In 1453, the Ottoman Sultan Mehmed II led an army of 170,000 to occupy Constantinople, which is today's Istanbul. This war directly led to the collapse of the Thousand-Year-Old Eastern Roman Empire and symbolized the end of medieval Europe. Nineteen years later, in 1472, Ivan III, Grand Duke of Moscow, married Princess Sophia, niece of Constantine XI, the last Emperor of the Eastern Roman Empire, and declared herself the protector of the Orthodox Church, and his grandson Ivan IV would become the first Tsar of Russia. On the night of the destruction of the city, the fleeing Eastern Romans carried precious documents to the countries of Western Europe, the brilliant ideas of Socrates, Plato, Aristotle and other Western sages penetrated the repression of the pope and the feudal system, human nature finally triumphed over divinity, Europe opened the light of the Renaissance, the new world of Europe took the lead from obscurity, and brought the light of science and technology to all mankind.
Our protagonist, Muhammad II, is definitely a typical millennium hero, 19 years old to succeed to the throne, immediately drowned his own brother to avoid the trouble, and arranged for assassins to perform the mission of death, the appearance shows a cruel and cunning temperament, at the age of 22 to conquer the millennium empire, a lifetime of civil martial arts, 30 years of iron-blooded career, pious and cruel, enthusiastic and treacherous, love of art, good upbringing and fierce, murderous, tireless doer, a strong warrior and a mixture of good diplomats. Mehmed single-handedly established the Ottoman Empire in the middle of Eurasia. In this battle also showed the imagination of the imagination and the resilience of not giving up on the goal, Constantinople is easy to defend and difficult to attack, although Muhammad has such a siege weapon as the Urban cannon, but after 2 months to fight 8,000 defenders with 100,000 troops still can not work, Muhammad actually overland over the mountains to deploy warships to the port of Constantinople, cutting off possible supplies and assistance, this move still can not work, a voice of opposition, Muhammad finally won the favor of the goddess of destiny, For some reason, a side gate of the city wall, Kyle Carmen, turned out to be a ghost that the gods sent no locks, the Turks unbelievably went straight into the city center, Constantine XI was attacked on his back, and finally guarded the gate of the country with the Son of Heaven, and the king died in the end of the battle.
Brain Hole Moments:
Because of such an oversight, the millennial Byzantine Empire collapsed, and the Ottoman Turkish Empire, a Turkic tribe that had been pressed to the ground by the Tang Dynasty, traveled westward, under the Strategy of the Turkish Sultan, becoming a behemoth across Eurasia, blocking the Silk Road with heavy taxes, and the exchange of goods in Eurasia was interrupted. Medieval Europe was unable to challenge the Ottoman Empire, had to turn to the sea route, and then through Columbus to discover the American continent, since then no major exchange began, a variety of American crops, germs poured in, the black slave trade made today's United States and Europe in the human race also further mixed, modern and modern history chapter opened a new chapter.
At that time, the Ming Dynasty was in the change of Tumu Fort, the Jingtai Emperor worked hard for 8 years, the ancient empire of Daming did not fall under the iron hooves of the steppe peoples, but continued to continue the feudal rule, and then opened the sea ban when the Ming Dynasty Longqing Emperor, a large amount of American silver in the era of great navigation was imported into China, and finally under inflation, the Ming Empire vanished, the Qing Dynasty inherited the unification, and China entered a reincarnation of dynastic succession. If, without this oversight, whether the Renaissance in Europe, the great voyages, would have been postponed, and whether the bud of capitalism in the Ming Dynasty would have the opportunity to develop a new path in the East could only be deduced in parallel worlds.
There are two evocative comments about Muhammad in "When the Stars Shine":
1. Whatever it takes means that it can in itself awaken endless creativity and impetus.
2. Make dreams a reality through will.