Byzantium And The Crusades

The Fall of Constantinople Episode 9 "The Attack on the Golden Horn"

November 06, 2021 Nick Holmes Season 12 Episode 9
Byzantium And The Crusades
The Fall of Constantinople Episode 9 "The Attack on the Golden Horn"
Show Notes

Constantinople was probably the best fortified city in the medieval world. But it had one weak spot. To the north of the city lay the Golden Horn, the wide estuary that was blocked to enemy ships by a great iron chain. The Ottoman Sultan Mehmet II pondered long and hard how to break into the Golden Horn. Then he came up with an extraordinary idea.