rus may refer to one of the following:
  • Slavic Rus’ (Русь), see Etymology of Rus
  • the Rus' Khaganate of the 8th to 9th centuries.

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