Quote Originally Posted by L'Impresario

Just a minor correction


Urban was Hungarian;)
Well, my reference states that he was a German - the point is, he wasn't a Muslim.

Quote Originally Posted by x-DANGEr
A little correction, he's called Mohammad (el-fateh).
I've honestly never seen him referred to as Mohammad - only ever as Mehmet. Whereas Mohammed the Prophet is always referred to in English as Mohammed (or Muhammed).

Quote Originally Posted by x-DANGEr
And what I insist on being a huge factor of taking Constantinople, was the urging of muslims, they have sieged it many times, attacked it many times and lost many times. But still, they kept attacking it.
Your argument is contradictory. They besieged Constantinople many times, yet repeatedly failed - was their faith-inspired-bravery any the less the previous times? Or was it that when Constantinople finally fell that the Byzantine Empire was on its last legs, that the Ottoman Empire was on the rise, that they were led by highly talented and ambitious young man, and that they had a great big cannon with which to knock down the walls.

You need to look at things a bit more objectively. For every Islamic victory that you claim was won by their religious zeal, the good folks here at the Org can name you 2 defeats.