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Edirne
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Ottomans take (1362)
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birth of Mehmet II (1432)
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Mehmet’s early childhood
1

Mehmet recalled from governing Amasya
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large proportion burnt down (1444)
1

Mehmet’s return after his father’s death
1

Mehmet settles into the royal palace (1451)
1

test firing of Orban’s gun
1

Mehmet sets off on campaign (23 March 1753)
1

trade with Venetians
1

slave market
1

Halil Pasha hanged
1

see also
Adrianople

Edward III, King
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Egypt
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,
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,
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,
4

Eleutherii
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Elizabeth I, Queen
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ul-Ensari, Ebu Seybet
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ul-Ensari, Hamd
1

Epibatos
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2

Epiphanios
1

Erzurum, Anatolia
1

escalade
1

Eugenius gate
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Eugenius IV, Pope
1

Euphrates River
1

Europe: divided from Asia by the Bosphorus
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,
2

Fatih district, Istanbul
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2

Fifth Military Gate, Constantinople
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2

Filelfo, Francesco
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Filomati
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Firuz Bey
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Flanders, Count of
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food supplies
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Forum of Constantine, Constantinople
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Forum of the Bull, Constantinople
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Forum of the Ox, Constantinople
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Forum of Theodosius, Constantinople
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Francisco of Toledo, Don
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Franks
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fratricide law
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2

Frederick I Barbarossa, Emperor
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Frederick III, Holy Roman Emperor
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Froissart, Jean
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Fulcher of Chartres
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fustae
(raiding galleys)
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gads
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Galata
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a fortified Genoese town
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wealth of
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2

guarantee of peace with Mehmet
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2

Genoese troubled by threat to their colony
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and the boom
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permanent lookouts on the town walls
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2

trades profitably with both city and besiegers
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2

overt neutrality compromised
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Turks bombard ships at the boom from behind Galata
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indirectly threatened
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warning to chief magistrates
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Galata, Podesta of (Angelo Lomellino)
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Galata Hill
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Galata Tower
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galleys

Venetian transport
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2

war
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raiding (
fustae
)
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2

great
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narrow
1

ordered by Pope from Venice
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,
2

long
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,
2

light
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Gallipoli
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earthquake (1354)
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Ottoman fleet based at
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fleet destroyed by Venetians (1416)
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shipbuilding
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fleet assembled
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Ganga, Anatolia
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Gataloxa
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Gate of Charisius (Cemetery Gate; later Edirne gate), Constantinople
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Gate of the Military Boot Makers,

Constantinople
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Gate of the Silver Lake, Constantinople
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Gate of the Spring, Constantinople
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Gates of Gibraltar
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2

gazis
(warriors of the Faith)
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Gebze
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Genghis Khan
1

Gennadios (George Scholarios)
1

anti-unionist clergy
2

public harangue against union
1

belief in imminent end of the world
1

manifesto
1

spiritual father of Orthodoxy
1

self-imposed isolation
1
,
2

on the dying Byzantium
1

captured
1

rescued from slavery
1

restored as patriarch of the Orthodox community
1

Genoa
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2
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3
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5

Genoese
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2

colony at Galata
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rivalry with Venetians
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fails to send promised aid
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and the boom
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soldiers
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Pope sends merchantmen to the city
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confronted by Ottomans
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praised by Constantine
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and Giustiniani’s wounding
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George, Brother
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3

Georgevich, Bartholomew:
Miseries and

Tribulations of the Christians held in Tribute

and Slavery by the Turk
1

Georgia, King of
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Gepids
1

Gibbon, Edward
1

Gilles, Pierre
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2
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Giustiniani, Nicholas
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Giustiniani family
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Giustiniani Longo, Giovanni
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brings 700 men to defend Constantinople
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expert in wall fighting
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repair of walls
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councils of war
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decision to defend the outer wall
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start of the siege
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skirmishes for the ditch
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stoutly marshals defenders
1

a strategist of genius
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Genoese
1

and operation to burn Ottoman fleet
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and Notaras
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offers his galleys for Constantine’s escape
1

saved from death
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helps to force Ottoman cavalry back
1

the hero of the siege
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2

wounded
1

in charge of central section
1

success of his stockade
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Italians fight under his command
1

severe injury
1

carried away from battle
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,
2

learns that defence has crumbled
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escapes
1

death and epitaph
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Golden Gate, Constantinople
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Golden Horn
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a sheltered deep-water inlet
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an excellent anchorage for the imperial fleet
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the boom
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guarded by Genoese and Venetian sailors
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Genoese merchantmen attacked by Ottoman fleet
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sea wall barely guarded
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no longer a sanctuary against attack
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