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Jeff MarksHistory6 May 2024

What caused the fall of the Byzantine Empire?

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The Battle Against The Infidels. The Fall Of Constantinople
Retry Correct Incorrect Although the History Channel noted that the rising Ottoman Empire was far from the only enemy the Byzantine Empire had, it would prove to be its most powerful when Murad II revoked all previous arrangements the Byzantines had with them and sieged Constantinople. His successor, Mehmed II, took up the fight and led the fruitful invasion that would forever change Constantinople to Istanbul.
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What caused the fall of the Byzantine Empire?

  • A plague swept through
  • Constantine IX converted to Islam and dissolved the empire
  • An Ottoman army led by Mehmed II invaded
  • It collapsed under its own expansions
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