Siege of Constantinople

Question 0

number of help arriving from europe

Answer 0

700 soldiers

Question 1

Days of plunder

Answer 1

3

Question 2

Special cannon

Answer 2

27 feet long fired 1200 pound boulders

Question 3

Peak city population of Constantinople

Answer 3

1million, largest populated city in the world

Question 4

1422

Answer 4

Sultan Murad II failed siege

Question 5

1453 siege

Answer 5

50,000 inhabitants, 10,000 defenders (Christian Greek, Italian)

Question 6

Constantine 11

Answer 6

(1449-1453) very competent, motivating, can rally the people

Question 7

Mehmet II (Mehmet the Conqueror)

Answer 7

(1451-1481) arrogant and aggressive 19 year old, ghazi impulses-holy warrior,does not honor the treaties of his father, could be considered a humanist or renaissance man, a bit obsessed with capturing Constantinople

Question 8

Theodosian land wall

Answer 8

3.5 miles

Question 9

Urban of Transylvania

Answer 9

renegade Christian cannon maker,sells to the highest bidder, cannon 27 feet, 1 ton ball

Question 10

Fort-Boghaz-Kesen

Answer 10

throat cutter, cuts off supplies

Question 11

Pera

Answer 11

remains neutral

Question 12

Suleyman Balthoghlu

Answer 12

Bulgarian jannisary, Grand Admiral of the Fleet- demoted by Mehmet

Question 13

3 bad omens

Answer 13

Weather fog, icon of Mary falls, ancient prophecy about leader named constantine, prophecy about moon

Question 14

day of battle

Answer 14

May 28/29

Question 15

Ottoman Empire

Answer 15

now a serious threat to Europe until1683, failed siege of vienna, later becomes known as”sick man of europe” weak empire