1. Bronze Cannon and the End of the Byzantine Empire
... want. I have examined the walls of the city in great detail. I can shatter to dust not only these walls with the stones from my gun, but the very walls of Babylon itself." With this reply, Mehmed ordered Orban to construct him the cannon. During the conquest of Constantinople by the Ottomans in 1453, the Ottoman Turks had the best army ... ...
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