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On Wed, 12 Jul 2023 09:13:04 -0700, a425couple
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>And the Islamic siege of Constantinople in 1453 did not do much
>to introduce good things to Europe.
>Happy winners did not return from this war.
>
>Fall of Constantinople
>
https://en.wikipedia.org ? wiki ? Fall_of_Constantinople
>The city was captured on 29 May 1453 as part of the culmination of a
>53-day siege which had begun on 6 April. The attacking Ottoman Army,
>which significantly ...
>
>The conquest of Constantinople and the fall of the Byzantine Empire was
>a watershed of the Late Middle Ages, marking the effective end of the
>last remains of the Roman Empire, a state which began in roughly 27 BC
>and had lasted nearly 1500 years. Among many modern historians, the fall
>of Constantinople is considered the end of the medieval period
As a chess player I`d argue the opposite since chess was popularized
in Europe by refugees from Constantinople - admittedly a very high
price to pay for a game but still significant. And of course it
effectively established Russian Orthodoxy as something quite distinct
from the rest of Europe.
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