Part 1 of Essay
"Woe be to thee, O Constantinople, seated on seven hills, thou shall not What made the majority of people in Constantinople believe in prophecies saying that the city would not last forever and that they are doomed? In the years before the Turkish conquest it was known that the reign of anti- Christ could not long be delay ....

Part 2 of Essay
.... was a strategic commercial, military, and religious center. Its riches and charms were not only a source of admiration but its attractiveness had necessitated a rigorous fortification and protection from attacks and raids. In spite of being for more than 1000 years the unconquerable and surely the wealthiest city, it stood on the crossroads of the East and the West which proved to be an incessant source of troubles, always being entangled in the interests of foreign peoples. It was the conveyor of eastern and rom ....