The Decline And Fall Of The Roman Empire LXVIII

The Decline And Fall Of The Roman Empire by Edward Gibbon — In The East

AD	Scope Of Chapter LXVIII
1450-1452	Character of Mahomet II
1451-1481	His Reign. Hostile Intentions of Mahomet . He builds a fortress on the Bosphorus. The Turkish War
1452,1453	Preparations for the Siege of Constantinople The Great Cannon of Mahomet .
1453	Mahomet II. forms the Siege of Constantinople —Forces of the Turks, Forces of the Greeks .
1452	False Union of the Two Churches Obstinacy and Fanaticism of the Greeks .
1453	Siege of Constantinople by Mahomet II. Attack and Defence, Succour and Victory of four Ships Mahomet transports his Navy Overland Distress of the City Preparations of the Turks for the General Assault Last Farewell of the Emperor and the Greeks The General Assault Death of the Emperor Constantine Palaeologus, Loss of the City and Empire The Turks enter and pillage Constantinople Captivity of the Greeks. Amount of the Spoil Mahomet II. visits the City, St. Sophia, the Palace, &c. His Behaviour to the Greeks, He repeoples and adorns Constantinople
1453	Extinction of the Imperial Families of Comnenus and Palaeologus
1460	Loss of the Morea
1461	Loss of Trebizond
1453	Grief and Terror of Europe
1481	Death of Mahomet II.