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Byzantine Empire

Sultan Mehmed's siege

Saturday Apr 2, 1453
Constantinople, Byzantine Empire

Constantinople by this stage was underpopulated and dilapidated. The population of the city had collapsed so severely that it was now little more than a cluster of villages separated by fields. On 2 April 1453, Sultan Mehmed's army of 80,000 men and large numbers of irregulars laid siege to the city.


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