After thwarting Byzantium's plans and responding to Notaras, Mehmed continued his conquest preparations ... Sultan Mehmed II devised a brilliant strategy by transporting Ottoman ships overland ...

Homer's Iliad was among the books in his library, and Ptolemy's ancient world map is believed ... to come. The conquest of the city is the best-known victory of Mehmed II, but in subsequent ...

Istanbul, an international city, was besieged 28 times throughout history before its conquest in 1453 by Ottoman Sultan Mehmed II. The 21-year-old ruler was named Mehmed, the Conqueror in ...

Istanbul, a cosmopolitan city, was besieged 28 times throughout history before its conquest in 1453 by Ottoman Sultan Mehmed II. In recognition of his victory, the 21-year-old ruler was thereafter ...

Mehmed launches an ambitious siege to break through the walls of Constantinople, but Giustiniani's mercenaries manage to forestall the Janissaries. Mehmed's men dig underground tunnels in an ...