Byzantium was known as the richest and most prosperous empire ... well defended as well - in the early medieval period, Constantinople built some of the heaviest walls of all of Mediterranean Europe.

In a superb octavo volume, replete with valuable maps, plans, and illustrations, and bearing the title "Byzantine Constantinople," Alexander Van Millingen, Professor of History in Roberts College ...

The Siege of 1453 The Siege of 1453 was a defining moment for Constantinople and the world. The city, once considered impregnable, faced the formidable forces of the Ottoman Empire led by Sultan ...