The Twenty-One-Year-Old Sultan Who Took Constantinople With Cannon So Large They Had to Be Cast on Site
Mehmed II besieged Constantinople from 6 April to 29 May 1453 with a substantial Ottoman army of approximately 80,000 and a previously unknown size of bronze siege cannon — including the 8.2-metre Orban bombard cast specifically for the siege. The walls held for 53 days. They had held for 1,123 years.
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