A fast visual walkthrough of the fall of Constantinople, using Google Earth to show key locations, troop movements, and how the city was finally breached in 1453.
May 29, 1453, is one of those landmark historical dates. On that day the fall of Constantinople occurred —and with it that of ...
War, wounds, and disease in the ancient world -- The origins of military medicine -- Ancient Sumer (4000 to 2000 B.C.) -- Egypt (3500 to 350 B.C.) -- Assyria (911 to 612 B.C.) -- Israel and Persia ...