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    Default Re: What if Constantinople had never fallen to the Turks?

    The Balkans, will either revolt, or be captured by the Turks, well, the Fall of Constantinople
    could'nt be stopped (except if the earlier Ottoman campaigns could be halted, and the Crusader lands at
    Palestine would'nt be taken, it would'nt happen)
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    Default Re: What if Constantinople had never fallen to the Turks?

    You don't get it, in 1543, the Byzantine Empire was reduced to only Constantinople. The Ottomans already took the lands East and West of them, Bulgaria and Anatolia.
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    Default Re: What if Constantinople had never fallen to the Turks?

    So, if only Constantinople, we can only stop the fall of the Empire almost 160 years before(1291)
    when the Crusader states fallen, and been taken by the Muslims, the Simple truth is:
    THE FALL OF CONSTANTINOPLE CAN'T BE PREVENTED!!!!!!!
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    Default Re: What if Constantinople had never fallen to the Turks?

    Quote Originally Posted by A Very Super Market View Post
    You don't get it, in 1543, the Byzantine Empire was reduced to only Constantinople. The Ottomans already took the lands East and West of them, Bulgaria and Anatolia.
    That's not quite right. Most of Morea (Peloponnese) was still under Byzantine control in 1453. Some of Constantine XI's advisers urged him to flee to that province to escape the fall of the city and continue the fight, but he refused.
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    Default Re: What if Constantinople had never fallen to the Turks?

    Quote Originally Posted by TinCow View Post
    Some of Constantine XI's advisers urged him to flee to that province to escape the fall of the city and continue the fight, but he refused.

    someone is trying to copy Justinian...
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