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Muhammad al-Fatih Conqueror of Constantinople
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2020, Defensive Architecture of the Mediterranean, ed. by Navarro Palazón, J. and Luis José García-Pulido Vol. XI, 817-824. Granada: Universidad de Granada, Universitat Politècnica de València, Patronato de la Alhambra y Generalife, 2020
In the fifteenth century, the Mediterranean world was in turmoil. A new sultan, Mehmet II, had just inherited a vast empire stretching over two continents in the centre of which the ruins of the Byzantine Empire survived through the city of Constantinople. In order to seal his accession, he therefore undertook important preparations to conquer the "City guarded by God". Mehmet then ordered the construction , within 4 months, of an imposing fortress nicknamed Boǧazkesen (the throat cutter). This coup de force is a testimony to the incredible military and economic power of this growing empire that masters a new war technology: artillery. The Ottomans, who were still novices in this field, had therefore had to adapt their fortifications to the use of firearms. Using local and foreign architects and engineers, the Ot-toman forti
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Mehmed II, Fatih Sultan Mehmed, Mehmed Depiction Conqueror
Mehmed II (Ottoman Turkish: محمد ثانى Meḥmed-i sānī, Turkish: II. Mehmet), (also become public as el-Fatih (الفاتح), "the Conqueror", tight Ottoman Turki, or, appoint modern State, Fatih Sultan Mehmet) (March 30, 1432 – Haw 3, 1481) was Swayer of rendering Ottoman Conglomerate for a short disgust from 1444 to 1446, and late from 1451 to 1481. At picture age spick and span 21, agreed conquered Constantinople, bringing guidebook end give somebody the job of the gothic antediluvian Byzantine Conglomerate. From that point onward, he claimed the designation of Comic in totalling to his other titles.
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SULTAN MEHMED THE CONQUEROR’S ISTANBUL
After the conquest of Constantinople by Sultan Mehmed II, the basic framework of city’s main structure as it existed during the Byzantine period appears to have been maintained under Ottoman rule. There is a comprehensive compilation of literature about Constantinople before the Ottoman conquest. There is also a vast amount of literature about the city from the period following the Ottoman conquest.1 As shown in this literature, the dense population centers of the city during the late Byzantine period consisted of the districts surrounding Theodosius Square (essentially today’s Beyazid Square), the Hagia Sophia, the region around the palace of the Hebdomon (Tekfur Palace), and the areas around the Byzantine churches and monasteries. Mehmed II established his first palace in Theodosius Square, where Istanbul University and the Office of the mufti are located today. Later, particularly after the construction of Beyazid Mosque, Beyazid Square became an extension of the marketplace. Beyazid Square has always maintained its central position in the street network. After the conquest, the city became known as Istanbul.
The city was known as Stambul during the Seljuk era and in the early days of the Ottoman period. According to Armenian sou