Serbian Despotate
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The Serbian Despotate was a medieval Serbian state in the first half of the 15th century. Although the Battle of Kosovo in 1389 is mistakenly considered the end of medieval Serbia, the Despotate, a su
Despot's Gate in Belgrade, built by Despot Stefan Lazarević
Smederevo Fortress, capital of the Serbian Despotate
Vršac Castle was founded by Branković
Despot Đurađ's coat of arms, Prussian ed. Chronicle of the Council of Constance (before 1437)
Fall of Constantinople
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Constantinople, the capital city of the Byzantine Empire, was captured by the Ottoman Empire on 29 May 1453 as part of the culmination of a 53-day siege which had begun on 6 April.
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…Byzantines to repair the city walls of Constantinople, but being officially an Ottoman vassal, he had to send a thousand soldiers to help Sultan Mehmed II conquer Constantinople in May 1453. The new Ottoman Sultan, Mehmed II, who would later be called the Conqueror, returned the regions of Toplica and Dubočica to Serbia in 1451…
The Fall of Constantinople on a mural at the Moldovița Monastery, painted in 1537
Restored walls of Constantinople
The chain that closed off the entrance to the Golden Horn in 1453, now on display in the İstanbul Archaeology Museums
Modern painting of Mehmed and the Ottoman Army approaching Constantinople with a giant bombard, by Fausto Zonaro