Late Byzantine Empire

How One Unbolted Gate Doomed Constantinople

Not cannons, not cavalry: a single small door that someone forgot to bolt decided the fall of Constantinople.

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Byzantine EmpireMedieval EuropeOttoman EmpireSiege WarfareButterfly EffectConstantinopleMedieval15th Century

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