https://padlet.com/baumankatherine/up9a9mo15jdp Directions: Research events/ideas that occurred in Constantinople/Istanbul during this time period. Place them in chronological order. Also, don't forget to add your initials to your post! en-us 2018-10-31 15:01:12 UTC 2018-11-05 05:30:17 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.com/baumankatherine/up9a9mo15jdp/wish/299112423 2018-10-31 17:50:18 UTC https://padlet.com/baumankatherine/up9a9mo15jdp/wish/299112423 https://padlet.com/baumankatherine/up9a9mo15jdp/wish/299114336 The capital of the Eastern Roman Empire, Constantinople was conquered by the Ottoman Army, under the command of  Ottoman Sultan Mehmed II in 1453. With this conquest Ottomans became an Empire and one of the most powerful empires, The Eastern Roman Empire had fallen.]]> 2018-10-31 17:53:53 UTC https://padlet.com/baumankatherine/up9a9mo15jdp/wish/299114336 https://padlet.com/baumankatherine/up9a9mo15jdp/wish/299114835 The Byzantine aristocracy failed to compete with the Genoese and the Venetians, who oversaw increasingly profitable trade routes. With that, Constantinople was one of the first cities to lose many of its citizens to the Black Death in 1347. ]]> 2018-10-31 17:54:52 UTC https://padlet.com/baumankatherine/up9a9mo15jdp/wish/299114835 https://padlet.com/baumankatherine/up9a9mo15jdp/wish/299116545 In 1261, the Greeks regained control of Constantinople from the Crusaders, who had assaulted the city in 1204. Michael VIII Palaiologos          (r. 1259–82), hailed as the New Constantine, devoted much of his efforts to rebuilding the capital, restoring damaged churches, monasteries, and public buildings. ]]> 2018-10-31 17:58:06 UTC https://padlet.com/baumankatherine/up9a9mo15jdp/wish/299116545 https://padlet.com/baumankatherine/up9a9mo15jdp/wish/299117584 In the fourth to fifth centuries, the population is estimated to have been between 250,000 and 1,000,000. By 1453, when the Turks invaded the city, it had declined to 50,000.]]> 2018-10-31 17:59:36 UTC https://padlet.com/baumankatherine/up9a9mo15jdp/wish/299117584 https://padlet.com/baumankatherine/up9a9mo15jdp/wish/299119772 Shortly after ascending to the Ottoman throne in 1451, Mehmed II began formulating plans for an attack on Constantinople. With the largeness of his armed forces, and additional advantages gained by the use of gunpowder, he succeeded where others failed, claiming Constantinople for Muslim rule on May 29, 1453.]]> 2018-10-31 18:03:28 UTC https://padlet.com/baumankatherine/up9a9mo15jdp/wish/299119772 https://padlet.com/baumankatherine/up9a9mo15jdp/wish/299120086 Although a large percentage of the population was Muslim, an estimated three-fifths in Byzantine and European communities also resided in Istanbul. ]]> 2018-10-31 18:04:05 UTC https://padlet.com/baumankatherine/up9a9mo15jdp/wish/299120086 https://padlet.com/baumankatherine/up9a9mo15jdp/wish/299124979 Stop at 3 minutes.]]> 2018-10-31 18:12:54 UTC https://padlet.com/baumankatherine/up9a9mo15jdp/wish/299124979 https://padlet.com/baumankatherine/up9a9mo15jdp/wish/299128814 The Siege of Constantinople in 1260 was the failed attempt by the Nicaean Empire the major remnant of the fractured Byzantine Empire, to retake Constantinople from the Latin Empire and re-establish the City as the political, cultural, and spiritual capital of a revived Byzantine Empire]]> 2018-10-31 18:20:38 UTC https://padlet.com/baumankatherine/up9a9mo15jdp/wish/299128814 https://padlet.com/baumankatherine/up9a9mo15jdp/wish/299133276 The events in 1205 to 1566 AD contribute to the importance of the Byzantine Empire. When the empire was taken over by the Greeks, Constantinople flourished with the rebuilding of the capitol, churches, and monasteries. Events such as this, are the explanation of the rise and fall of the Byzantine Empire. ]]> 2018-10-31 18:29:28 UTC https://padlet.com/baumankatherine/up9a9mo15jdp/wish/299133276