The document “The Sack of Constantinople” focuses on the siege of Constantinople and the Byzantine Empire by Ottoman Empire Turks in 1453 (The Sack of Constantinople, 2011). The greatness of Constantinople prided on its walls and safety from outside, but it faced a dwindling task, when it was entirely encircled by Ottoman Empire (2011). The Ottoman Turks assault, led by the Sultan Mehmed II, besieged the city for fifty-seven days and committed atrocities and caused devastation to the huge Christian city (2011). At the end of the siege, the Sultan overwhelmingly had succeeded in the expansion of its domain and the Byzantine Empire comes to rapid end as it fell to the Ottoman Empire in 1453 A.D (2011). The city was later renamed Istanbul, which…show more content… The event was one of the observers life experience and it is not was told by someone else. In the days during the siege, the observer was among those who faced hardships and saw people of all sorts and conditions being killed ,raped, disrobed, pillaging, and taken into captives (2011). The incorporation of Christianity sides in the document show a huge extent of Christianity during that time of Byzantine Empire period. For example, Temples, sacred objects which were scornfully thrown aside, chalice and priest garment laced with Gold. This Christianity part incorporated can help the audience understand the magnitude of the massacre, destruction and desperate intentions of the Turkish soldiers to extensively destroy everything on sight in the city (2011).Although I feel that the eyewitness’s statements are true and compelling testimony; the memory can also be subjected to some biases and errors. Like every human being can err and cannot provide specific details of the event. I think that this account of events would have been more detailed is it was filmed but I feel it is still a good piece of historical information. The tone in a document changes how we feel about it and generates a reaction in a certain way. I feel the author uses a tone to try to change how people react to the problem they are facing. The attitude is serious with openness and passionate;…show more content… For example, This eyewitness document enable us to learn and understand more about the city of Constantinople , the city of and symbol of Christianity and been seen taken over by the Ottoman, who expanded its domain and ended in devastatation and destruction. The city founded, its location and modern name, moreover it gives an understanding of Byzantine Empire, how it declined and taken over. In the eyewitness account, it shows enraged Turkish soldiers who gave no quarter, but after the killings went on rampage and loot the city for valuable even in churches for money
