The great city Constantinople has fallen to the Ottoman forces of Mehmed II. Two years before the siege of Constantinople when Mehmed took the throne, the first thing he wanted was the great city. He wanted the center of the world. Mehmed spent two years preparing for the great battle that would happen. His force of thousands of soldiers, hundreds of gunpowder weapons, and a fleet of over seventy ships.
When the massive Ottoman empire arrived at the gates of Constantinople they began firing at the walls with their cannons. The fleet stayed out in the sea unable to move in due to the giant chain that was laid across the harbor. After a few weeks Mehmed made up the most daring plan of the age. He ordered his men to carry 70 ships from the sea up over the chain and into the harbor. Once in the harbor the ships cut off the flow of trade and had a easier way into the city then breaking down the walls
After seven weeks of constant siege A hole appeared in the cities defenses. A massive wave of Ottoman forces poured through the hole and tore apart the city. Constantinople fell. The Ottoman forces were triumphant. The Byzantine Empire was over. Higia Sofia became a mosque. To the west all was lost. To the east the world was now in their hands. What will they do with it next...
