In History
May 29, 1453 A.D. After being besieged for nearly two months, Constantinople, the capital of the Christian Byzantine empire for more than 1,000 years, as well as the city’s majestic Hagia Sophia church, fall to the Ottomans.
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MLA Citation
“In History,” Biblical Archaeology Review 37.3 (2011): 16.