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Jose
Jose asked in Arts & HumanitiesHistory · 6 years ago

what did the Ottoman Empire ships do when conquering Constantinople?

Please hurry.

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  • ammianus
    Lv 7
    6 years ago

    The Sultan had them dragged over the Galata isthmus on a road of greased logs so that they could get

    behind the big boom chain that was keeping them out of the Golden Horn,the main harbour of the city.

    This forced the Byzantines to deploy some of their limited manpower to defend the sea walls of the city from Ottoman attack.

  • Philip
    Lv 5
    6 years ago

    My understanding is that I heard they were dragged overland so they could get into the harbor blocked by a huge metal chain. The harbor's proper name was the Golden Horn.

  • ?
    Lv 4
    6 years ago

    Blocked trade routes to Orient, thus the discovery of America

  • ripeclaw
    6 years ago

    Sink

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  • Anonymous
    6 years ago

    they made a floating bridge around the Golden Horn and enabled an attack on the water side of the city as well.

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