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The Fall of Constantinople (1453): What Was Really Lost?
The 1453 fall of Constantinople was not only the fall of the Byzantine Empire but also one of the biggest intellectual and cultural losses in all of human history. When the Ottoman Empire, led by Sultan Mehmed II, breached the walls of this city, one of ancient times’ greatest collections of knowledge fell with it: the Imperial Library of Constantinople. But what had been destroyed in the apocalypse? What was lost when East Rome’s capital had fallen?
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