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A 6 page research paper that discusses the reasons behind the fall of Constantinople to the Turks in the fifteenth century. For roughly a thousand years, Constantinople stood as the capital of the Eastern Roman Empire, and, at least in Eastern eyes, it was the "New Rome, the hallowed historical capital of Orthodox Christendom" (Runciman 3). Prior to the final attack on the city by Ottoman Turks under the leadership of Sultan Mehmed II, Emperor Constantine XI called upon the Pope and Western Christendom do come to the aid of fellow Christians. The West failed to respond, which brings up the question of whether it was this failure or Turkish military might and weaponry that brought about the final fall of the city. Examination of the scholarly opinion on this subject shows that had the West responded to Constantinople's plight it would have probably made little difference, as the Ottoman Empire's eventually victory was inevitable. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
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hallowed historical capital of Orthodox Christendom" (Runciman 3). Prior to the final attack on the city by Ottoman Turks under the leadership of Sultan Mehmed II, Emperor Constantine XI called
upon the Pope and Western Christendom do come to the aid of fellow Christians. The West failed to respond, which brings up the question of whether it was this failure
or Turkish military might and weaponry that brought about the final fall of the city. Examination of the scholarly opinion on this subject shows that had the West responded to
Constantinoples plight it would have probably made little difference, as the Ottoman Empires eventually victory was inevitable. The failure of the Christian Western power to support the Byzantine Empire
in its hour of need shows the great reluctance of these states to become involved unless it affected their direct interests (Runciman 179). Many governments conceded that it would be
harmful to their international trade to allow Constantinople to fall to the Turks, but, likewise, they also did not want to offend the Turks, with whom they were also
trading (Runciman 179). Furthermore, history shows that in 1453, when the end finally came to the Byzantine Empire, it was already doomed. Greatly diminished from its glory days, the "empire,"
at this point, consisted of little more than the city itself and a small portion of the Peloponnese peninsula (Fall of Constantinople). If history had gone differently, that is, if
aid from the West had arrived in time, Byzantium would have perhaps lingered for a decade or so, and, thus delayed the advance of the Ottomans into Europe, but little
of history would have actually been changed (Runciman 188). For Western help to have effectively changed history, relations between the East and West would have had to have been
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